DeKalb County, Georgia

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DeKalb County, Georgia

DeKalb County is located in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
of Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
. In 2000, the population of the county

County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
was 686,712. In 2007, its population was estimated to have risen to 737,093 . Its county seat

County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
is the city of Decatur

Decatur, Georgia

Decatur is a city in, and county seat of, DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. With a population of 18,147 in the 2000 census, the city is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple zip codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear the Decatur name....
. It is bordered to the west by Fulton County

Fulton County, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
-Sandy Springs

Sandy Springs, Georgia

Sandy Springs, Georgia, is a city in north Georgia , incorporated in December 2005. It is an affluent suburb of Atlanta, Georgia and is the eighth largest city in the state....
-Marietta

Marietta, Georgia

Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, and is its county seat.As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,748, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs....
, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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DeKalb County is located in the U.S. state

U.S. state

Georgia (U.S. state)

County

County seat

Decatur, Georgia

Fulton County, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
-Sandy Springs

Sandy Springs, Georgia

Sandy Springs, Georgia, is a city in north Georgia , incorporated in December 2005. It is an affluent suburb of Atlanta, Georgia and is the eighth largest city in the state....
-Marietta

Marietta, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
, metropolitan statistical area. It is the third-most-populated county in the Atlanta area and the state, just behind Gwinnett County

Gwinnett County, Georgia

Gwinnett County is a suburban county located in the U.S. state of Georgia . It was created on December 15, 1818. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population was 588,448....
. DeKalb is primarily a suburban county, and is the second-most-affluent county with an African-American majority in the United States, behind Prince George's County, Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....
.

History

DeKalb County was created in 1822 from Henry

Henry County, Georgia

Henry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia . As of the 2000 census, the population was 119,341. The 2007 Census Estimate placed the population at 186,037 ....
, Gwinnett

Gwinnett County, Georgia

Fayette County, Georgia

Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia . As of 2000, the population was 91,263. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 106,144 ....
. It was named for Baron Johann de Kalb

Johann de Kalb

Johann von Robaii, Baron de Kalb was a Germans soldier who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War....
, a German soldier who fought on the side of the Americans in the American Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War , also known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Thirteen Colonies on the North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers....
.

In 1853, Fulton County

Fulton County, Georgia

Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia . Its county seat is Atlanta, Georgia, the state capital and principal city of the Atlanta metropolitan area....
was formed from the western half of DeKalb, divided along a perfectly straight and due north/south line down the middle (along which Moreland Avenue now runs). Until this time, the growing city of Atlanta had been inside DeKalb. Atlanta grew because the city of Decatur did not want to become the railroad terminus

Terminus

Terminus is a Latin word that literally means boundary marker but can refer to:*Train station#Terminus, a train station acting as an end destination...
in the 1830s, thus a spot at the Thrasherville encampment in western DeKalb was picked to become Terminus and then Marthasville, before becoming Atlanta a few years after its founding. North and southwest Fulton came from two other counties: Milton and southeast Campbell

Campbell County, Georgia

Campbell County, Georgia was a county of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1828 to 1931. It was created by the state Georgia General Assembly on 20 December 1828 from land taken from Fayette County, Georgia, Coweta County, Georgia, and Carroll County, Georgia counties, and from the half of DeKalb County, Georgia which became Fulton County,...
, respectively. DeKalb once extended slightly further north to the Chattahoochee River

Chattahoochee River

The Chattahoochee River runs from the Chattahoochee Spring in the Appalachian Mountains of northeastern Georgia , near the Carolinas, to the southwestward to Atlanta and through its suburbs....
, but this strip was later given to Milton, and is now the panhandle

Panhandle

A panhandle or salient is an informal Political geography term for an elongated tail-like protrusion of a geo-political entity, such as an administrative division or a Sovereignty state that extends into another such entity as a peninsula extends into the water body....
of Sandy Springs (though residents there identify with Dunwoody).

During the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
, much of the Battle of Atlanta

Battle of Atlanta

The Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia....
was fought in DeKalb.

