North Buckhead is a neighborhood in the Buckhead district, at the northern edge of the city of
Atlanta
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Georgia
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, and is one of Atlanta's most affluent neighborhoods.
With a population of 8,270 (2010 census), it is also Atlanta's fourth most populous neighborhood, after Downtown, Midtown, and the Old Fourth Ward.
Boundaries
It is bounded by:
* the city of
Sandy Springs
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Buckhead Forest Buckhead Forest is a neighborhood of 165 homes in the Buckhead, Atlanta, Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia.
It is bounded by:Lenox, and
Peachtree Park
Peachtree Park is a neighborhood in the Buckhead Community of Atlanta, Georgia.
It is bounded by:
* Peachtree Road and North Buckhead on the northwest
* Georgia 400 and Lenox Square and Pine Hills on the east
* MARTA north-south rail line an ...
on the south
* Roswell Road and the
East Chastain Park
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Etymology
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neighborhood on the west
History
The area contains Lakemoore (still standing on Emma Lane), the home of Wiley L. Moore (b. 1888), president of the
Wofford Oil Wofford may refer to:
People with the surname
*Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, 1931–2019), American writer
* Dan Wofford, American politician
* Harris Wofford (1926–2019), U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1991-1995
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Company of Georgia.
The area became part of the city of Atlanta in 1950 and suburban development took place subsequently.
The Wieuca Inn stood where the Roswell-Wieuca shopping center now stands and was torn down in 1955.