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Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
,
Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...
is made up of 243
neighborhood A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...
s officially defined by the city. These neighborhoods are a mix of traditional neighborhoods,
subdivisions Subdivision may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Subdivision (metre), in music * ''Subdivision'' (film), 2009 * "Subdivision", an episode of ''Prison Break'' (season 2) * ''Subdivisions'' (EP), by Sinch, 2005 * "Subdivisions" (song), by Rush ...
, or groups of subdivisions. The neighborhoods are grouped by the city planning department into 25
neighborhood planning unit The neighborhood planning unit (NPU) is a community-scale governmental structure used in the City of Atlanta, Georgia. History The system was established in 1974 by Atlanta's first black mayor, Maynard Holbrook Jackson. His aim was to ensure that ...
s (NPUs). These NPUs are "citizen advisory councils that make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on zoning, land use, and other planning issues". There are also a variety of other widely recognized named areas within the city; some are officially designated, while others are more informal.


Other areas

In addition to the officially designated neighborhoods, many other named areas exist. Several larger areas, consisting of multiple neighborhoods, are not formally defined but commonly used. Most notable are
Buckhead Buckhead is the uptown commercial and residential district of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, comprising approximately the northernmost fifth of the city. Buckhead is the third largest business district within the Atlanta city limits, behind Downt ...
, Midtown, and Downtown. However, other smaller examples exist, such as
Little Five Points Little Five Points (also L5P, LFP, Little Five, or Lil' Five) is a district on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, east of downtown. It was established in the early 20th century as the commercial district for the adjacent Inm ...
, which encompasses parts of three neighborhoods. Some of these regions may overlap, such as
West Midtown West Midtown, also known as Westside, is a colloquial area, comprising many historical neighborhoods located in Atlanta, Georgia. Once largely industrial, West Midtown is now the location of urban lofts, art galleries, live music venues, retail ...
, an area which includes several neighborhoods on the west side of the larger Midtown area. Some of these areas are also connected with community groups such a
Midtown Alliance
or Community improvement districts (CIDs) such as th
Buckhead CID
While Those organizations often have an associated definition of the areas they represent, those definitions may not be the same as the common usage. Less formally, some areas of the city are referred to by compass directions, such as Southwest Atlanta.


Neighborhoods (by area)


Intown Atlanta

The term "intown" is historically most commonly used to refer to any neighborhoods close to the central part of the city.


Downtown

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is a neighborhood that contains the following sub-districts: **
Castleberry Hill Castleberry Hill is a neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia, adjacent to and southwest of Downtown Atlanta. It is a federally recognized historic district since 1985 and became a City of Atlanta Landmark District in 2006. History The area in the cit ...
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Centennial Hill Centennial Hill is district at the northern edge of Downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The name was originally coined by Hines Interests and applied only to their planned development in the area. Although the development was never started and the land l ...
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Luckie Marietta The Centennial Park District, formerly the Luckie-Marietta District, is a district of Downtown Atlanta named after the walkable neighborhood and entertainment district that surround Centennial Olympic Park. The district was originally created in 2 ...
district **
Peachtree Center Peachtree Center is a district located in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Most of the structures that make up the district were designed by Atlanta architect John C. Portman, Jr. A defining feature of the Peachtree Center is a network of enclosed pe ...
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** South Downtown


Midtown

* Midtown, as defined by the Midtown Alliance, consists of these neighborhoods: **The Midtown neighborhood proper which contains the districts: ***Midtown Core ***Midtown Neighborhood h **
Ansley Park Ansley Park is an intown residential district in Atlanta, Georgia, located just east of Midtown and west of Piedmont Park. When developed in 1905-1908, it was the first Atlanta suburban neighborhood designed for automobiles, featuring wide, win ...
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Atlantic Station Atlantic Station is a neighborhood on the northwestern edge of Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States comprising a retail district, office space, condominiums, townhomes and apartment buildings. First planned in the mid-1990s and officially op ...
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Georgia Tech The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part o ...
and Technology Square **
Home Park Home Park is a football stadium in Plymouth, England. The ground has been the home of Football League One club Plymouth Argyle since 1901.Loring Heights ** Sherwood Forest


Westside

*Westside or The West Side, is an agglomeration of neighborhoods west of I-75/85 (frequently referred to as the "Connector") and is an unofficial area whose definition varies, and includes: ** Berkeley Park ** Blandtown ** Western
Home Park Home Park is a football stadium in Plymouth, England. The ground has been the home of Football League One club Plymouth Argyle since 1901.Knight Park/Howell Station **
Marietta Street Artery Marietta Street Artery (formerly designated as "Bellwood") is an officially defined neighborhood of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, part of the West Midtown area of Atlanta, also known as the "Westside." The neighborhood consists of Marietta Stre ...
Sometimes Bolton and Hills Park are also included (see below: Northwestern Atlanta)


