Location: Roughly nine miles south of Chattanooga in Catoosa County, Ga.
Size: 13 square miles
Population: 9,513
Founded: Fort Oglethorpe is named after James Edward Oglethorpe, Georgia’s founder. It was created on the site of a former U.S. Army post. Incorporated in 1949, Fort Oglethorpe is Georgia’s youngest city.
Government: Lynn Long is mayor. City Council members are Craig Crawford, Earl Gray, Paula Stinnett, Derek Rogers and Johnnie “Red” Smith.
Schools: Battlefield Primary, Battlefield Elementary, Cloud Springs Elementary, Lakeview Middle, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High
Attraction: A 70,000-square-foot Cabela’s hunting, fishing and outdoor gear store is due to open in July next to the Costco warehouse store at the Cloud Springs Road exit of Interstate 75. Its cavernous showroom is designed to bring the outdoors inside by featuring museum-quality displays of taxidermied wildlife, large aquariums, indoor mountains and archery ranges.
Historical note: 1st Lt. Dwight David Eisenhower served at Fort Oglethorpe for several months in late 1917 as an instructor in trench warfare.
Famous landmark: The 6th Cavalry Museum preserves the rich military history of the “Fighting Sixth” Cavalry that was stationed at the military post from 1919 to 1942. It’s located at 6 Barnhardt Circle. For information, call 706-861-2860 or go online to 6thcavalrymuseum.org