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This article is about neighborhoods in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. For cities, neighborhoods, and other districts in Greater Atlanta, see Atlanta metropolitan area.
Note: many unincorporated communities in DeKalb County adjacent to Atlanta, including Brookhaven, Druid Hills CDP, and North Druid Hills, use "Atlanta" in their postal address but are not part of the City of Atlanta. See DeKalb County

Neighborhoods

The City of Atlanta is divided into of 242 neighborhoods officially defined by the city. These "neighborhoods" are a mix of

  • traditional neighborhoods
  • subdivisions or groups of subdivisions
  • core areas such as Downtown and Midtown

The neighborhoods are divisions of 25 neighborhood planning units or NPUs, which are "citizen advisory councils that make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on zoning, land use, and other planning issues".[1]

Districts

The term "district" in Atlanta is generally used for small areas within the official neighborhoods. Downtown and Midtown Atlanta each contain a number of districts. Another example is Little Five Points, which sits on the border of 3 official neighborhoods.

In addition, Atlanta has various other divisions such as business improvement districts, police patrol zones, and in the unique case of Buckhead, a "community". Most of Atlanta north of I-75 and I-85 is part of the "Buckhead Community".

Areas

Although all of Atlanta is officially divided into Neighborhood Planning Units, it is more common in the news media[2] to refer to the larger areas of the city in one of three ways:

  • Downtown, Midtown, and most of the central, east-central, west-central neighborhoods are referred to by their names, as these are well known throughout the Atlanta metro area, and most contain regional "destinations", such as the Zoo in Grant Park, or the shops and restaurants in Virginia Highland (other examples include East Lake, East Atlanta, Ormewood, Bankhead, and Kirkwood, though they are not limited to these).
  • Buckhead neighborhoods are referred to collectively as Buckhead – this covers the entire northern fifth of the city (north of I-75 and I-85)
  • Other areas are generally referred to as part of either "Northwest", "Southwest", or "Southeast Atlanta". However, "East Atlanta" refers to a small neighborhood with is part of the 'W' group NPU and does not have the same connotation as the other directional descriptors.

Neighborhoods (by area)

The city lies in two counties in Georgia: primarily in Fulton, and partly in DeKalb to the east.
- Numbers to the right of the neighborhood indicate its position on the map above
- "n" is a link to the corresponding neighborhood association
- "h" indicates a link to the homepage of the corresponding historic district (if the neighborhood is one)

Intown Atlanta

Intown Atlanta includes Downtown, Midtown, as well as other older east-central neighborhoods

Downtown

Neighborhoods of Intown Atlanta
Neighborhoods of Intown Atlanta

Downtown Atlanta n is a neighborhood that contains the following sub-districts:

Midtown

Midtown, as defined by the Midtown Alliance,[3] consists of these neighborhoods:

West Midtown (also known as Westside)

West Midtown is an unofficial area whose definition varies, and includes:

Sometimes Bolton and Hills Park are also included (see below: Northwestern Atlanta)

East Side

Southeastern Atlanta

Neighborhoods of Southeast Atlanta
Neighborhoods of Southeast Atlanta

Southwestern Atlanta

Also informally known as Cascade or SWATs

Neighborhoods of Southwest Atlanta
Neighborhoods of Southwest Atlanta
  • Adair Park h
  • Adams Park
  • Adamsville
  • Arlington Estates
  • Ashley Courts
  • Ashview Heights
  • Atlanta University Center
  • Audubon Forest
  • Audubon Forest West
  • Baker Hills
  • Bakers Ferry
  • Beecher Hills
  • Ben Hill
  • Ben Hill Acres
  • Ben Hill Forest
  • Ben Hill Pines
  • Ben Hill Terrace
  • Boulder Park
  • Brentwood
  • Briar Glen
  • Bush Mountain
  • Butner/Tell

Northwestern Atlanta

Neighborhoods of Northwest Atlanta
Neighborhoods of Northwest Atlanta

Buckhead

Neighborhoods of Buckhead
Neighborhoods of Buckhead

References

  1. ^ "Neighborhood Planning Units", City of Atlanta Online, retrieved June 20, 2010
  2. ^ http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/
  3. ^ a b Midtown Alliance
  4. ^ http://www.atlantaga.gov/government/planning/npu_system.aspx
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