Until the 1960s, DeKalb was a mainly agricultural county, but as the sprawl

Urban sprawl

Urban sprawl, also known as suburban sprawl, is the spreading of a city and its suburbs over rural land at the fringe of an urban area. Residents of sprawling neighborhoods tend to live in single-family homes and commute by automobile to work....
of the metropolitan Atlanta region expanded, DeKalb became increasingly urbanized

Urban area

An urban area is an area with an increased Population density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be city, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlet ....
. Finished in 1969, the eastern half of the Interstate 285

Interstate 285

Interstate 285 is a beltway Interstate Highway encircling Atlanta, Georgia, for 63.98 miles . I-285 is also known as unsigned State Route 407 and is colloquially referred to as the Perimeter....
beltway

Beltway

A beltway, loop , ring road, or orbital motorway is a Circumferential Highway found around or within many cities.Beltway, orbital motorway, perimeter loop, beltline, and similar terms refer to an expressway/motorway/freeway style standard road that often originally enclosed the built up area and was later...
, called "the Perimeter", ringed the northeastern and southern edges of the county, placing most of it "inside the Perimeter" along with nearly all of Atlanta. Interstate 675

Interstate 675 (Georgia)

Interstate 675 was built in southeast Metro Atlanta during the mid-1980s to alleviate Interstate 75 to the west, for traffic bound to Interstate 285 east....
and Georgia 400 were once to be connected inside the Perimeter, destroying many neighborhoods in western DeKalb, but community opposition spared them this fate of urbanization

Urbanization

Urbanization is the physical growth of rural or natural land into urban areas as a result of population im-migration to an existing urban area....
. DeKalb also became one of only two counties to approve MARTA

Marta

Marta may refer to:* Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority* Marta , a given name * Marta , a town in Italy...
rapid transit

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, subway, underground, elevated railway or metro system is an railway electrification system public transport rail transport in an urban area with high capacity and frequency, and which is grade separation from other traffic....
in the 1970s; the county now contains the east and northeast heavy rail

Heavy rail

The term heavy rail can refer to:In railway infrastructure:* The structures and vehicles of railways not falling under the description of trams, light rail, medium capacity system, or rapid transit ....
lines.

Law and government

In 1984, DeKalb's delegation in the Georgia General Assembly

Georgia General Assembly

The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia . It is bicameral, being composed of the Georgia House of Representatives and the Georgia Senate....
created a unique chief executive officer

Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking Corporate title or Administration in charge of total management of a corporation, company, non-profit organization, or government agency, reporting to the board of directors....
(CEO) position, which is the chief elected official. The local legislation that authorized the position made it unique among Georgia's 159 counties

List of counties in Georgia

The U.S. state of Georgia is divided into 159 County . Under the Georgia Constitution, counties are granted home rule to deal with issues that are local in nature....
, all of which have a standard county commission

County commission

A county commission is a group of elected officials charged with administering the county government in local government in some U.S. state of the United States....
or a few still with a sole commissioner

Sole commissioner

In local government in the United States, sole commissioner government is a county commission with only one seat. The sole commissioner typically hold all Legislature and Executive powers in the county....
. As a result of this legislation, all county employees report to the CEO rather than to commissioners for day-to-day operations. The CEO serves as the chairman of the seven-member county commission but does not vote except to break a tie. The commission is elected from five small districts and two super-districts that each make up half of the county and overlap the smaller districts. , DeKalb's CEO is Burrell Ellis, who succeeded Vernon Jones

Vernon Jones

Vernon Jones is a United States Democratic Party politician from Georgia ....
.

Under the redistricting plan in effect for the 2006, 2008, and 2010 elections

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010

The 2010 United States House of Representatives elections will be held on November 2, 2010 in the middle of President of the United States Barack Obama's first term in office....
for the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
, DeKalb is the only county in the state to be split among four congressional districts. Geographically, most of DeKalb is contained within the 4th District

Georgia's 4th congressional district

The Fourth Congressional District of the U.S. State of Georgia includes parts of Dekalb County, Georgia, Rockdale County, Georgia, and Gwinnett County, Georgia Counties in the metro Atlanta area....
, while western portions of the county are in the 5th District

Georgia's 5th congressional district

The 5th Congressional District of Georgia is currently represented by John Lewis . Lewis was first elected in the United States House elections, 1986 elections....
, northern portions are in the 6th District

Georgia's 6th congressional district

Georgia's 6th Congressional District has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by Tom Price since 2005. Price won re-election in 2006 defeating Democratic challenger Steve Sinton 72%-28%....
, and the southwestern corner is in the 13th District

Georgia's 13th congressional district

Georgia's 13th congressional district has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by David Scott , a Democratic Party , since 2003....
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Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 271 square miles (702 km²), of which, 268 square miles (695 km²) of it is land and 3 square miles (7 km²) of it (1.00%) is water.

