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The area of DeKalb county was acquired by the state of Georgia as a result of the 1821 Treaty of Indian Springs with a faction of the Muscogee (Creek). DeKalb County, formed in 1822 from Henry, Gwinnett and Fayette counties, took its name from Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), a Bavarian-born former officer in the French Army, who fought for the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary ...
This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in DeKalb County, Georgia, highlighting Decatur in red. It was created with a custom script with US Census Bureau data and modified with Inkscape. Date: 19 September 2007: Source: My own work, based on public domain information. Based on similar map concepts by Ixnayonthetimmay: Author ...
English: This is a locator map showing DeKalb County in Georgia. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
The 1821 Georgia Land Lottery opened portions of state land for settlement between the Flint and Ocmulgee rivers, including present-day DeKalb County. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation ceded the land to the United States in January of that year, and drawings for lots measuring 202.5 acres (81.9 ha) each began in May in Milledgeville, the state capital until 1868.
DeKalb County + the former Campbell and Milton counties and a portion of Cobb County Robert Fulton (1765–1815), the inventor who built the Clermont, the first commercially successful steamboat. 2,039.90/sq mi
The city government also entered into a settlement with the DeKalb County government to settle a dispute, paving the way for the annexation. [34] Due to the taxable revenue involved, there was a dispute over whether the area would remain in the DeKalb County School District or transition to Atlanta Public Schools. [35]
Scottdale is located at (33.794337, -84.262110 The unincorporated community is centered on East Ponce de Leon Avenue, between Decatur and Clarkston.The northern boundary is Stone Mountain Freeway; the eastern boundary is Interstate 285; the western boundary is roughly DeKalb Industrial Way; and the southern boundary is roughly the city limits of Avondale Estates.
Decatur (/ d ə ˈ k eɪ t ər /) is a city 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, [4] the municipality is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple ZIP Codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear Decatur as the address.