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Fulton County, Georgia

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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247historic places
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1853formed
1,066,710pop. 2020
46cemeteries
10CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 247 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 9 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Atlanta, Roswell, Fairburn.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Georgia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Fulton titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

140 of 247 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

247 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
61 16th Street Apartment BuildingAtlantaBuilding2006
63 Magnum Street Industrial BuildingAtlantaBuilding1996
696 Peachtree Street ApartmentsAtlantaBuilding2013
705 Piedmont Avenue ApartmentsAtlantaBuilding1991
Academy of MedicineAtlantaBuilding1980
Adair Park Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2000
Adams, Charles R., Park (Additional Documentation)AtlantaDistrict2013
Adams, Charles R., Park (Boundary Increase)AtlantaDistrict2021
Adams, Jack and Helen, Lustron HouseAtlantaBuilding1996
Alberta Drive-Mathieson Drive-West Shadowlawn Avenue Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2015
Alexander, Cecil and Hermione, HouseAtlantaBuilding2010
Ansley Park Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1979
Ansley Park Historic District (Boundary Increase, Decrease and Additional Documentation)AtlantaDistrict2015
Apartments at 2 Collier RoadAtlantaBuilding2007
Apartments at 22-24 Collier RoadAtlantaBuilding2007
Arnold, Thomas P., HousePalmettoBuilding1984
Ashby Street Car BarnAtlantaBuilding1998
Atkins Park District (Additional Documentation)AtlantaDistrict1982
Atlanta Biltmore Hotel and Biltmore ApartmentsAtlantaBuilding1980
Atlanta Buggy Company and Warehouse-Hatcher Bros. Furniture CompanyAtlantaBuilding1992
Atlanta City HallAtlantaBuilding1983
Atlanta Constitution BuildingAtlantaBuilding2026
Atlanta Spring and Bed Company-Block Candy CompanyAtlantaBuilding1995
Atlanta StockadeAtlantaBuilding1987
Atlanta University Center DistrictAtlantaDistrict1976
Atlanta Waterworks Hemphill Avenue StationAtlantaBuilding1978
Atlanta Women's ClubAtlantaBuilding1979
Atlanta and West Point Railroad Freight DepotAtlantaBuilding1976
B. Mifflin Hood Brick Company BuildingAtlantaBuilding2018
Ballard, Levi, HousePalmettoBuilding1980
Baltimore BlockAtlantaBuilding1976
Barrington HallRoswellBuilding1971
Bass Furniture BuildingAtlantaBuilding1979
Beavers, John F., HouseFairburnBuilding1984
Berkeley Park Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2003
Bolton Lodge No. 416AtlantaBuilding2025
Brazeal, Dr. Brailsford R., HouseAtlantaBuilding2005
Briarcliff HotelAtlantaBuilding1982
Briarcliff PlazaAtlantaDistrict2020
Brittain, Dr. Marion Luther, Sr., HouseAtlantaBuilding1993
Brookhaven Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1986
Brookwood Hills Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1979
Building at 161 Spring St.AtlantaBuilding2001
Building at 220 Sunset Avenue, NWAtlantaBuilding2026
Building at 760-768 Confederate AvenueAtlantaBuilding2018
Buildings at 523-549 Stewart AvenueAtlantaBuilding2023
Bulloch HallRoswellBuilding1971
Burns CottageAtlantaBuilding1983
Butler Street Colored Methodist Episcopal ChurchAtlantaBuilding1983
Cabbagetown DistrictAtlantaDistrict1976
Campbell County CourthouseFairburnBuilding1976
Candler BuildingAtlantaBuilding1977
Canton ApartmentsAtlantaBuilding1980
Capital City ClubAtlantaBuilding1977
Capitol View ApartmentsAtlantaBuilding2023
Capitol View Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2016
Capitol View Manor Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2013
Cascade Heights Commercial Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2020
Castleberry Hill Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1985
Central Presbyterian ChurchAtlantaBuilding1986
Church of the Sacred Heart of JesusAtlantaBuilding1976
Citizen's and Southern Bank BuildingAtlantaBuilding1977
Coca-Cola Building AnnexAtlantaBuilding1996
College Park Historic DistrictCollege ParkDistrict1996
College Street SchoolHapevilleBuilding1995
Collier Heights Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2009
Collier-Perry-Bentley HouseAtlantaBuilding2021
Conklin, Daniel E., HouseAtlantaBuilding2022
Cooledge, F. J., and Sons, Company-Hastings' Seed CompanyAtlantaBuilding1995
Cox-Carlton HotelAtlantaBuilding2006
Crescent ApartmentsAtlantaBuilding1996
Crogman, William H., SchoolAtlantaBuilding2005
