Sandtown, Georgia

Sandtown is a neighborhood located southwest of Atlanta, Georgia. It is one of the Atlanta area's most affluent African American communities with the majority of the population belonging to the middle and upper middle class.

Sandtown and Buzzard's Roost were the two largest Indian villages in the area where Atlanta would develop. After the Trail of Tears and the government of Georgia divided the territory into counties, Sandtown ended up in Campbell (which was absorbed into Fulton in 1932 along with Milton).

The road now known as Cascade was originally an Indian trail known as the Sandtown Road and ran from the village on the Chattahoochee River near Utoy Creek east to through what became Five Points then to the vicinity of Decatur. This was the oldest settled area in currentl Fulton County. Atlanta's first Doctor Joshua Gilbert lived along the sandtown Road near the cascade Nature Preserve. The Union Army used his home as a hospital during the battle of Utoy Creek, Ga.

During the American Civil War there were two roads to Sandtown. (The current Cascade and Campbelltown roads) which were prominant features during Union Army Operations during the American Civil War and Siege of Atlanta. The Battle of Utoy Creek was faught along the Sandtown (Cascade Road in Cascade Heights from 1-7 August 1864. Major General William T Sherman's Headquarters was along the southern sandtown (Campbellton Road on 26 August 1864)

The neighborhood is served by State Routes 6, 154 and 166.

The Sandtown Community Association previously known as the Sandtown Homeowners Association is a registered nearly 20-year old community advocacy organization. It is a voluntary community based group that addresses issues regarding zonings, residential/commercial development, land use and education.

External links

• Official Page