DeKalb County is located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census,the population was 764,382,making it Georgia's fourth-most populous county. Its county seat is Decatur.
Candler-McAfee is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in DeKalb County,Georgia,United States. It is located east of Atlanta approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of Downtown Atlanta and to the south of Decatur,Georgia The population was 23,025 at the 2010 census.
Chamblee is a city in northern DeKalb County,Georgia,United States,northeast of Atlanta. The population was 30,164 as of the 2020 census.
Decatur is a city in,and the county seat of,DeKalb County,Georgia,United States,part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. With a population of 24,928 in the 2020 census,the municipality is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple ZIP Codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear Decatur as the address. The city is served by three MARTA rail stations. The city is located approximately five miles northeast of Downtown Atlanta and shares its western border with both the city of Atlanta and unincorporated DeKalb County. The Druid Hills neighborhood is to the northwest of Decatur.
Doraville is a city in DeKalb County,Georgia,United States northeast of Atlanta. As of the 2020 census,the city had a population of 10,623.
Druid Hills is a community which includes both a census-designated place (CDP) in unincorporated DeKalb County,Georgia,United States,as well as a neighborhood of the city of Atlanta. The CDP's population was 14,568 at the 2010 census. The CDP formerly contained the main campus of Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) however they were annexed by Atlanta in 2018. The Atlanta-city section of Druid Hills is one of Atlanta's most affluent neighborhoods with a mean household income in excess of $238,500.
North Decatur is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in DeKalb County,Georgia,United States. The population was 16,698 at the 2010 census.
North Druid Hills,also known as Briarcliff or Toco Hills,is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in DeKalb County,Georgia,United States. The population was 18,947 at the 2010 census. The commercial center of the area is the Toco Hill Shopping Center,located near the intersection of North Druid Hills Road and LaVista Road.
Tucker is a city located in DeKalb County,Georgia,United States,located near Atlanta and was originally settled in the 1820s,and later developed as a railroad community in 1892. According to the 2016 United States Census Bureau annual estimate of resident population,it has a population of 35,322. In a November 2015 referendum,by a 3:1 margin (73.94%),voters approved incorporating Tucker into a city. In March 2016,Tucker residents elected the city's first mayor and city council.
Sycamore is a city in DeKalb County,Illinois,United States. It has a commercial district based and centered on Illinois Route 64. The population was 8,577 at the 2020 census,up from 7,419 at the 2010 census. Sycamore is the county seat of DeKalb County and was named after the sycamore tree.
Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe was an Anglo-American neoclassical architect who emigrated to the United States. He was one of the first formally trained,professional architects in the new United States,drawing on influences from his travels in Italy,as well as British and French Neoclassical architects such as Claude Nicolas Ledoux. In his thirties,he emigrated to the new United States and designed the United States Capitol,on "Capitol Hill" in Washington,D.C.,as well as the Old Baltimore Cathedral or The Baltimore Basilica,. It is the first Cathedral constructed in the United States for any Christian denomination. Latrobe also designed the largest structure in America at the time,the "Merchants' Exchange" in Baltimore. With extensive balconied atriums through the wings and a large central rotunda under a low dome which dominated the city,it was completed in 1820 after five years of work and endured into the early twentieth century.
William E. Ezzard was a Southern United States politician who served as the 11th,13th and 19th Mayor of Atlanta,Georgia,in the 19th century.
Benjamin Franklin Bomar was the second mayor of Atlanta,Georgia.
From its incorporation in 1847,the municipal boundaries of Atlanta,Georgia,United States,were extended repeatedly from a small area around its railroad station to today's city covering 131.7 square miles (341 km2).
Dr. Joseph Thompson was an early settler of Atlanta,Georgia,doctor,hotelier,and real-estate investor.
Vernon Angus Jones is an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001 and from 2017 to 2021.
A municipal election in the City of Atlanta was held on Tuesday,November 3,2009. Atlanta is the capital of the state of Georgia and is the largest city in Georgia and is the center of the Atlanta metropolitan area,the largest metropolitan area in the South.
The DeKalb County Police Department (DKPD) is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated DeKalb County,Georgia,as well as the incorporated cities of Tucker and Stonecrest. The department serves a population of more than 730,000 people. The chief is Mirtha V. Ramos.
Sidney Dorsey is an American former law enforcement officer who served as sheriff of DeKalb County,Georgia from 1996 to 2000. Dorsey was the first African American to serve as sheriff of DeKalb County. When Dorsey was defeated in a 2000 runoff election by challenger Derwin Brown,he arranged the murder of Brown.
The Swanton House is a historic building in downtown Decatur,Georgia and is one of a very few pre-Civil War buildings in the area which are still standing. It was entered into the National Register of Historic Places on August 30,1978.