Cyclorama of the Battle of AtlantaAtlantaObject1971
Davis, H.B., Building-Hotel RoxyAtlantaBuilding1997
Degive's Grand Opera HouseAtlantaBuilding1977
Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant NHLAtlantaBuilding1977
East Point Industrial DistrictEast PointDistrict1985
Ellis, Rutherford and Martha, HouseAtlantaBuilding2009
Empire Manufacturing Company BuildingAtlantaBuilding2002
English Avenue SchoolAtlantaBuilding2020
English-American BuildingAtlantaBuilding1976
Epting, Thomas and Rae, Lustron HouseAtlantaBuilding1996
F.H. Ross & Company Laundry WarehouseAtlantaBuilding2020
Fairburn Commercial Historic DistrictFairburnDistrict1988
Fairlie-Poplar Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1982
FarlingerAtlantaBuilding1982
Fire Station No. 11AtlantaBuilding1980
First Congregational ChurchAtlantaBuilding1979
First Methodist Episcopal Church, SouthAtlantaBuilding2010
First Presbyterian Church of AtlantaAtlantaBuilding2020
Ford Motor Company Assembly PlantAtlantaBuilding1984
Forscom Command Sergeant Major's QuartersFort McPhersonBuilding1975
Fort PeaceAtlantaBuilding2018
Fox Theatre NHLAtlantaBuilding1974
Fox Theatre Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1978
Freeman Ford BuildingAtlantaBuilding1998
Fulton County CourthouseAtlantaBuilding1980
Garden Hills Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1987
Garrison ApartmentsAtlantaBuilding1979
General Electric Company Repair Shop WarehouseAtlantaBuilding2008
Georgia Institute of Technology Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1978
Georgia State Capitol NHLAtlantaBuilding1971
Gilbert, Jeremiah S., HouseAtlantaBuilding1980
Glenn BuildingAtlantaBuilding2008
Goodrum, May Patterson, HouseAtlantaBuilding2013
Grady HospitalAtlantaBuilding1981
Granada ApartmentsAtlantaBuilding2026
Grant Park Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1979
Grant Park NorthAtlantaDistrict1986
Grant, W. D., BuildingAtlantaBuilding1979
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea CompanyAtlantaBuilding2004
Griffith School of MusicAtlantaBuilding1999
Habersham Memorial HallAtlantaBuilding1974
Hapeville Historic DistrictHapevilleDistrict2009
Harris, Joel Chandler, House NHLAtlantaBuilding1966
Healey BuildingAtlantaBuilding1977
Herndon Home NHLAtlantaBuilding2000
Highland SchoolAtlantaDistrict2006
Home Park SchoolAtlantaDistrict1989
Hotel ClermontAtlantaBuilding2021
Hotel Row Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1989
House at 690 South BoulevardAtlantaBuilding2018
Howell Interlocking Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2003
Howell Station Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1997
Howell, Mrs. George Arthur, Jr., HouseAtlantaBuilding1991
Hurt BuildingAtlantaBuilding1977
Imperial HotelAtlantaBuilding1983
Inman ParkAtlantaDistrict1973
Inman Park Historic District Boundary IncreaseAtlantaDistrict2001
Inman Park-Moreland Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1986
Inman Park-Moreland Historic District (Boundary Increase)AtlantaDistrict2003
Island Ford LodgeSandy SpringsBuilding2016
King Plow CompanyAtlantaDistrict1996
King, Martin Luther, Jr., Historic District NHLAtlantaDistrict1974
King, Martin Luther, Jr., National Historic Site and Preservation DistrictAtlantaDistrict1980
Kiser, M.C., Company BuildingAtlantaBuilding2019
Knight, William and Ruth, Lustron HouseAtlantaBuilding1996
Knox Apartments, Cauthorn House and Peachtree Road Apartments Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1998
Kriegshaber, Victor H., HouseAtlantaBuilding1979
Lakewood Heights Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2002
Lindridge-Martin Manor Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2015
Long, Crawford W., Memorial HospitalAtlantaBuilding1988
Manuel's TavernAtlantaBuilding2020
Mark Inn EastAtlantaBuilding2026
Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic District (Boundary Increase)AtlantaDistrict2001
Means Street Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2001
Medical Arts BuildingAtlantaBuilding2016
Memorial to the Six MillionAtlantaStructure2008
Meredith, Kenneth and Hazel, HouseAtlantaBuilding2018
Methodist CemeteryRoswellSite2021
Methodist CenterAtlantaBuilding2023
Midtown Historic DistrictAtlantaSite1999
Mozley Park Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1995
National NuGrape CompanyAtlantaBuilding1996
New Hope African Methodist Episcopal Church and CemeteryAtlantaBuilding2009
Newtown Elementary SchoolAlpharettaBuilding2006
Nicolson, William P., HouseAtlantaBuilding1977
North Avenue Presbyterian ChurchAtlantaBuilding1978
Oakland CemeteryAtlantaDistrict1976
Oakland City Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2003
