Druid Hills
| Druid Hills | |
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| CDP and neighborhood of Atlanta | |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters
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 Location in DeKalb County and the state of Georgia |
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 Druid Hills CDP, unincorporated DeKalb County |
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| Coordinates: 33°47′14″N 84°19′34″W / 33.78722°N 84.32611°WCoordinates: 33°47′14″N 84°19′34″W / 33.78722°N 84.32611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | DeKalb |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.2 sq mi (11 km2) |
| • Land | 4.2 sq mi (10.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 912 ft (278 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 14,568 |
| • Density | 3,500/sq mi (1,300/km2) |
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| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 30333 |
| Area code(s) | 404 |
| FIPS code | 13-24264 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0331589 |
Druid Hills is a community which includes both a census-designated place (CDP) in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, as well as a neighborhood of the city of Atlanta. The CDP's population was 14,568 at the 2010 census. The CDP contains the main campus of Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Atlanta-city section of Druid Hills is one of Atlanta's most affluent neighborhoods with a mean household income in excess of $238,500 (making it the ninth most affluent, per that metric).
The planned community was initially conceived by Joel Hurt, and developed with the effort of Atlanta's leading families, including Coca-Cola founder Asa Candler. It contains some of Atlanta's historic mansions from the late 19th and early 20th century. Druid Hills includes the main campus of Emory University, which relocated to Atlanta in 1914.
Druid Hills was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and was one of his last commissions. A showpiece of the design was the string of parks along Ponce de Leon Avenue, which was designated as Druid Hills Parks and Parkways and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 1975. The remainder of the development was listed on the Register as the Druid Hills Historic District on October 25, 1979. Later the Park and Parkways district was consolidated into the Druid Hills Historic District. The other historic districts in Druid Hills are:
Druid Hills is located at 33°47′14″N 84°19′34″W / 33.78722°N 84.32611°W (33.787205, -84.325974).
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