The county is crossed by the South River and numerous creeks, including Nancy Creek

Nancy Creek (Atlanta)

Nancy Creek is a major stream in northern Atlanta, United States. It begins in far northern DeKalb County, Georgia, just north of Chamblee and flows southwestward into Fulton County, Georgia, through the far southeast corner of Sandy Springs, then through the Buckhead area of Atlanta....
, Snapfinger Creek and two forks of Peachtree Creek

Peachtree Creek

Peachtree Creek is a major stream in Atlanta. It is located entirely within both the city and Fulton County, Georgia, and flows almost due west into the Chattahoochee River just south of Vinings....
. Peachtree Creek and Nancy Creek drain into the Chattahoochee River

Chattahoochee River

Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
. South River drains into the Ocmulgee River

Ocmulgee River

The Ocmulgee River is a tributary of the Altamaha River, approximately 255 mi long, in the U.S. state of Georgia . Noted for its relatively unspoiled and gentle current, it provides the principal drainage for a large section of the Piedmont and coastal plain of central Georgia....
and ultimately into the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
.

Stone Mountain

Stone Mountain

Stone Mountain is a granite dome monadnock in Stone Mountain, Georgia. At its summit, the elevation is 1,686 Foot Above mean sea level and 825 feet above the surrounding area....
lies near the eastern border of the county. Soapstone Ridge

Soapstone Ridge

Soapstone Ridge is a mafic-ultramafic geological complex located in the Piedmont region, in southeastern Atlanta, Georgia . Several archaeology sites, including extensive Native Americans in the United States quarry sites, occur on Soapstone Ridge....
, parallel to the southern border, was heavily quarried between 1400 and 100 B.C. and objects made from the soapstone have been found as far away as the Great Lakes

Great Lakes

The St. Lawrence River Great Lakes are a chain of fresh water lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada ? United States border. Consisting of Lakes Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth....
.

Major highways

Interstate 20
Interstate 20

Interstate 20 is a major east-west Interstate Highway in the southeastern United States. I-20 runs 1,535 miles from near Kent, Texas, at Interstate 10 to Florence, South Carolina, at Interstate 95 in South Carolina....
Interstate 85
Interstate 85

Interstate 85 is a major Interstate Highway in the southeastern United States. Its southern terminus is at an intersection with Interstate 65 in Montgomery, Alabama; its northern terminus intersects with Interstate 95 in Virginia in Petersburg, Virginia, near Richmond, Virginia....
Interstate 285
Interstate 675
Interstate 675 (Georgia)

Interstate 675 was built in southeast Metro Atlanta during the mid-1980s to alleviate Interstate 75 to the west, for traffic bound to Interstate 285 east....
U.S. Route 23
U.S. Route 23

U.S. Route 23 is a long north-south U.S. highway between Jacksonville, Florida, and Mackinaw City, Michigan. It is an original 1926 route which originally reached only as far south as Portsmouth, Ohio, and has since been extended....
U.S. Route 29
U.S. Route 29

U.S. Route 29 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 1,036 miles from the western suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland, to Pensacola, Florida....
U.S. Route 78
U.S. Route 78

U.S. Highway 78 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 715 miles from Memphis, Tennessee, to Charleston, South Carolina. Between Memphis, Tennessee and Birmingham, Alabama, it is being upgraded to become Interstate 22....
U.S. Route 278
U.S. Route 278

U.S. Route 278 is a spur of U.S. Route 78. It currently runs for 1,074 miles from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina to Wickes, Arkansas at U.S....
State Route 8
State Route 10
State Route 13
State Route 13 (Georgia)

State Route 13, known as Buford Highway, Falcon Parkway and Atlanta Highway, is a state highway in the U.S. state of Georgia ....

Adjacent counties

Gwinnett County
Gwinnett County, Georgia

Gwinnett County is a suburban county located in the U.S. state of Georgia . It was created on December 15, 1818. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population was 588,448....
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
- north
Rockdale County
Rockdale County, Georgia

Rockdale County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia . As of 2000, the population was 70,111. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 82,052 ....
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
- east
Henry County
Henry County, Georgia

Henry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia . As of the 2000 census, the population was 119,341. The 2007 Census Estimate placed the population at 186,037 ....
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
- south
Clayton County
Clayton County, Georgia

Clayton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia . As of 2000, the population was 236,517. The 2007 Census estimate placed the population at 272,217....
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
- southwest
Fulton County
Fulton County, Georgia

Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia . Its county seat is Atlanta, Georgia, the state capital and principal city of the Atlanta metropolitan area....
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
- west

Secondary highways

Ashford-Dunwoody Road
Bouldercrest Road
Briarcliff Road
Briarcliff Road

Briarcliff Road is a road that runs from Northlake Mall to downtown Atlanta. After crossing North Druid Hills Road, Georgia State Route 42 joins this road....
Brockett Road
Browns Mill Road (Ga. 212
Georgia State Route 212

