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Metro Atlanta, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metropolitan statistical area, is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Georgia and the sixth-largest in the United States, based on the July 1, 2023 metropolitan area population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Also, eight consolidated city-counties have been established in Georgia: Athens – Clarke County, Augusta – Richmond County, Columbus – Muscogee County, Georgetown – Quitman County, Statenville – Echols County, Macon – Bibb County, Cusseta – Chattahoochee County, and Preston - Webster County .
Fulton County is a county in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,066,710, [1] making it the state's most populous county and its only one with over one million inhabitants. [2] Its county seat and most populous city is Atlanta, [3] the state capital.
The Geography of Atlanta encompasses 132.4 square miles (342.9 km 2 ), of which 131.7 square miles (341.1 km 2) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km 2) is water. The city is situated among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, and at 1,050 feet (320 m) above mean sea level, Atlanta has the highest elevation among major cities east of the ...
Website. cobbcounty.org. Cobb County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia, located in the Atlanta metropolitan area in the north central portion of the state. As of 2020 Census, the population was 766,149. It is the state's third most populous county, after Fulton and Gwinnett counties. [1] Its county seat is Marietta; its largest city is ...
Also, unincorporated areas near Interstate 285, in Clayton County and Gwinnett County, use Atlanta postal addresses, while not being a part of the City of Atlanta. The city of Atlanta , Georgia is made up of 243 neighborhoods officially defined by the city. [1]
History Main article: History of Atlanta For a chronological guide, see Timeline of Atlanta. Native American settlements For thousands of years prior to the arrival of European settlers in North Georgia, the indigenous Creek people and their ancestors inhabited the area. Standing Peachtree, a Creek village where Peachtree Creek flows into the Chattahoochee River, was the closest Native ...
Pages in category "Counties in the Atlanta metropolitan area" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. ... Cherokee County, Georgia; Clayton ...