Welcome to Douglasville GA
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The City of Douglasville in Georgia holds a very attractive location. Physically, It is situated at a natural rise in topography, earning it its original name of Skint Chestnut due to its smooth surface, a notable quality of the large tree used by Indians as a landmark (which is stripped off its bark to make it more conspicuous, hence the smoothness). Convenience-wise, it is a mere 20 miles from downtown Atlanta, and just 10 minutes west of Six Flags Over Georgia. It is a beautiful, comfortable place to reside, work or visit, with a wide array of restaurants, schools, hotels and shopping areas to accommodate anyone’s preferences.
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The City of Douglasville was first established by the Georgia General Assembly on February 25, 1875, with several boundaries. The first boundary stated that the town center shall be a point directly opposite the court house. The second boundary stated it will be mapped along the Georgia Western railroad, hence running along the center of the road each way three-fourths of a mile, extending one half mile each way from the center of the railroad. The last boundary stated that Douglasville territory will take the shape of an oblong square.
There was an election held on the first Saturday of March 1875, where a mayor, secretary, treasurer and marshall was chosen. With this election began the official history of Douglasville, which remains today one of the most historic and desirable areas of the Atlanta metro area.
Its historical value is mostly focused on a specific area in downtown Douglasville– which is listed on the National Register of Historic places as one of the most excellent examples of turn-of-the-century railroad towns. Most of the buildings in this core area consists of one and two-story brick structures which date back to the mid-19th century. The buildings and walls possess Victorian commercial designs with details of Italian, Romanesque and Queen Anne periods, while the doorways and windows had a more Gothic design, with arched openings and hooded windows. The most dominant feature however, is the railroad right-of-way, which runs east to west through downtown.
Despite the history behind it, the downtown continues to be the foundations of a variety of retail, government and professional functions, with the Interstate 20 road running through Douglasville several miles south of it. It is precisely this convenience that attracted a diversity of retal shopping activity, spouting shopping areas along corridors perpendicular to the interstate hightways, prompting a continuous development of other establishments.