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  2. DeKalb County, Georgia - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. National Register of Historic Places listings in DeKalb ...

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    Boundary increase (listed October 13, 2003, refnum 03001016): Roughly bounded by Cleburne, Moreland and DeKalb Aves., Battery Place and a city park: Atlanta: A historic district that spans the DeKalb County-Fulton County border 30

  4. Historic mills of the Atlanta area - Wikipedia

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    Customers included Dekalb County's first Physician Dr William Gilbert, and his Brother Dr Joshua Gilbert, the White family, Childress Family, Bryant Family, Head Family. The mill was the dividing line between the Union XXIII Army Corps and the Confederates of Bates Division during the siege of Atlanta in August 1864.

  5. Flat Rock, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Later on July 7, 1909, the Flat Rock church trustees are listed as Flat Rock school trustees as shown in an agreement/deed signed by Burgress, Clerk and reads: "State of Georgia, DeKalb County, there is an agreement with trustees of the Flat Rock School, S.B. Bryant, H. Lyons and …. And they are acquiring land from white landowner Mr. South." [9]

  6. Tucker, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Decatur, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. DeKalb County Confederate Monument - Wikipedia

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    The DeKalb County Confederate Monument is a Confederate memorial that formerly stood in Decatur, Georgia, United States. The 30-foot stone obelisk (9.1 m) was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy near the old county courthouse in 1908. [1] [2]

  9. Dunwoody, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Dunwoody is a city located in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States.As a northern suburb of Atlanta, Dunwoody is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.It was incorporated as a city on December 1, 2008 but its area establishment dates back to the early 1830s.