The laid-back and welcoming city of Hinesville is located in southeast Georgia’s Liberty County. Close to the state’s Atlantic Ocean coastline, it was founded in 1838 and named after a local senator by the name of Charles Hines. Incorporated into a city in 1912, Hinesville is one of the fastest growing cities in the southeast …
Peachtree City is located in central Georgia, in the south Metro Atlanta area. While just 50 kilometres from the state capital, it has its own distinct suburban feel. This feeling is strengthened by the string of parks, lakes, and open spaces Peachtree City contains. There are also several golf courses, and 140 km of dedicated …
If you’re trying to pinpoint it on a map, Douglasville lies directly west of Atlanta, which is approximately 16 miles away. Founded in 1874, after the turmoil of the American Civil War, the city immediately became the county seat of Douglas County, with a central downtown area that remains largely unaltered from its Victorian origins. …
The Georgia city of Newnan is part of the wider metropolitan Atlanta region, lying approximately 30 miles southwest of the state capital. Despite its proximity to the state’s largest city, Newnan has its own distinct ambience and history. It was founded in 1828, during the first wave of European-American settlement in the southeast of the …
The city of LaGrange is located in Troup County, southwest of Atlanta, and just a short distance from the state border with Alabama. The city is named after a country estate outside of Paris, France. It was incorporated in 1828, making it one of the region’s earliest European-American settlements. LaGrange quickly became wealthy off the …
Located in Georgia’s Cobb County, the city of Kennesaw forms a part of the greater Atlanta region. First settled by European-Americans in the 1830s, Kennesaw was known as Big Shanty until 1887, since it developed from a shanty town for railroad workers. The city played a significant role in the American Civil War, and having …
A suburb of Atlanta, Lawrenceville is located in Gwinnett County, roughly 20 miles northeast of the Georgia state capital’s downtown district. The second-oldest city in the metropolitan Atlanta area, Lawrenceville was founded in 1821. Its earliest origins can still be easily found in the buildings around town square in the downtown area. Lawrenceville relied on …
Milton is a city in Georgia’s Fulton Country. It was created in 2006, and forms part of Atlanta’s extensive northern suburbs. Milton has a semi-rural location, putting it close to major attractions in both city and country. Assuredly wealthy, Milton has one of the highest standards of living in the state. It is also ranked …
Gainesville lies in northern Georgia’s Hall County, roughly 55 miles northeast of Atlanta. The ‘poultry capital of the world’ was founded by European-American settlers in the early 1800s as a mule camp, and has been known as Gainesville since 1821. It is named after a general in the War of 1812 against Great Britain. Gainesville …
The city of Alpharetta is a northern suburb of Atlanta, in Georgia’s Fulton County. Its name hints at the fact it was one of the first permanent US settlements in the region. Dating back to the early 1830s, Alpharetta began life as a trading post. It became a chartered city in 1858, but remained largely …