Duluth, Georgia Duluth, Georgia Location in Gwinnett County and the state of Georgia Location in Gwinnett County and the state of Georgia Duluth is a town/city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States.
As of the 2010 census, Duluth had a populace of 26,600, and the U.S.
Duluth is positioned north of Interstate 85.
It is home to Gwinnett Place Mall, the Gwinnett Civic and Cultural Center, Infinite Energy Arena, Hudgens Center for the Arts, and the Red Clay Theater.
It is also home to Gwinnett Medical Center Duluth, an 81-bed hospital constructed in 2006, as well as GMC's Glancy Campus, a 30-bed facility positioned near downtown.
Forbes ranked Duluth 26th in "America's Best Places to Move" in 2009, while Business - Week titled it the "Best Affordable Suburb in Georgia" in 2010. Duluth was originally Cherokee territory. When Duluth was established in the early 19th century, it was primarily forest territory occupied by tribespeople.
His descendants continue to live in the area, but only Howell Ferry Road in Duluth bears the name. Howell's Crossing was retitled "Duluth" in 1871 after Congress funded a north-south barns line into the community.
It was titled after the town/city of Duluth, Minnesota.
A schoolhouse was assembled in 1871 on the site of what is now Coleman Middle School (formerly Duluth Middle School and Duluth Elementary School).
In 1922, Duluth propel Georgia's first female mayor, Alice Harrell Strickland. She donated 1-acre (4,000 m2) of territory for a "community forest" and began accomplishments to conserve territory for enhance recreation.
Duluth interval quickly in the 1970s and 1980s, along with the rest of Gwinnett County.
Georgia Governor George Busbee became a resident of Duluth in 1983 after leaving office, moving to the Sweet Bottom Plantation subdivision advanced by Scott Hudgens.
A primary revitalization of the Duluth downtown region was undertaken in the early 21st century.
In much of the 20th century, when Gwinnett County was still rural, Duluth was known in the region as being one of the several small suburbs with its own hospital, Joan Glancy Memorial Hospital.
Consequently, many older inhabitants of the region who call other suburbs home were actually born in Duluth.
Joan Glancy was replaced with Gwinnett Medical Center - Duluth in 2006.
The site of the old Joan Glancy hospital is now GMC's Glancy Campus, home to the Glancy Rehabilitation Center, the Duluth locale of GMC's Diabetes & Nutrition Education Center and the Duluth locale of GMC's Center for Sleep Disorders.
In March, Fulton County Courthouse shooting suspect Brian Nichols was captured in a Duluth apartment after holding a woman hostage.
Duluth is positioned in the northeastern section of the Atlanta urbane area.
Approximately 20 mi (32 km) from Downtown Atlanta, the town/city lies in the west-central section of Gwinnett County, bounded to the north by the Chattahoochee River (which also acts as the county line), northeast by Suwanee, south by unincorporated land, and west by Berkeley Lake. Unincorporated portions of Forsyth County use a Duluth ZIP code despite being outside Duluth town/city limits in a different county.
A momentous part of the close-by city of Johns Creek in Fulton County shares at least one ZIP code with Duluth.
Duluth has an annual Fall Festival the last weekend of every September, which is held in the town center.
The Southeastern Railway Museum is positioned in Duluth, and is Georgia's official transit exhibition. The Atlanta Gladiators of the ECHL, a experienced minor league ice hockey team (formerly known as the Gwinnett Gladiators), plays in the Infinite Energy Arena, which opened in 2003 in an unincorporated region of Gwinnett County (the arena has a Duluth zip code).
Duluth is also home of the Georgia Swarm of the NLL.
Unincorporated Gwinnett County is home to the Berkeley Hills Country Club, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Partnership Gwinnett and the 1818 Club, a private dining club.
The City of Duluth is governed by a mayor and five town/city council members, who together appoint the town/city administrator and town/city clerk.
The town/city is represented in the Georgia General Assembly by Senator David Shafer, Representative Brooks Coleman and Representative Pedro "Pete "Marin who together form the city's legislative delegation.
Gwinnett County Public Schools operates enhance schools serving inhabitants of the city.
Harris Elementary (Duluth) Berkeley Lake Elementary (Duluth) Chattahoochee Elementary (Duluth) Charles Brant Chesney Elementary (Duluth) Kanoheda Elementary (Duluth) Corley Elementary (Duluth) Duluth Middle School (Duluth) Coleman Middle School (Duluth) Duluth High School (Duluth) Duluth Junior Academy (Duluth) Duluth Montessori School (Duluth) Duluth holds the title of being a barns city.
A number of collector roads distribute traffic around both incorporated and unincorporated areas of the city, some of the most meaningful being Buford Highway (US 23.svg - Georgia 13.svg), Duluth Highway (Georgia 120.svg), Sugarloaf Parkway, and Pleasant Hill Road.
Apart from Buford Highway, these roads bring traffic to Interstate 85, connecting the Duluth region to central Atlanta about 25 mi (40 km) away.
Gwinnett County Transit serves the city.
Gwinnett County Public Library operates the Duluth Branch in Duluth. Category:People from Duluth, Georgia City of Duluth.
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"Duluth Historical Society, Duluth, GA - The Strickland House".
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