East Side

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Atkins Park Atkins Park is an intown neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, nestled against the southeast corner of the neighborhood of Virginia-Highland, west of Briarcliff Avenue and north of Ponce de Leon Avenue ("Ponce"). It consists of just three streets - ...
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Avondale Estates Avondale Estates is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. The population was 2,960 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area and is near Decatur, Georgia, Decatur. ...
* Cabbagetown * Candler Park * Druid Hills (part in Atlanta) *
East Atlanta East Atlanta is a neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, United States The name East Atlanta Village primarily refers to the neighborhood's commercial district. Geography East Atlanta lies entirely within DeKalb County and is boun ...
* East Lake * Edgewood *
Inman Park Inman Park is an intown neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, and its first planned suburb. It was named for Samuel M. Inman. History Today's neighborhood of Inman Park includes areas that were originally designated * Inman Park ...
* Kirkwood * Lake Claire * Lindridge-Martin Manor *
Morningside-Lenox Park Morningside/Lenox Park is an intown neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia founded in 1923. It is located north of Virginia-Highland, east of Ansley Park and west of Druid Hills. Approximately 3,500 households comprise the neighborhood that includes t ...
* Oakland * Old Fourth Ward *
Ormewood Park Ormewood Park is a neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North Americ ...
* Piedmont Heights * Poncey-Highland * Reynoldstown *
Sweet Auburn Sweetness is a basic taste most commonly perceived when eating foods rich in sugars. Sweet tastes are generally regarded as pleasurable. In addition to sugars like sucrose, many other chemical compounds are sweet, including aldehydes, ketones ...
* Scottdale * Virginia-Highland       The
Little Five Points Little Five Points (also L5P, LFP, Little Five, or Lil' Five) is a district on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, east of downtown. It was established in the early 20th century as the commercial district for the adjacent Inm ...
district is located where
Inman Park Inman Park is an intown neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, and its first planned suburb. It was named for Samuel M. Inman. History Today's neighborhood of Inman Park includes areas that were originally designated * Inman Park ...
and Candler Park meet.


Southeastern Atlanta

*Amal Heights * Benteen Park *Betmar LaVilla *Blair Villa/Poole Creek *Boulevard Heights *Browns Mill Park * Chosewood Park *Custer/McDonough/Guice *Englewood Manor ( AHA property demolished 2008) *Glenrose Heights * Grant Park * High Point * Joyland *Lakewood * Lakewood Heights *Leila Valley ( AHA property demolished 2008) *Norwood Manor *Orchard Knob *
Peoplestown Peoplestown is a neighborhood of Atlanta just south of Center Parc Stadium and Downtown Atlanta. * Ormond Street and the Summerhill neighborhood on the north, * Hill Street and the Grant Park neighborhood on the east, * the BeltLine and the C ...
*Polar Rock *Rebel Valley Forest *Rosedale Heights *
South Atlanta South Atlanta is an officially defined neighborhood of the city of Atlanta within the city's south side. It is bounded on the northeast by the railroad and the Chosewood Park neighborhood; on the northwest by the railroad and the BeltLine and the ...
*South River Gardens *State Facility *
Summerhill Summerhill or Summer Hill may refer to the following places: Australia *Summer Hill, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney * Summerhill, Tasmania, a suburb of Launceston * Summerhill (Mount Duneed), a prefabricated iron cottage in Victoria Canada * ...
*Swallow Circle/Baywood * The Villages at Carver *Thomasville Heights— not to be confused with the former housing project of the same name, located near the neighborhood. ( AHA property demolished 2010–11) *Woodland Hills


Southwestern Atlanta

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Adair Park Adair Park is a residential neighborhood located southwest of downtown Atlanta. It has the form of a left curly bracket, bordered by the MARTA north–south rail line on the northwest, the BeltLine trail on the southwest and Metropolitan Parkway ...
*Adams Park * Adamsville *Arlington Estates * Ashley Collegetown (former Harris Chiles) * Ashley Courts * Ashview Heights *
Atlanta University Center The Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUC Consortium) is the oldest and largest contiguous consortium of African-American higher education institutions in the United States. The center consists of four historically black colleges and universi ...
*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 *Campbellton Road * Capitol View * Capitol View Manor *Carroll Heights *Cascade Avenue/Road *Cascade Green *
Cascade Heights Cascade Heights is an affluent neighborhood in southwest Atlanta. It is bisected by Cascade Road, which was known as the Sandtown Road in the nineteenth century. The road follows the path of the ancient Sandtown Trail which ran from Stone Mountai ...
*Chalet Woods *
Collier Heights Historic Collier Heights is an affluent middle-class and predominately African-American populated historic area in the northwest corner of Atlanta, Georgia. It is bordered to the west by Fairburn Road, the east by Hamilton E. Holmes Drive, the nor ...
*Deerwood *East Ardley Road *Elmco Estates *Fairburn *Fairburn Heights *Fairburn Road/Wisteria Lane *Fairburn Tell *Fairburn Mays *Fairway Acres *Florida Heights *
Fort McPherson Fort McPherson was a U.S. Army military base located in Atlanta, Georgia, bordering the northern edge of the city of East Point, Georgia. It was the headquarters for the U.S. Army Installation Management Command, Southeast Region; the U.S. A ...
*Fort Valley *Green Acres Valley *Green Forest Acres * Greenbriar *Greenbriar Village *Hammond Park *Harland Terrace *Heritage Valley *Horseshoe Community * Hunter Hills *Huntington *Ivan Hill * Just Us *Kings Forest *Lake Estates *Laurens Valley *Magnum Manor *Mays *Meadowbrook Forest * Mechanicsville *Mellwood * Midwest Cascade *Mt. Gilead Woods *Niskey Cove * Niskey Lake *Oakcliff * Oakland City *Old Fairburn Village *Old Gordon *Pomona Park * Perkerson *Peyton Forest * Pittsburgh *Princeton Lakes *Regency Trace *Ridgecrest Forest *Rue Royal *Sandlewood Estates *South Oaks *Southwest * Summerdale Commons * Sylvan Hills *Tampa Park *
Venetian Hills Venetian Hills is an official neighborhood in southwest Atlanta, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its 2010 population was 3,790. It is bordered: * on the north by Cascade Avenue/Road SW, Avon Avenue SW, and the Bush Mountain neighborhood * on the n ...
* West End *West Manor *Westhaven * Westview *Westwood Terrace *Wildwood *Wildwood Forest *Wilson Mill Meadows *Wisteria Gardens


