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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 498,7 ...

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is made up of 243

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s officially defined by the city. These neighborhoods are a mix of traditional neighborhoods,

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, 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 c ...

s (NPUs). These NPUs are "citizen advisory councils that make recommendations to the

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and

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, 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 Downto ...

, Midtown, and

Downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district ...

. 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, 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. Neighborhoods of Intown Atlanta

Downtown

Downtown Atlanta Downtown Atlanta is the central business district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The larger of the city's two other commercial districts ( Midtown and Buckhead), it is the location of many corporate and regional headquarters; city, county ...

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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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Hotel District The Hotel District is a neighborhood in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The district's name is derived from it being the home to many hotels, one of them being the famous Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel. The Hotel District is generally c ...

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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 ...

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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 South Downtown is a historic neighborhood of Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. South Downtown is primarily home to city, county, state, and federal governmental offices, which prompted the city to adopt signage declaring the area "Govern ...

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 ...

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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and Technology Square **

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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 Blandtown is a neighborhood of the West Midtown area of Atlanta, Georgia. It is located along either side of Huff Road from Howell Mill Road west to Marietta Blvd. It was one of the first black settlements around Atlanta after the Civil War, named ...

** Western

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East Side

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 - ...

* Avondale Estates * Cabbagetown *

Candler Park Candler Park is a 55-acre (223,000 m2) city park located at 585 Candler Park Drive NE, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is named after Coca-Cola magnate Asa Griggs Candler, who donated this land to the city in 1922. The park features a nin ...

Druid Hills Druid Hills is a community which includes both a census-designated place (CDP) in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, as well as a neighborhood of the city of Atlanta. The CDP's population was 14,568 at the 2010 census. The ...

(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 ...

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Old Fourth Ward The Old Fourth Ward, often abbreviated O4W, is an intown neighborhood on the eastside of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The neighborhood is best known as the location of the Martin Luther King Jr. historic site. Geography The Old Fourth Wa ...

Ormewood Park Ormewood Park is a neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. History This area was the territory of the Creek Indian Nation until approximately 1825 when the Treaty of Indian Springs was signed under Governor George Troup. ...

* Piedmont Heights * Poncey-Highland * Reynoldstown *

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* Scottdale * Virginia-Highland The

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Southeastern Atlanta

*Amal Heights *

Benteen Park Benteen Park is a neighborhood in southeast Atlanta, Georgia, bounded on the west by Boulevard and the Chosewood Park neighborhood, on the north by Boulevard Heights, on the east by Custer/McDonough/Gulce and on the south by Atlanta Federal Prison ...

*Betmar LaVilla *Blair Villa/Poole Creek *Boulevard Heights *Browns Mill Park *

Chosewood Park Chosewood Park is a neighborhood in southeast Atlanta, Georgia in the United States. It is located south of Peoplestown and Grant Park, west of Boulevard Heights and Benteen Park, northwest of Thomasville Heights and the Atlanta federal penite ...

*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 River Gardens *State Facility *

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*Swallow Circle/Baywood *

The Villages at Carver In 1996, The Atlanta Housing Authority (AHA) created the financial and legal model for mixed-income communities or MICs, that is, communities with both owners and renters of differing income levels, that include public-assisted housing as a comp ...

*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

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 In 1996, The Atlanta Housing Authority (AHA) created the financial and legal model for mixed-income communities or MICs, that is, communities with both owners and renters of differing income levels, that include public-assisted housing as a comp ...

(former Harris Chiles) * Ashley Courts * Ashview Heights *

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*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 Capitol View Manor is a small community in Southwest Atlanta that was named for the excellent view of the Georgia State Capitol building. Its boundaries include I-75/85 to the east, the Beltline to the north, Metropolitan Parkway to the west, an ...

*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 Hunter Hills is a neighborhood located west of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Its motto, "One Community, One Family", has been its cornerstone since 2001. The neighborhood is encompassed in the 30314 zip code. Hunter Hills shares borde ...

*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 *

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*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 Bankhead Courts was a public housing complex located in Bankhead, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was demolished in 2011, with the ultimate plan of redevelopment into a mixed-income community, although as of 2018, development has not yet occu ...

( AHA property demolished 2010) *

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*Bolton Hills *

Bowen Apartments In 1994 the Atlanta Housing Authority, encouraged by the federal HOPE VI program, embarked on a policy created for the purpose of comprehensive revitalization of severely distressed public housing developments. These distressed public housing pro ...

*Brookview Heights *Carey Park *Carver Hills * Center Hill *Chattahoochee * Dixie Hills * English Avenue *English Park * Grove Park *Harvel Homes *Hills Park *

* 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 *Rockdale *Scotts Crossing * Vine City * Washington Park *

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(includes Perry Homes) *West Lake * Whittier Mill Village

Buckhead

* Ardmore * Argonne Forest *Arden/Habersham * Brookhaven *

Buckhead Forest Buckhead Forest is a neighborhood of 165 homes in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia. It is bounded by: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 Forest is a neighborhood of 165 homes in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia. It is bounded by:Buckhead Village Buckhead Village is a Neighborhoods of Atlanta, neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, one of 42 neighborhoods in the larger Buckhead, Buckhead district and the community's historic business section. The Village as defined by the city as the area bet ...

*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

) *Colonial Homes *East Chastain Park * Garden Hills *Haynes Manor * Historic Brookhaven *Kingswood * Lindbergh/Morosgo * Loring Heights *

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*Mount Paran/Northside *Mount Paran Parkway * North Buckhead * Paces *Peachtree Heights East *Peachtree Heights West *

Peachtree Hills Peachtree Hills is a neighborhood within the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia. It primarily contains residential buildings, however, commercial buildings are scattered throughout the neighborhood. Peachtree Battle Shopping Center is located w ...

* Peachtree Park * Pine Hills *Randall Mill *Ridgedale Park *Springlake *South Tuxedo Park * Tuxedo Park * Underwood Hills *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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