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The Georgia General Assembly passed an act to create the county on December 21, 1819 becoming Georgia ’ s forty-seventh county.

The northern border of the county was established as latitude 35 ° N, which is the boundary between Georgia and North Carolina.

Due to irregularities in an early survey mission, the Georgia-North Carolina border at Rabun County's northeast corner was erroneously set several hundred yards north of the 35th parallel, giving this location at Ellicott's Rock the distinction of being the State of Georgia's northernmost point.

The county is named for William Rabun, who served as the 11th Governor of Georgia from his election in 1817 until his death in 1819.

In 1828, the Georgia General Assembly transferred a portion of Habersham County to Rabun County.

In 1838, the legislature redefined the Rabun-Habersham county line.

In 1856, the legislature used portions of Rabun and Union Counties to create Towns County.