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Tiger is a town in Rabun County, Georgia, United States. The population was 574 at the 2020 census, up from 408 at the 2010 census.

Tiger town overview:
Name:	Tiger town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Georgia
County:	Rabun County
Elevation:	1,962 ft (598 m)
Total Area:	0.83 sq mi (2.15 km²)
Land Area:	0.83 sq mi (2.15 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	422
Population Density:	509.66/sq mi (196.71/km²)
ZIP code:	30576
Area code:	706
FIPS code:	1376504
GNISfeature ID:	2406733

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History

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Tiger as a town in 1904.

There are two popular legends as to the derivation of the town’s name: the first is that it was named after a Cherokee chief named Tiger Tail, while the second (and more likely) story is that the name originated from the cry of roaming panthers.

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Geography

Tiger lies in the extreme northeastern part of the state, just a few miles west of the Georgia-South Carolina border, and a few miles south of the Georgia-North Carolina border. The town’s elevation is 1,962 feet (598 m), with several wooded hilltops reaching elevations of 2,100 to 2,200 feet. The town sits at the base of 2,856-foot Tiger Mountain, a prominent Blue Ridge Mountain peak.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km), all land.