Northwestern Atlanta

*Almond Park *Atlanta Industrial Park * Bankhead * Bankhead Courts ( AHA property demolished 2010) *
Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th centu ...
*Bolton Hills * Bowen Apartments *Brookview Heights *Carey Park *Carver Hills * Center Hill *Chattahoochee * Dixie Hills * English Avenue *English Park * Grove Park *Harvel Homes *Hills Park * Hunter Hills * Knight Park/Howell Station *Monroe Heights(45) *
Mozley Park Mozley Park is a typical early 20th-century residential neighborhood, located approximately three miles west of downtown Atlanta. The community is named after the original landowner, Dr. Hiram Mozley, whose heirs inherited the land after his death ...
*Penelope Neighbors *
Riverside Riverside may refer to: Places Australia * Riverside, Tasmania, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania Canada * Riverside (electoral district), in the Yukon * Riverside, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Alberta * Riverside, Manitoba, a former rural ...
*Rockdale *Scotts Crossing *
Vine City English Avenue and Vine City are two adjacent and closely linked neighborhoods of Atlanta, Georgia. Together the neighborhoods make up neighborhood planning unit L. The two neighborhoods are frequently cited together in reference to shared ...
* Washington Park *
West Highlands The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Sc ...
(includes Perry Homes) *West Lake * Whittier Mill Village


Buckhead

* Ardmore * Argonne Forest *Arden/Habersham * Brookhaven * Buckhead Forest *Brandon * Brookwood *
Brookwood Hills Brookwood Hills is a historic neighborhood located in intown Atlanta, Georgia, United States, north of Midtown and south-southwest of Buckhead. Home to about 1000 people, it was founded in the early 1920s by Benjamin Franklin Burdett and his son ...
* Buckhead Forest * Buckhead Village *Castlewood *Channing Valley (also includes Memorial Park) *
Chastain Park Chastain Memorial Park (originally known as the North Fulton Park, commonly known as Chastain Park) is the largest city park in Atlanta, Georgia. It is a park near the northern edge of the city. Included in the park are jogging paths, playgrou ...
* Collier Hills (also includes
Brookwood Hills Brookwood Hills is a historic neighborhood located in intown Atlanta, Georgia, United States, north of Midtown and south-southwest of Buckhead. Home to about 1000 people, it was founded in the early 1920s by Benjamin Franklin Burdett and his son ...
) *Colonial Homes *East Chastain Park * Garden Hills *Haynes Manor * Historic Brookhaven *Kingswood * Lindbergh/Morosgo * Loring Heights * Margaret Mitchell *Mount Paran/Northside *Mount Paran Parkway * North Buckhead *
Paces A pace is a unit of length consisting either of one normal walking step (approximately ), or of a double step, returning to the same foot (approximately ). The normal pace length decreases with age and some health conditions. The word "pace" is al ...
*Peachtree Heights East *Peachtree Heights West * Peachtree Hills * Peachtree Park * Pine Hills *Randall Mill *Ridgedale Park *Springlake *South Tuxedo Park * Tuxedo Park *
Underwood Hills Underwood Hills is a neighborhood in Buckhead Atlanta, Georgia, United States. History The neighborhood was founded in 1902, when it was dubbed Northside Park, but construction in the area, in what at that point was the edge of the city, didn't pic ...
*West Paces Ferry/Northside *Westminster/Milmar *West Peachtree Battle (Known as Wesley Battle by city government) *Whitewater Creek *Wildwood *Woodfield *Wyngate


References


External links


City of Atlanta list of neighborhoods and Neighborhood planning unit, NPUsList of Atlanta Neighborhood Associations
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Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...