Decatur

De Kalb County, GA

Population

24,421

Walk Score

96 · Walker's Paradise

Median rent

$1,611

Median home value

$654,400

Founded

1823

Decatur is a city in and the county seat of DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. With a population of 24,928 in the 2020 census, the municipality is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple ZIP Codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear Decatur as the address.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

Decatur Cemetery · listed 1997
Decatur Downtown Historic District · listed 2012
Decatur Heights-Glennwood Estates-Sycaore Street Historic District · listed 2016
Decatur Waterworks · listed 2006
Emory Grove Historic District · listed 2000
McDonough-Adams-Kings Highway Historic District · listed 2013
Ponce de Leon Terrace-Ponce de Leon Heights-Clairmont Estates Historic District · listed 2014
South Candler Street-Agnes Scott College Historic District · listed 1994
Sycamore Street Area
University Park-Emory Highlands-Emory Estates Historic District · listed 1998
Winnona Park Historic District · listed 2002

Notable landmarks

Blair-Rutland Building · listed 2002
Candler Hotel
Farmer, Neville and Helen, Lustron House · listed 1996
Gay, Mary, House · listed 1975
Hampton, Cora Beck, Schoolhouse and House · listed 1992
Lee, Agnes, Chapter House of the United Daughters of the Confederacy · listed 1985
Old DeKalb County Courthouse · listed 1971
Pearce, William and Minnie, House · listed 2012
Ponce de Leon Court Historic District · listed 2011
Pythagoras Lodge No. 41, Free and Accepted Masons · listed 1982
Scottdale Elementary School
Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children
Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children · listed 1982
Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children (Boundary Decrease) · listed 2004
Steele-Cobb House · listed 1982
Swanton House · listed 1978
United States Post Office-Decatur, Georgia · listed 2000

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