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The first public library in the county was opened in 1907, in Lithonia.In 1925 a larger public library was founded in Decatur, the county seat of DeKalb County.In 1952 branches of the Decatur Library were established in Brookhaven and Doraville, and the Decatur Library was renamed the Decatur-DeKalb Library. [9]
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 ...
DeKalb County may refer to one of several counties in the United States, all of which were named for Baron Johann de Kalb: DeKalb County, Alabama; DeKalb County, Georgia;
This is a list of all public library systems in Georgia, United States, serviced under the Georgia Public Library Service. [1] Georgia has 62 library systems [2] consisting of 387 branches serving its 159 counties. [3]
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.
The library and park were donated by Charles Eckhart. Located in the park is a contributing fountain added in 1918. [2]: 2 It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. [1] The Eckhart Public Library remains in operation today as one of four libraries serving Dekalb County. [3]
Athens Regional Library System; Athens-Clarke County Library; Atlanta Central Library; Atlanta–Fulton Public Library System; Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History; Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System; Azalea Regional Library System
Columbia High School (CHS) is a four-year public high school located in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. It is in the Candler-McAfee neighborhood on the eastside of Atlanta. [2] [3] It is operated by DeKalb County Public Schools. It opened in 1966.