Odd Fellows Building and AuditoriumAtlantaBuilding1975
Omega Chapter of the Chi Phi FraternityAtlantaBuilding1982
Orr, J. K., Shoe CompanyAtlantaBuilding1995
Paces Ferry TowerAtlantaBuilding2023
Palmer House and Phelan House ApartmentsAtlantaBuilding2004
Park Street Methodist Episcopal Church, SouthAtlantaBuilding1997
Peachtree Center Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2018
Peachtree Christian ChurchAtlantaBuilding1984
Peachtree Heights ParkAtlantaDistrict1980
Peachtree Highlands Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1986
Peachtree Highlands-Peachtree Park Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2008
Peachtree Southern Railway StationAtlantaBuilding1976
Peters, Edward C., HouseAtlantaBuilding1972
Piedmont ParkAtlantaDistrict1976
Piedmont Park ApartmentsAtlantaBuilding2003
Pitts, Thomas H., House and DairyAtlantaBuilding1979
Pittsburgh Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2006
Raoul, William G., HouseAtlantaBuilding1986
Retail Credit Company Home Office BuildingAtlantaBuilding1980
Reynoldstown Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2003
Rhodes Memorial HallAtlantaBuilding1974
Rhodes-Haverty BuildingAtlantaBuilding1979
Roberts, Isaac, HouseSandy SpringsBuilding2008
Rock Spring Presbyterian ChurchAtlantaBuilding1990
Rose, Rufus M., HouseAtlantaBuilding1977
Roswell Historic DistrictRoswellDistrict1974
Rucker, Simeon and Jane, Log HouseAlpharettaBuilding1997
Sardis Methodist Church and CemeteryAtlantaBuilding2012
Sciple, Charles E., HouseAtlantaBuilding1984
Sears, Roebuck and Co. Mail-Order Warehouse and Retail StoreAtlantaBuilding2016
Selig Company BuildingAtlantaBuilding1996
Shrine of the Immaculate ConceptionAtlantaBuilding1976
Smith, Archibald, HouseRoswellDistrict2006
Smith, Tullie, HouseAtlantaBuilding1970
Southern Bell Telephone Company BuildingAtlantaBuilding1978
Southern Belting Company BuildingAtlantaBuilding1988
Southern DairiesAtlantaBuilding2002
Southern Railway North Avenue Yards Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2002
Southern Spring Bed CompanyAtlantaBuilding2007
Sperry & Hutchinson Company WarehouseEast PointBuilding2021
Spotswood HallAtlantaBuilding2002
St. Andrews ApartmentsAtlantaBuilding1986
St. Mark Methodist ChurchAtlantaBuilding1987
Staff Row and Old Post Area (Boundary Increase)AtlantaDistrict2013
Staff Row and Old Post Area-Fort McPhersonAtlantaDistrict1974
Stewart Avenue Industrial Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2026
Stewart Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church SouthAtlantaBuilding1989
Stone Hall, Atlanta University NHLAtlantaBuilding1974
Stonewall Park Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2020
Swan HouseAtlantaBuilding1977
Sweet Auburn Historic District NHLAtlantaDistrict1976
Techwood Homes Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1976
Temple, TheAtlantaBuilding1982
Texas, TheAtlantaStructure1973
Thornton, Albert E., House (Additional Doucmentation)AtlantaBuilding1980
Thorton BuildingAtlantaBuilding1984
Tompkins, Henry B., HouseAtlantaBuilding1976
Trio Steam LaundryAtlantaBuilding1997
Troy Peerless Laundry BuildingAtlantaBuilding1999
Trust Company of Georgia Northeast Freeway BranchAtlantaBuilding2018
TrygvesonAtlantaBuilding1980
Tuxedo Park Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2025
Tyler, Mary Elizabeth, HouseAtlantaBuilding2006
Tyree BuildingAtlantaBuilding1982
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse NHLAtlantaBuilding1974
Underground Atlanta Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1980
United States Post Office, Federal AnnexAtlantaBuilding2006
Utoy CemeteryAtlantaSite2015
Van Winkle, E., Gin and Machine WorksAtlantaBuilding1979
Villa LamarAtlantaBuilding1988
Virginia-Highland Historic District (Additional Documentation)AtlantaDistrict2005
Wallace, Anne, Branch-Carnegie Library of AtlantaAtlantaBuilding2003
Washington Carver HomesEast PointDistrict2023
Washington Park Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2000
Washington, Booker T., High SchoolAtlantaBuilding1986
West End Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1999
Western Electric Company BuildingAtlantaBuilding2000
Westinghouse Electric Company BuildingAtlantaBuilding2001
Westview CemeteryAtlantaDistrict2020
Whitehall Street Retail Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2020
Whittier Mills Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2001
Winecoff HotelAtlantaBuilding2009
Winnwood ApartmentsAtlantaBuilding2021
Winship, George, Jr., and Emily, HouseAtlantaBuilding2005
Witham, Stuart, HouseAtlantaBuilding1978
Wynne-Claughton BuildingAtlantaBuilding2012
Yonge Street SchoolAtlantaBuilding1980

