Name Incorporated in 1835, the city was named for Francis Preston Blair, Sr., the editor of the Washington Globe. Blair was a supporter of Andrew Jackson's Union Party for which Union County, the county of which Blairsville is the county seat, is named Notable Natural Feature Brasstown Bald, the highest mountain in Georgia In History Although Dahlonega is the Georgia city best known for gold mining, Blairsville and the surrounding area was known to have the purest gold in the mountains Famous Sons and Daughters NASCAR driver Bill Elliott and Joseph E. Brown, Georgia's Governor during the Civil War Top Annual Events Sorgum Festival Don't Miss Brasstown Bald Visitor Center Most People Don't Know The Wagon Train Hiking Trail begins on Brasstown Bald and extends 5.6 miles to Young Harris Nearby Vogel State Park