Talking Rock is a town in Pickens County, Georgia, United States. The population was 49 at the 2000 census.
Talking Rock became an incorporated community in 1883. Before that, the community was called Sanderstown by the native Cherokees. The town's boundaries changed over the years until 1883, when it took the official name of Talking Rock, and assumed it's present day boundaries. Running through Talking Rock is the "Old Federal Road".
There are several theories as to how the town got it's name; one legend mentions a boulder in Talking Rock Creek with the inscription, "Turn Me Over". Once turned over, the other side read, "Now turn me back over so I can fool someone else." It is also said that people used to gather for social events around the location that is now Talking Rock and "talk". The Cherokee Indians called the area "Nunya Gunwani ski" which translated means, "a rock that talks". It was supposed to be a place where the Indians held their tribal councils. The Georgia Mineral Society asserts that Talking Rock was named because of the presence of an "echo rock", which is common in the mountains. Echos are common throughout the area, but the best place is thought to be where the Talking Rock Creek crosses the county line.
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