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Fulton was formed in 1853 (1853-12-20) from Dekalb.

FULTON created from DEKALB.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Fulton County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1.1M541k14k1860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
14,42749,137117,363232,606392,886473,572556,326589,904816,0061,066,710

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic SitePark unit14.7 km
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield ParkPark unit22.0 km
Chattahoochee River National Recreational AreaPark unit23.9 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

46 cemeteries and 11 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 46 of 46 listed
NameLatLon
Alpharetta Cemetery34.06119-84.28104
Arlington Cemetery33.92344-84.38715
Bethel Cemetery33.63912-84.58372
Bethlehem Cemetery34.08425-84.22527
Bethsaida Cemetery33.56039-84.45909
Cochran Cemetery33.60613-84.72704
College Park Cemetery33.65796-84.43849
College Park View Cemetery33.65866-84.45679
Crabapple Baptist Cemetery34.08993-84.33407
Crestlawn Cemetery33.80649-84.4427
Eason Cemetery33.60705-84.5552
Ebenezer Cemetery34.09287-84.37409
Elliott Cemetery33.7768-84.45686
Forest Lawn Cemetery33.60015-84.52667
Founder Cemetery34.01452-84.35602
Green Cemetery33.77204-84.52715
Green Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum34.04569-84.33724
Greenwood Cemetery33.72491-84.45551
Harmony Grove Cemetery33.56428-84.52048
Heards Cemetery33.92084-84.42117
Hillcrest Cemetery33.6937-84.44793
Holly Hills Memorial Park33.56275-84.58632
Hollywood Cemetery33.79296-84.46581
Lebanon Cemetery34.05309-84.34358
Lincoln Cemetery33.76527-84.46377
Magnolia Cemetery33.79621-84.4677
Martin Cemetery34.05537-84.31103
Martin Luther King Junior and Coretta Scott King Grave33.75502-84.37341
Maxwell Cemetery34.04983-84.30467
McDonald Cemetery33.75413-84.52321
Morris Cemetery34.09062-84.2641
Oakland Cemetery33.749-84.3727
Old Big Creek Cemetery34.04486-84.25565
Old Roswell Cemetery34.03054-84.35646
Old South Bend Historic Cemetery33.69464-84.35971
Peters Cemetery33.54455-84.51187
Phillips Cemetery34.13069-84.31887
Pleasant Hill Cemetery34.03614-84.33982
Rogers Cemetery34.04163-84.14298
Roseland Cemetery33.68203-84.41285
South View Cemetery33.70163-84.37127
Stephens Cemetery33.504-84.6166
Tabernacle Baptist Cemetery34.06806-84.30294
Union Primitive Baptist Cemetery34.09333-84.37285
Warsaw Cemetery34.02616-84.18962
Westview Cemetery33.74666-84.45057
Historical populated places — 11 of 11
NameLatLon
Cheney33.68955-84.43687
Edwardsville33.83288-84.36159
Haasville33.64928-84.39159
Knott33.69344-84.43132
Mecca33.62705-84.69493
Payton33.80649-84.4666
Peachtree Park33.84399-84.35965
Powell33.84733-84.35381
Sandtown33.7165-84.60271
Slabtown33.75038-84.38326
Snake Nation33.75122-84.40076

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Ezra Church1,7904.2 kmGA018
Ruff'S Mill23,4045.5 kmGA029
Peachtree Creek6,5696.0 kmGA016
Utoy Creek2,5148.0 kmGA019
Atlanta5,43312.2 kmGA017
Kolb'S Farm3,69119.4 kmGA014
Kennesaw Mountain11,07621.0 kmGA015
Gilgal Church14,99124.9 kmGA013B
Pine Mountain31,41626.8 kmGA013A
Pickett'S Mill1,52734.5 kmGA012

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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