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Avalon Estates
The Avondale Estates Downtown Master Plan is intended to establish a framework for revitalizing the city's downtown commercial core by restoring its visual appeal and establishing a mix of land uses more conducive to local demographics and attractive to a broader audience from the metro area.



Chamblee
The City of Chamblee was incorporated by the Georgia legislature on August 17, 1908. It is one of eight cities located within DeKalb County.

There is great discussion about the origination of the City's name. One story has the name coming from the 1885 petition for the U.S. Postal Service to establish a post office in what was then known as Roswell Junction. The U.S. Postal Service was concerned that the proposed name of Roswell Junction was too close to the nearby city of Roswell. The Postal Service then randomly selected the name "Chamblee" from the list of petitioners for the new post office name.

Another story has the Chamlee family beginning the town and then later altering their name to fit the current spelling.

  




Clarkston
 The City of Clarkston is centrally located in DeKalb County approximately 10 miles northeast of Atlanta and 5 miles east of Decatur and 5 miles west of Stone Mountain. Clarkston has remained a small city, encompasses approximately 700 acres or 1.1 square miles. The residents and elected officials of Clarkston have enjoyed the small town feel and have therefore never striven to greatly expand the boundaries of the City. Today the railroad still runs through Clarkston as a steadfast reminder of the cities historic beginning.


Decatur
Decatur, the county seat of DeKalb County, is the oldest city in the county. Decatur was designated county seat on December 10, 1823, and named after Stephen Decatur, a U.S. Naval hero.

In historic Decatur, the Old Courthouse on the Square, is a restored 1898 courthouse that also houses the 1500 volume archives, a museum on DeKalb County and Civil War exhibits.

  


Doraville
DeKalb was established as Georgia's 56th county and is situated on a natural ridge that runs between Atlanta and Athens, the Continental Divide. The southern boundary is the South River and the northern boundary is the Hightower Trail, a trading path used by Indians. The county has 269 square miles. DeKalb was established from parts of Henry, Fayette and Gwinnett Counties with the General Assembly of the State of Georgia appointing five commissioners who picked land lot 246 in the 15th militia district as the county site.


Lithonia
The community got its unusual name, according to locals, when in the 1840's a teacher instructing Greek in a local school, combined the Greek words Litho meaning rock and Onia meaning place to create Lithonia. Considering that East Dekalb area contains an abundance of Gneiss granite Lithonia was aptly named. The nearby granite dome, Stone Mountain, is composed largely of a rock called Lithonia.

  



 

 Pine Lake
Pine Lake was established as a city in 1937, after a short life as a subdivision run by the Pine Woods Corporation, which sold lots around a small fishing lake to Atlantans who lived in (then) faraway areas like Buckhead for use as a weekend retreat. Many homeowners continued to use their property as a weekend getaway long after the city incorporated.

Today, Pine Lake is one of the most eclectic cities in the state, including among its residents a number of locally, regionally and nationally known artists in the fields of music, fine art, sculpture, poetry and prose and other disciplines. The city is also known as one of the most neighborly of cities -- new residents are often told that when someone says, "Let me know what I can do to help," in Pine Lake, that's not an empty statement



Stone Mountain
The town is named for Stone Mountain, the largest exposed granite dome in North America. Stone Mountain harbors plant and animal life found no other place in the world. It is also the site of a famous giant carving commemorating the military leaders of the Confederacy as well as a state park and museum, including a steam railroad.

  

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