East Point, Georgia East Point, Georgia City of East Point East Point Street, Downtown East Point East Point Street, Downtown East Point East Point is positioned in Metro Atlanta East Point - East Point Location of East Point in Metro Atlanta East Point is a suburban town/city located southwest of the neighborhoods of Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia, United States.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a populace of 33,712. The town/city name is derived from being at the opposite end of the former Atlanta & West Point Railroad from West Point.
3 East Point Historic Civic Block The name "East Point" derives from the fact that this is the end of the Atlanta & West Point Railroad in the east; West Point, Georgia, is the end where the rail line ends in the west.
In 1884 the first telephone rang in East Point, and in 1887 the town/city received its first charter.
In 1890 a primary portion of property along East Point Avenue was subdivided and developed, opening the way for more homes, more churches, more citizens , and more places of employment.
The manager is allowed by the eight-member town/city council, headed by the mayor who has veto power. The town/city is divided into four wards (A, B, C, & D), each electing two town/city council members. Enumeration was originally positioned in the Colonial Hills region of East Point.
East Point Historic Civic Block The East Point Historic Civic Block The East Point Historic Civic Block consists of three historically momentous buildings and one memorial park in downtown East Point.
It is positioned inside the parameters of East Point Street, Linwood Avenue, Church Street, and West Cleveland Avenue.
East Point is served by Sumner Park, Sykes Park, Brookdale Park, Grayson Field, Jefferson Park, John Milner Park and Chris Stacks Field.
The Velodrome is a 1/5 mile and 36 banked concrete track for bicycle racing, set in Sumner park in a residentiary part of historic East Point.
The City of East Point owns the velodrome and has a long-term partnership with the East Point Velodrome Association (EPVA) to manage it.
East Point is positioned at 33 40 34 N 84 27 05 W. It is bordered to the north, east, and west by the town/city of Atlanta, to the southeast by Hapeville, and to the south by College Park.
Downtown Atlanta is 7 miles (11 km) northeast of the center of East Point.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, East Point has a total region of 14.7 square miles (38.1 km2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2), or 0.12%, is water. Elementary schools in East Point and serving sections of East Point include Brookview, Conley Hills, Hamilton E.
Holmes, Mount Olive, Oak Knoll, and Parklane. Elementary schools outside of East Point serving sections of East Point include Hapeville Elementary School in Hapeville, Seaborn Lee Elementary School in an unincorporated area, and Harriet Tubman Elementary School in College Park. West Middle School and Woodland Middle School, both in East Point.
A portion is zoned to Camp Creek Middle School in an unincorporated area. Most of the town/city is zoned to Tri-Cities High School in East Point. Some of the town/city is zoned to Westlake High School in an unincorporated area. Point University, formerly Atlanta Christian College, has a locale in East Point.
Although the University's traditional students are transitioning to West Point, Georgia in Fall 2012, the East Point locale will remain active for the school's adult studies program.
Atlanta Fulton Public Library System operates the East Point Branch. The City of East Point.
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"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (G001), East Point city, Georgia".
"East Point city, Georgia." Brookview Elementary Attendance Zone 2009-2010 School Year.
Conley Hills Elementary Attendance Zone 2009-2010 School Year.
Holmes Elementary Attendance Zone 2009-2010 School Year.
Mount Olive Elementary Attendance Zone 2009-2010 School Year.
Oak Knoll Elementary Attendance Zone 2009-2010 School Year.
Parklane Elementary Attendance Zone 2009-2010 School Year.
Seaborn Lee Elementary Attendance Zone 2009-2010 School Year.
Harriet Tubman Elementary Attendance Zone 2009-2010 School Year.
West Middle Attendance Zone 2009-2010 School Year.
Woodland Middle Attendance Zone 2009-2010 School Year.
Camp Creek Middle Attendance Zone 2009-2010 School Year.
Tri-Cities High Attendance Zone 2009-2010 School Year.
Westlake High Attendance Zone 2009-2010 School Year.
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