State Route 212 is a west-east state route in the U.S. state of Georgia that runs from Snapfinger, Georgia east-southeast to Milledgeville, Georgia, about halfway between I-75 and I-20....
)
Buford Highway (U.S. 23
U.S. Route 23

U.S. Route 23 is a long north-south U.S. highway between Jacksonville, Florida, and Mackinaw City, Michigan. It is an original 1926 route which originally reached only as far south as Portsmouth, Ohio, and has since been extended....
/Ga. 13)
Candler Road (Ga. 155
Georgia State Route 155

State Route 155 begins at U.S. Route 19/U.S. Highway 41/State Route 3 , just south of Griffin, Georgia, and ends at Buford, Georgia Highway in DeKalb County, Georgia as Clairmont Road....
)
Cedar Grove Road
Chamblee-Dunwoody Road
Chamblee-Tucker Road
Chamblee-Tucker Road

Chamblee-Tucker Road is a multilane road that connects Tucker, Georgia to Chamblee, Georgia, in Metro Atlanta. The speed limit is from LaVista Road to Interstate 285....
Church Street
Clairmont Road
Clairmont Road

Clairmont Road is a thoroughfare in the State of Georgia in the United States that connects the Decatur, Georgia to the Chamblee, Georgia in metropolitan Atlanta, in a north-south direction....
(U.S. 23
U.S. Route 23

U.S. Route 23 is a long north-south U.S. highway between Jacksonville, Florida, and Mackinaw City, Michigan. It is an original 1926 route which originally reached only as far south as Portsmouth, Ohio, and has since been extended....
/Ga. 155
Georgia State Route 155

State Route 155 begins at U.S. Route 19/U.S. Highway 41/State Route 3 , just south of Griffin, Georgia, and ends at Buford, Georgia Highway in DeKalb County, Georgia as Clairmont Road....
)
Clifton Springs Road
Columbia Drive
Commerce Drive (Ga. 155
Georgia State Route 155

State Route 155 begins at U.S. Route 19/U.S. Highway 41/State Route 3 , just south of Griffin, Georgia, and ends at Buford, Georgia Highway in DeKalb County, Georgia as Clairmont Road....
)
Covington Highway
Covington Highway

Covington Highway is a road that runs from Avondale Estates to Lithonia, Georgia, in metropolitan Atlanta, in an east-west direction. It is Exit 43 of Interstate 285....
(U.S. 278
U.S. Route 278

U.S. Route 278 is a spur of U.S. Route 78. It currently runs for 1,074 miles from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina to Wickes, Arkansas at U.S....
/Ga. 12
Georgia State Route 12

State Route 12 begins in Avondale Estates, Georgia, DeKalb County, Georgia at its intersection with State Route 10 and ends at State Route 10 /U.S....
)
DeKalb Industrial Way
East Ponce de Leon Avenue
East Ponce de Leon Avenue

East Ponce de Leon Avenue provides a link between Decatur, Georgia and Stone Mountain, Georgia, also passing through Clarkston, Georgia. It is also Exit 40 off Interstate 285 North....
Evans Mill Road
Flakes Mill Road
Flat Shoals Parkway
Flat Shoals Parkway

Flat Shoals Parkway is a road that runs from I-285 to Snapfinger Road in DeKalb County. It is also signed with Georgia State Route 155....
(Ga. 155
Georgia State Route 155

State Route 155 begins at U.S. Route 19/U.S. Highway 41/State Route 3 , just south of Griffin, Georgia, and ends at Buford, Georgia Highway in DeKalb County, Georgia as Clairmont Road....
)
Flat Shoals Road
Flat Shoals Road

Flat Shoals Road is a very long road that runs from Downtown Atlanta into Decatur.Major Interchanges...
(Ga. 155
Georgia State Route 155

State Route 155 begins at U.S. Route 19/U.S. Highway 41/State Route 3 , just south of Griffin, Georgia, and ends at Buford, Georgia Highway in DeKalb County, Georgia as Clairmont Road....
)
Glenwood Road (former Ga. 260
Georgia State Route 260

State Route 260 is a short west-east state route located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Georgia . From the route's western terminus at U.S....
)
Gresham Road
Henderson Mill Road
Henderson Mill Road

Henderson Mill Road runs from Northlake Mall to Embry Hills, Georgia in Metro Atlanta.South end: Briarcliff RoadNorth end: Chamblee-Tucker Road...

