Avondale Estates, Georgia

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Avondale Estates, Georgia
City
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Tudor Revival architecture strip mall
120 Avondale Road, Avondale Estates
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Location in DeKalb County and the state of Georgia
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Avondale Estates
Location of Avondale Estates in Metro Atlanta
Coordinates: 33°46′15″N84°15′54″W / 33.77083°N 84.26500°W / 33.77083; -84.26500
Country United States
State Georgia
County DeKalb
Government
 •  Mayor Jonathan Elmore
Area
[1]
 • Total1.23 sq mi (3.20 km2)
 • Land1.22 sq mi (3.17 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation
1,027 ft (313 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total3,567
 • Density2,916.60/sq mi (1,126.11/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
30002
Area code 404
FIPS code 13-04644 [2]
GNIS feature ID0331075 [3]
Website avondaleestates.org

Avondale Estates is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,567 in 2020. [4] It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area and is near Decatur.

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History

In the 1890s, lots were sold in the area, which was known as Ingleside.

Avondale Estates was founded in 1924 by George Francis Willis, a patent medicine magnate, who purchased the entire village of Ingleside to create a planned community. The city was named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England, birthplace of Shakespeare. Downtown buildings were designed in a Tudor style to reinforce this image, as were many of the houses in the city. [5] The city incorporated in 1927. [6]

Geography

Avondale Estates is entirely underlain by granite, and clay-rich soil developed on it. Some of this granite can be seen outcropped along the shore of Lake Avondale.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), of which 0.88% is water.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1930 535—
1940 5696.4%
1950 1,07088.0%
1960 1,64653.8%
1970 1,7355.4%
1980 1,313−24.3%
1990 2,20968.2%
2000 2,60918.1%
2010 2,96013.5%
2020 3,56720.5%
U.S. Decennial Census [7]
Avondale Estates racial composition as of 2020 [8]
RaceNum.Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)2,78177.96%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)3399.5%
Native American 30.08%
Asian 1012.83%
Pacific Islander 20.06%
Other/Mixed 1985.55%
Hispanic or Latino 1434.01%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,567 people, 1,422 households, and 865 families residing in the city.

Arts and culture

The mostly Tudor-style downtown area of Avondale Estates, known as the commercial district, is home to a variety of businesses including consignment stores. Pizza, southern comfort food, and Chicago style hot dogs are some of the restaurant fare options within the city limits. The city is the location of the first Waffle House restaurant which opened on Labor Day weekend in 1955 having been converted into a museum, along with an existing operational full-time Waffle House nearby, with numerous others in the Decatur, Georgia area as well. [9] The Avondale Salad, featured on certain Waffle House lunch menus, derives its name from the city.[ citation needed ]

A selection of art galleries and studios are located in an area of the city known as the Rail Arts District. [10] Little Tree Art Studios [11] located on Franklin Street, is a warehouse that includes multiple artist studios and a music rehearsal space.

The movie, Instant Family (2018), starring Mark Wahlberg, was filmed in Avondale Estates.[ citation needed ]

Government

The city is governed by a mayor and a board of commissioners. [12] Avondale Estates also has a city manager and other administrative positions. [13] The city uses the DeKalb County Fire Service for fire and EMS calls, but provides its own police service.

The Avondale Estates Police Department (AEPD) has approximately 15 members providing around the clock coverage. Officers drive Dodge Chargers equipped with PIT bumpers, LED lights, in-car computers with e-tickets, and digital video cameras. City Court is held multiple times a month.

The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice has its headquarters in Avondale Estates. [14] [15]

The United States Postal Service operates the Avondale Estates Post Office. [16]

Education

Avondale Estates is served by the DeKalb County School System. [17]

Avondale Elementary School [18] is in the city limits. [19] Druid Hills Middle School, [20] and Druid Hills High School serve the community. [21]

Avondale Middle School and Avondale High School, formerly adjacent to the city limits and serving the city, closed at the end of May 2011, and the students were distributed to neighboring schools. [22] The campus is now used exclusively by the magnet school DeKalb School of the Arts.

In 2008, local parents began organizing formal efforts through the Avondale Education Association, [23] a local grass-roots non-profit organization that was founded in October 2003, to create a charter school that would achieve the standards required by law, while establishing an elementary school that reflected the values of the community. Their proposal was initially rejected by the Dekalb County School Board, but it was subsequently selected by the Georgia Charter Schools Commission [24] as one of a small number of schools to be chartered directly by the State of Georgia. The school, Museum School of Avondale Estates, [25] opened in 2010, and Avondale Estates therefore lies within its attendance zone. [26] [27] The Museum School admissions are accepted through a lottery.

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  14. ↑ "Contact." Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on August 8, 2010.
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