Canton, Georgia is a city and the county seat of Cherokee County in the northern half of the state. Named after Canton (now Guangzhou) in China, it has a population of around 22,000 people, and lies 65 km north of Atlanta. The city is situated on traditional Cherokee Indian territory, with the tribe forcibly marched …
While often described as one of Atlanta’s northern suburbs, at 35 kilometres away Duluth, Georgia has an atmosphere all of its own. In fact, it’s recognised as being a city with a small-town ambience within easy reach of big city attractions. Duluth was established in the early nineteenth century as Howell’s Crossing, not becoming Duluth …
The city of Dalton is the county seat of Whitfield County in the far north of Georgia, on the state’s border with Tennessee. Like many cities in the southeast of the United States, Dalton developed around a rail depot in the first half of the eighteenth century. This followed the forced removal of the Cherokee …
Part of Cobb County Georgia, Acworth sits on the outer extremity of a finger of urbanization that stretches northwest from Atlanta. It lines the shores of two lakes, Allatoona and Acworth, in the foothills of the North Georgia Mountains. Sometimes known as ‘the lake city’, Acworth Georgia is in many ways a typical southern city. …
Taking its present name in 1854, Cartersville is a relatively small city. It is located on the north-western edge of the metropolitan Atlanta region, 70 km from the state capital’s downtown area. The county seat of Bartow County, Cartersville has a population of around 20,000. It became the seat after the city of Cassville was …
The city of Decatur Georgia is the county seat for DeKalb County. However, just eight kilometres without a break from downtown Atlanta to the west, it would be easy to think of it as part of the Georgia state capital. Decatur is now a trendy and progressive city with a small town feel despite its …
Sugar Hill, Georgia lies in the northern parts of Gwinnett Country. One of the most northern reaches of the Atlanta metropolitan area, it edges towards the shores of Lake Sidney Lanier. The town and then city of Sugar Hill was only established in 1939, although the site sat on a traditional trade route used long …
Pooler, Georgia is a city of around 25,000 people in Chatham County in the south of the state. It sits within the bounds of Savannah metropolitan area, just 10 miles northeast of Savannah’s gridiron of historic central streets. Also only a short distance from Georgia’s Atlantic Ocean resort towns, Pooler has grown rapidly in recent …
Forest Park is a city in Georgia’s Clayton County. It can be found nine miles south of downtown Atlanta. Incorporated in 1908, it today finds itself immediately to the east of Atlanta’s main airport, Hartsfield-Jackson International. This means that Forest Park offers an excellent base from which to explore everything the Georgia state capital and …
Union City, Georgia lies in the metropolitan Atlanta region of northern Georgia, just over 9 miles southwest of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Part of Fulton County, ‘UC’ was incorporated in 1908, making it one of the younger cities in the string that circle the state capital and form suburban Atlanta. It is known for its quiet …