Hugh Howell Road (Ga. 236

Georgia State Route 236

State Route 236 is a long state highway in Fulton County, Georgia and DeKalb County, Georgia. The route begins at Piedmont Road in south Buckhead and ends at Stone Mountain Freeway exit 7 in Stone Mountain, Georgia....
)

Idlewood Road

Johnson Ferry Road

Klondike Road

LaVista Road (Ga. 236

Georgia State Route 236

Lawrenceville Highway

Lawrenceville Highway is a long road that runs through DeKalb County, Georgia and Gwinnett County, Georgia counties. The speed limit is mostly ....
(U.S. 29

U.S. Route 29

U.S. Route 29 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 1,036 miles from the western suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland, to Pensacola, Florida....
/Ga. 8

Georgia State Route 8

State Route 8 is a west-east route located in the U.S. state of Georgia . The route is concurrency with either U.S. 29 or U.S. Route 78 for much of its entire length....
)

Lithonia Industrial Boulevard

Main Street

Memorial Drive (Ga. 10

Georgia State Route 10

State Route 10 begins at the Downtown Connector in Atlanta, Georgia and ends at the Georgia -South Carolina line in Augusta, Georgia. The western end of S.R....
/Ga. 154

Georgia State Route 154

State Route 154 begins at State Route 54 in Sharpsburg, Georgia and ends at State Route 10 just to the east of Avondale Estates, Georgia.State Route 154 intersects with State Route 34 just west of Peachtree City and continues north where it crosses I-85 at exit 51....
)

Moreland Avenue (U.S. 23

U.S. Route 23

U.S. Route 23 is a long north-south U.S. highway between Jacksonville, Florida, and Mackinaw City, Michigan. It is an original 1926 route which originally reached only as far south as Portsmouth, Ohio, and has since been extended....
/Ga. 42

Georgia State Route 42

State Route 42 is a List of Georgia numbered highways that runs in a generally north-south orientation from a short distance northeast of Atlanta, Georgia in DeKalb County, Georgia to Byron, Georgia in Peach County, Georgia....
)

Mount Vernon Road

Mountain Industrial Boulevard

Mountain Industrial Boulevard is a five-lane road that runs through the CDP of Tucker, Georgia. From the Stone Mountain Freeway to its southern terminus, East Ponce de Leon Avenue, it is considered Stone Mountain....

North Clarendon Avenue

North Decatur Road

North Deshon Road

North Druid Hills Road (Ga. 42

Georgia State Route 42

North Hairston Road

North Indian Creek Drive

North Peachtree Road

North Stone Mountain-Lithonia Road

Northcrest Road

Northlake Parkway

Oakcliff Road

Panola Road

Panthersville Road

Peachtree Road

Porch Swing in Tupelo is a song from United Kingdom pop-rock performer Elton John's 2004 album, Peachtree Road . The song talks about Elvis Presley's childhood and upbringing and describes Tupelo, Mississippi....
(Ga. 141

Georgia State Route 141

State Route 141 is a north-south route which begins where Roswell, Georgia Road and Peachtree Road split in Buckhead .It continues northward to Cumming, Georgia, where it comes to an end just after its intersection with Georgia 400 at exit 13....
)

Peachtree Industrial Boulevard

Peachtree Industrial Boulevard is a very long road that runs from Peachtree Street just south of Chamblee, Georgia, and ends in Buford, Georgia....
(Ga. 141

Georgia State Route 141

Peeler Road

Pleasantdale Road

Rainbow Drive

Redan Road

River Road

Roberts Drive

Rockbridge Road (Ga. 124

Georgia State Route 124

Georgia State Route 124 is a state highway whose north end is located in southwest Jackson County, Georgia at Georgia State Route 11 and whose south end is located at Interstate 20 in Lithonia, Georgia....

Rock Chapel Road (Ga. 124

Georgia State Route 124

Scott Boulevard (U.S. 29

U.S. Route 29

U.S. Route 29 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 1,036 miles from the western suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland, to Pensacola, Florida....
/Ga. 8

Georgia State Route 8

State Route 8 is a west-east route located in the U.S. state of Georgia . The route is concurrency with either U.S. 29 or U.S. Route 78 for much of its entire length....
/U.S. 78

U.S. Route 78

U.S. Highway 78 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 715 miles from Memphis, Tennessee, to Charleston, South Carolina. Between Memphis, Tennessee and Birmingham, Alabama, it is being upgraded to become Interstate 22....
)

Shallowford Road

Snapfinger Road (Ga. 155

Georgia State Route 155

State Route 155 begins at U.S. Route 19/U.S. Highway 41/State Route 3 , just south of Griffin, Georgia, and ends at Buford, Georgia Highway in DeKalb County, Georgia as Clairmont Road....
)

South Deshon Road

South Hairston Road

South Indian Creek Drive

South Stone Mountain-Lithonia Road

South Stone Mountain-Lithonia Road is a road that links Stone Mountain, Georgia to Lithonia, Georgia in Atlanta metropolitan area. The speed limit is ....

