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Note: many unincorporated communities in DeKalb County and Cobb County, Georgia adjacent to Atlanta, including Druid Hills CDP and North Druid Hills, both in DeKalb County and Cumberland, Georgia and Vinings, Georgia, both in Cobb County use "Atlanta" in their postal address but are not part of the City of Atlanta. See DeKalb County and Cobb County, Georgia. 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. These neighborhoods are a mix of traditional neighborhoods, subdivisions, or groups of subdivisions. The neighborhoods are grouped by the city planning department into 25 neighborhood planning units (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 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, Midtown, and Downtown. Other smaller examples exist, such as Little Five Points, 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 connected with community groups such as Midtown Alliance or Community improvement districts (CIDs) such as the 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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Midtown
Westside
Sometimes Bolton and Hills Park are also included (see below: Northwestern Atlanta) |
East Side
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The Little Five Points district is located where 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
- Polar Rock
- Rebel Valley Forest
- Rosedale Heights
- South Atlanta
- South River Gardens
- State Facility
- Summerhill
- 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
See also: SWATS
- Adair Park
- Adams Park
- Adamsville
- Arlington Estates
- Ashley Collegetown (former Harris Chiles)
- 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
- Campbellton Road
- Capitol View
- Capitol View Manor
- Carroll Heights
- Cascade Avenue/Road
- Cascade Green
- Cascade Heights
- Chalet Woods
- Collier Heights
- Deerwood
- East Ardley Road
- Elmco Estates
- Fairburn
- Fairburn Heights
- Fairburn Road/Wisteria Lane
- Fairburn Tell
- Fairburn Mays
- Fairway Acres
- Florida Heights
- Fort McPherson
- 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
- 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 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
- Penelope Neighbors
- Riverside
- Rockdale
- Scotts Crossing
- Vine City
- Washington Park
- West Highlands (includes Perry Homes)
- West Lake
- Whittier Mill Village
Buckhead
- Ardmore
- Argonne Forest
- Arden/Habersham
- Brookhaven
- Buckhead Forest
- Brandon
- Brookwood
- Brookwood Hills
- Buckhead Forest
- Buckhead Village
- Castlewood
- Channing Valley (also includes Memorial Park)
- Chastain Park
- Collier Hills (also includes Brookwood Hills)
- 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
- Peachtree Heights East
- Peachtree Heights West
- Peachtree Hills
- 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
- "NPU by Neighborhood". City of Atlanta, GA. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- "Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU)". City of Atlanta. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- "Midtown Alliance". Midtownalliance.org. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- "Atlanta, GA : NPU by Neighborhood". Atlantaga.gov. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
External links
Media related to Neighborhoods in Atlanta at Wikimedia Commons
- City of Atlanta list of neighborhoods and Neighborhood planning unit|NPUs
- List of Atlanta Neighborhood Associations
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