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Brookhaven, Georgia
City
City of Brookhaven
Brookhaven Village, located on Dresden Drive east of Peachtree Road
Brookhaven Village, located on Dresden Drive east of Peachtree Road
Official seal of Brookhaven, Georgia
Seal
Nickname(s): Brookhaven, North Atlanta
Brookhaven is located in Metro Atlanta
Brookhaven
Brookhaven
Location of Brookhaven in Metro Atlanta
Coordinates: 33°51′33″N 84°20′20″W / 33.85917°N 84.33889°W / 33.85917; -84.33889Coordinates: 33°51′33″N 84°20′20″W / 33.85917°N 84.33889°W / 33.85917; -84.33889
Country United States
State Georgia
County DeKalb
Government
 • Mayor John Ernst
 • City Manager Christian Sigman
Population (2010)
 • Total 40,456
 • Estimate (2016) 52,444
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 30319, 30341
Area code(s) 404/470/678/770
FIPS code 13-10944
GNIS feature ID 331243
Website brookhavenga.gov
North Atlanta, Georgia
Former CDP
Location in DeKalb County and the state of Georgia
Location in DeKalb County and the state of Georgia
Country United States
State Georgia
County DeKalb
Area
 • Total 7.8 sq mi (19.9 km2)
 • Land 7.7 sq mi (19.8 km2)
 • Water 0.1 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation 1,004 ft (306 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 40,456
 • Density 5,187/sq mi (2,033/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 30319
Area code(s) 404
FIPS code 13-56000
GNIS feature ID 0332512

Brookhaven is a city in the northeastern suburbs of Atlanta and is located in western DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, directly northeast of Atlanta. On July 31, 2012, Brookhaven was approved in a referendum to become DeKalb County's 11th city. Incorporation officially took place on December 17, 2012, on which date municipal operations commenced. With a population of around 49,000, it is the largest city in DeKalb County. The new city stretches over 12 square miles.

Brookhaven's first permanent European settler was John Evins, who started a plantation around 1810. Harris and Solomon Goodwin, who moved to Georgia from South Carolina, became owners of the land in the 1830s. The Goodwin home and the family graveyard have been preserved at the 3900 block of Peachtree Road, near Dresden Drive. A train station known as Goodwin's was constructed along the Atlanta and Richmond (later Atlanta and Charlotte) railway in 1873.

The settlement of Cross Keys, with a population of 250 in 1876, was located one mile (2 km) north along the rail line from Goodwin's. In 1879 Cross Keys was described:

Nancy's Creek furnished power for operating a mill. The place has two churches—Methodist and Baptist—one common school, and steam cotton gins. Cotton and wood form the chief exports. About 140 bales of cotton shipped per annum, most of which is carried to Atlanta by wagon. Population within a radius of 2 miles [3 km], near 400. Mail daily… Depot and station [is] one and one-quarter miles [2.0 km] distant [from] this place.

Atlanta residents began constructing summer cottages in the community around 1900. In 1910, 150 acres (61 ha) on the north side of Peachtree Road were purchased for development as a planned community surrounding a golf course. The nine-hole golf course, designed by Herbert Barker, a golf pro from Garden City, Long Island, opened in 1912. Residences developed in three phases, with Brookhaven Estates designed in 1910, followed by Country Club Estates in 1929 and the Carleton Operating Company in 1936. Independently, Edwin P. Ansley sold lots in the area, calling it Oglethorpe Park. Construction of the historic neighborhood was largely complete by the end of World War II. The country club became part of the downtown Capital City Club in 1911, and its name was changed to the Capital City Country Club. The golf course was expanded from nine to eighteen holes in 1915. The clubhouse, designed by Preston Stevens in the French Provincial style, was completed in 1928.


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