Thurman Road (Ga. 160

Georgia State Route 160

State Route 160 is a former List of Georgia numbered highways in northern Clayton County, Georgia and southwestern DeKalb County, Georgia. Its western terminus was at U.S....
)

Tilly Mill Road

Turner Hill Road (Ga. 124

Georgia State Route 124

Valley Brook Road

Wesley Chapel Road

West Ponce de Leon Avenue

Windsor Parkway

Winters Chapel Road

Economy

headquarters in DeKalb County as seen from Emory University

Emory University

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is an agency of the United States United States Department of Health and Human Services based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States adjacent to the campus of Emory University and northeast of downtown Atlanta....
is based in an unincorporated section of DeKalb County. Numerous federal agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service

Internal Revenue Service

The Internal Revenue Service is the Federal government of the United States agency that collects taxes and enforces the tax law. It is an agency within the U.S....
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the primary unit in the United States United States Department of Justice, serving as both a Law enforcement agency body and a domestic intelligence agency....
have regional offices in DeKalb County. The Consulate-General of Mexico in Atlanta

Diplomatic missions of Mexico

Mexico's foreign service started in 1822, the year after the signing of the Treaty of Cordoba which marked the beginning of Mexico's Independence....
, the Consulate-General of Guatemala in Atlanta

Diplomatic missions of Guatemala

File:Diplomatic missions of Guatemala.pngGuatemala is a small Central American country. Listed below are Guatemalan embassies, and consulates general, excluding honorary consulates....
, and the Consulate-General of Peru in Atlanta

Diplomatic missions of Peru

Listed below are the embassies and consulates-general of Peru :...
are located in unincorporated sections of DeKalb County.

Demographics

As of the census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
of 2000, there were 665,865 people, 249,339 households, and 156,584 families residing in the county. The population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
was 2,483 people per square mile (959/km²). There were 261,231 housing units at an average density of 974 per square mile (376/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 54.23% Black

Race (United States Census)

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or African American

Race (United States Census)

Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
living together, 17.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.20% were non-families. 26.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.60% under the age of 18, 10.90% from 18 to 24, 36.70% from 25 to 44, 19.70% from 45 to 64, and 8.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 94.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $49,117, and the median income for a family was $54,018. Males had a median income of $36,270 versus $31,653 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
for the county was $23,968. About 7.80% of families and 10.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.10% of those under age 18 and 8.70% of those age 65 or over.

Although Fulton County is more populous, DeKalb has the highest population density of any county in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

Cities and communities

Cities

Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
(since 1909 annexation; about 10% of the current city)

East Atlanta
East Atlanta

East Atlanta is an area located east-southeast of downtown Atlanta, Georgia . It is generally considered to be the roughly 10% of Atlanta's area which was part of the 1909 annexation into a neighboring county, putting it into DeKalb County, Georgia while the remainder is in Fulton County, Georgia....
Edgewood
Edgewood (Atlanta)

Edgewood is a mostly-residential and diverse neighborhood in Atlanta, located approximately three miles or five kilometers east of downtown Atlanta....
(its own city until 1909)
East Lake
East Lake (Atlanta)

East Lake is a neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia , situated in DeKalb County, Georgia.It is the eastern-most of the 238 neighborhoods in the City of Atlanta....
Candler Park
Candler Park

Candler Park is a 55 acre city park located at 585 Candler Park Drive, NE, in Atlanta, Georgia, named after Asa Griggs Candler who donated this land to the city in 1922....
Lake Claire
Lake Claire (Atlanta)

Lake Claire is a neighborhood in eastern Atlanta, Georgia, United States, comprising approximately 1,200 homes. It is entirely in the DeKalb County, Georgia side of the city, east of Candler Park, north of Kirkwood , west of Decatur, Georgia, and south of Druid Hills, Georgia....
Kirkwood
Kirkwood (Atlanta)

Kirkwood is a neighborhood in eastern Atlanta, Georgia that was designed by architect, Will Saunders. It is situated entirely in the DeKalb County, Georgia and near Lake Claire , East Lake , and Oakhurst, Georgia....

