"Great American Main Street Award® Winner"

- National Main Street Center, Inc. 2016
"The South's Best Small Towns 2017"
- Southern Living Magazine 2017
"4th Best Summer Weekend Escape"
- USA Today Travel 2014
"4th Best Underground Attraction"

- USA Today 2016 - Consolidated Gold Mine
"Best Wine Town Runner Up, Southern Dream Towns"

- Garden & Gun Magazine 2012
"10th Best Historic Small Town"

- USA Today 2016
"10th Best Course You Can Play in Georgia - Achasta"

- Golfweek Magazine
"Dahlonega: Small-town Escape"

- Southern Living Magazine 2012
"Wine Tasting Room Capital of Georgia"
- Georgia's State Senate Resolution 2015
"National Main Street City"

- National Trust for Historic Preservation
"Official Appalachian Trail Community"

- Appalachian Trail Conservancy 2010
"Georgia's Premier Sports Cycling Community"

- Georgia General Assembly Resolution 2005
"Site of First Major U.S. Gold Rush"

- Thousands of Miners, 1829-1849