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The Douglasville Commercial Historic District in Douglasville, Georgia is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]The listed area is 14 acres (5.7 ha), and consisted of four-and-a-half blocks of buildings along the south side of Broad St. facing north towards the railroad, between Adair St. and Club Drive, plus some buildings on the back ...
Douglas County Courthouse is a historic courthouse at 6754 West Broad Street in Douglasville, Georgia, United States. The courthouse was built in 1956, [2] after the 1896 courthouse burned down. [3] It was built where three prior courthouses originally stood. [3] It was designed in the International Style by Harry E. Roos, Jr. of Southern ...
The county was created during Reconstruction after the American Civil War.The Georgia General Assembly named it after abolitionist Frederick Douglass but later changed the spelling to instead credit former Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas as its namesake, [3] an Illinois senator and the Democratic opponent of Abraham Lincoln in the presidential election of 1860.
The city of Douglasville is the county seat of and largest city in Douglas County, Georgia, United States. [4] As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 34,650, up from 30,961 in 2010 [5] and 20,065 in 2000. Douglasville is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Atlanta and is part of the Atlanta metro area.
Douglas County School District is a public school district in Douglas County, Georgia, U.S., based in Douglasville. Its boundaries are those of the county, [2] and it serves the communities of Austell, Douglasville, Lithia Springs, the Douglas County portion of Villa Rica, and Winston. The Douglas County School District is the seventeenth ...
The nearby communities are Winston and Douglasville. A post office called Billarp was established in 1885, and remained in operation until 1907. [2] The community has the name of humorist Bill Arp. [3] [4]
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Paulding County was created from Cherokee County by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on December 3, 1832. In 1851, a portion of Paulding County was used to help create Polk County.