Avondale Estates
Avondale Estates, Georgia

Avondale Estates is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 2,609 at the 2000 census.Avondale Estates was founded in 1924 by George Francis Willis, who purchased the entire village of Ingleside to create a planned community....
Chamblee
Chamblee, Georgia

Chamblee is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 9,552 at the 2000 census. When the town petitioned for a post office, it was to originally be called Roswell Junction....
Clarkston
Clarkston, Georgia

Clarkston is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 7,231 at the 2000 census. The city is home to the central campus of Georgia Perimeter College....
Decatur
Decatur, Georgia

Decatur is a city in, and county seat of, DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. With a population of 18,147 in the 2000 census, the city is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple zip codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear the Decatur name....
Doraville
Doraville, Georgia

Doraville is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 9,862 at the 2000 census....
Dunwoody
Dunwoody, Georgia

Dunwoody is a city located in metro Atlanta, in northern DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. Formerly a census-designated place , it became an incorporated as a city in late 2008, at midnight on the morning of December 1....
(as of December 2008)
Lithonia
Lithonia, Georgia

Lithonia is a town in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States, and is municipal incorporation as a city, the only type of municipality in the state....
Pine Lake
Pine Lake, Georgia

Pine Lake is the smallest city in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 621 at the 2000 census....
Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain, Georgia

Stone Mountain is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 7,145 at the 2000 census....

Census-designated places

Belvedere Park
Belvedere Park, Georgia

Belvedere Park is a census-designated place in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 18,945 at the 2000 census....
Candler-McAfee
Candler-McAfee, Georgia

Candler-McAfee is a census-designated place in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 28,294 at the 2000 census....
Druid Hills
Druid Hills, Georgia

Druid Hills is a census-designated place in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia . Though not a part of the Druid Hills CDP, the southwestern quarter of the Druid Hills neighborhood is within Atlanta's city limits....
Dunwoody
Dunwoody, Georgia

Dunwoody is a city located in metro Atlanta, in northern DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. Formerly a census-designated place , it became an incorporated as a city in late 2008, at midnight on the morning of December 1....
(through November 2008)
Gresham Park
Gresham Park, Georgia

Gresham Park is a census-designated place in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 9,215 at the United States Census, 2000....
North Atlanta
North Atlanta, Georgia

North Atlanta is a census-designated place in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the CDP had a total population of 38,579....
(incorporated until 1960s)
North Decatur
North Decatur, Georgia

North Decatur is a census-designated place in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 15,270 at the 2000 census....
North Druid Hills
North Druid Hills, Georgia

North Druid Hills is a census-designated place in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 18,852 at the 2000 census....
Panthersville
Panthersville, Georgia

Panthersville is a census-designated place in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 11,791 at the 2000 census....
Redan
Redan, Georgia

Redan is a census-designated place in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the CDP had a total population of 33,841....
Scottdale
Scottdale, Georgia

Scottdale is a census-designated place in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 9,803 at the 2000 census....
Tucker
Tucker, Georgia

Tucker is a census-designated place in DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 26,532 at the 2000 United States Census....

Other communities

Collinsville
Constitution
Ellenwood
Embrey Hills
Mechanicsville
Mountain View
Northlake
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Skyland
South Decatur
Turner Hill

Education

Primary and secondary education

Public schools

The portion of DeKalb County not within the city of Atlanta nor the city of Decatur is served by DeKalb County School System

DeKalb County School System

DeKalb County School System operates public schools in areas of DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States not within the city limits of Atlanta and Decatur, Georgia....
. The Atlanta portion is served by Atlanta Public Schools

Atlanta Public Schools

Atlanta Public Schools is a school district based in Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia , United States. APS is run by the Atlanta Board of Education with superintendent Dr....
. The Decatur portion is served by City Schools of Decatur

City Schools of Decatur

City Schools of Decatur is a school district headquartered in Decatur, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The district serves all of Decatur....
.

Private schools

Private schools in DeKalb County include:

St. Pius X Catholic High School (Unincorporated area)
Marist High School (Unincorporated area)
Paideia School (Atlanta)

Higher education

]] Agnes Scott College

Agnes Scott College

Agnes Scott College is a private Liberal arts colleges in the United States Women's Colleges in the Southern United States in Decatur, Georgia, Georgia , near Atlanta, Georgia....
is a private, all female, undergraduate liberal arts

Liberal arts

The term liberal arts refers to the education derived from the Classical education curriculum....
college.

