page_title: Cumming, Georgia
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Cumming, Georgia / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Georgia (detail showing Cherokee Indian territory)
context_page_description: Cumming is a city in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States, and the sole incorporated area in the county. It is an exurban city, and part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Its population was 5,430 at the 2010 census, up from 4,200 in 2000. Surrounding unincorporated areas with a Cumming mailing address have a population of approximately 100,000. Cumming is the county seat of Forsyth County.
context_section_description: The area now called Cumming is located west of the historic location of Vann's Ferry between Forsyth County and Hall County.
caption: 1830 map of Cherokee territory
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