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Auaria is a ghost town in Lumpkin County, Georgia, southwest of Dahlonega. It was there American settlers discovered gold in Cherokee lands. The removal of local natives via the Trail of Tears opened north Georgia up for settlers, and land speculators moved in and subdivided the area now known as Dahlonega. Much of the gold veins lie north and west of the old city, along the basin of Cane Creek. After the California gold rush in 1849, Auaria faded into history. After the American Civil War, the remaining commercial gold mining moved, primarily to the north and east of Dahlonega. By the end of World War II, most buildings were deteriorated or gone.
This city became the standard for all other ghost towns. Aurora, Colorado derived it's name from this city. John Calhoun, the South Carolina Senator, purchased a track of land just east of Auaria, and started the Calhoun Mine. There's not much left. Today, only four buildings remain: the old store at Castleberry Bridge Road, the collapsing Graham Hotel (in ruins), a red house that was once a bank, and another house across the street from the red house.
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