Emory University

Emory University

Emory University is a private university located in the metropolitan area of the city of Atlanta, Georgia in western unincorporated area DeKalb County, Georgia, Georgia , United States....
is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university. The university consists of the following divisions: Emory College, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Candler School of Theology

Candler School of Theology

Candler School of Theology, Emory University, is one of 13 seminary of the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1914, the school was named after Warren Akin Candler, a former President and Chancellor of Emory University and a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South....
, Goizueta Business School

Goizueta Business School

Category:Business schools in the United StatesGoizueta Business School is the business school of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. It is named after Roberto Goizueta, a former president of The Coca-Cola Company....
, Emory University School of Law

Emory University School of Law

Emory University School of Law is a first-tier United States law school, part of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. It is currently ranked #22 amongst all American Bar Association approved law schools according to the 2009 US News and World Report rankings....
, Rollins School of Public Health

Rollins School of Public Health

The Rollins School of Public Health is the public health school of Emory University. Founded in 1990, RSPH has more than 850 students pursuing master's degrees and over 100 students pursuing doctorate degrees ....
, and the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing is the nursing school of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. The school offers degrees for Bachelor of Science in Nursing , Master of Science in Nursing , and Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing ....
.

Mercer University

Mercer University

Mercer University is an independent, private university, coeducational university with a Baptist heritage located in the U.S. state of Georgia ....
is a private, coeducational, faith-based university with a Baptist

Baptist

A Baptist is a member of a Christian denomination characterized by the rejection of infant baptism in favor of believer's baptism by Baptism#Immersion....
heritage. The main campus is in Macon

Macon, Georgia

Macon is a city located in central Georgia , USA. It is among the largest metropolitan areas in Georgia, and the county seat of Bibb County, Georgia....
. The Cecil B. Day

Cecil B. Day

Cecil Burke Day was the founder of Days Inn Hotels. Cecil began his academic career at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, where he dropped out to join the United States Marine Corps....
Graduate and Professional Campus is in DeKalb County; it houses the College of Nursing, the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and the James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology along with programs of the Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics, the School of Medicine, and the Tift College of Education.

Oglethorpe University

Oglethorpe University

Oglethorpe University is a private Liberal arts colleges in the United States in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was chartered in 1835 and named after James Edward Oglethorpe, the state's founder....
is a private, coeducational, liberal arts school and is named after James Oglethorpe

James Oglethorpe

James Oglethorpe was a Kingdom of Great Britain general, a philanthropist, and was the founder of the colony of Georgia . He was born in London, the son of Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe of Westbrook Place, Godalming in the county of Surrey....
, founder of the Georgia Colony.

Georgia Perimeter College

Georgia Perimeter College

Georgia Perimeter College is a two-year associate degree-granting unit of the University System of Georgia. GPC has multiple campus locations on the north and east side of metro Atlanta....
has three campuses within the county and offers two-year associate degrees.

is the largest vocational institution in Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
. trains students in business, engineering, technologies, health, human services, industrial arts, information systems, and transportation.

DeVry University

DeVry University

DeVry University and DeVry Institute of Technology are Division of Devry Inc. , a private tertiary for-profit school composed of 23 major campuses, 3 subsidiary institutions, and numerous minor service centres in the United States and Canada....
offers Bachleors and Masters Degrees in Healthcare, Accounting, Business, and Management Technology.

Columbia Theological Seminary

Columbia Theological Seminary

Columbia Theological Seminary is one of the ten theological institutions affiliated with the Presbyterian Church . It is located in Decatur, Georgia....
, a theological institution of the Presbyterian Church. More than 640 students are enrolled at Columbia in one of five degree programs: Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Theological Studies, Master of Theology, Doctor of Ministry, and Doctor of Theology.

Public libraries

The DeKalb County Public Library

DeKalb County Public Library

The DeKalb County Public Library is the public library system of DeKalb County, Georgia in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Its collection includes over 750,000 books; collections of over 400 magazines, academic journal and scientific journals, and newspapers; and audiovisual materials including videotapes, audiobooks, Compact Disc, and DVDs....
has 22 branches throughout the county, with three additional branches planned by 2010.

Bibliography

DeKalb Historical Society. Vanishing DeKalb: A Pictoral History. Decatur, Ga.: DeKalb Historical Society, 1985. ISBN 0-9615459-0-9
Mason, Herman "Skip" Jr. African-American Life in DeKalb County, 1821-1970. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 1998. ISBN 0-7385-0034-8
Owens, Sue Ellen, and Megan Milford. DeKalb County in Vintage Postcards. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-7385-1401-2
Price, Vivian. The History of DeKalb County, Georgia, 1822-1900. Fernandina Beach, Fla.: Wolfe Publishing Company, 1997. ISBN 1-883793-27-0

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