Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Why Sandtown?

"The Sandtown Community is one of the oldest communities in Fulton County, Georgia and is located within 15 minutes from the airport and downtown Atlanta."

Sandtown has the official county designation as the Sandtown Overlay District. The Board of Commissioners of Fulton County, Georgia established the Sandtown Overlay as part of a strategy designed for the purpose, among others, of promoting the health, safety, order, prosperity and general welfare of the citizens of Fulton County through the regulation of design, aesthetics, location, bulk, size of buildings and structures, and the density and distribution of population.

For most new residents to South Fulton, any reference to Sandtown evokes thoughts of Sandtown Park, Sandtown Church or the former Sandtown Elementary School, now A. Philip Randolph. As late as 1950, County maps recognized Sandown’s boundaries as bordered by the City of Atlanta and extending on Campbellton Road from Enon Road to the Chattahoochee River (Douglass County).

Others can remember when Campbell's Grocery at the corner of Boat Rock and Campbellton was the local source of shopping for the community. At the same time, Sandown’s crossroads were near Boat Rock and Cascade. Fulton Industrial was not even on the maps until the 60’s.



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