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Ball Ground is a city in northeastern Cherokee County, Georgia, in the foothills of the North Georgia mountains, and it is the northernmost city lying fully within the county.

The city takes its name from the Cherokee ball-playing ground once located here, where Cherokee stickball games were played; the surrounding land was Cherokee territory until their forced removal in the 1830s.

A railroad was built through the area in 1882, the town formed around the resulting stop, and Ball Ground was incorporated in 1883.

For the first half of the 20th century Ball Ground's economy centered on marble: stone quarried near Tate was shipped in by rail to be finished and carved by local monument companies such as Roberts Marble and the Ball Ground Monument Company.

The marble industry declined after the mid-20th century, and the town shrank before suburban growth reversed its fortunes after 2000.

Ball Ground had a population of 2,560 at the 2020 census — more than three times its population of 730 in 2000.

The Ball Ground Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009, preserving a downtown of early-1900s brick commercial buildings along Gilmer Ferry Road.

The Alfred W. Roberts House, built in 1855 and listed on the National Register in 1985, is the only house in Cherokee County individually given that recognition.

Gibbs Gardens, a sprawling botanical garden outside Ball Ground, was ranked second on Business Jet Traveler's 2020 list of the 13 best botanical gardens in the United States.

Public-school students in Ball Ground attend Ball Ground Elementary School, Creekland Middle School, and Creekview High School in the Cherokee County School District.