Map of Atlanta Metro Cities and Suburbs? (Marietta, Smyrna: 2015, live in)

[magusat999]

I searched this on Google until my keyboard bled - I am looking for a map showing the borders of the CITIES and SUBURBS in Atlanta metro. All I have found is maps with COUNTY borders. i find maps with the names lazily slapped on them, but no border info. I know there are probably maps of individual areas - but I don't need that, I need the map that shows all of Atlanta Metro, with the cities incorporated in it clearly defined (suburbs would be nice too).

If anyone has an idea where one is, thanks in advance - I appreciate it.

[alco89]

This is about the best there is:



KEEP IN MIND: Atlanta (Georgia really) is set up in a way that not every piece of developed land is inside an incorporated city, unlike Cali or Texas, for instance. Here, counties are way more important, though that's slowly beginning to change. For example, many people refer to vast stretches in central Dekalb County as "Decatur" because you have a Decatur postal address, but in reality it's simply Dekalb county or "unincorporated Decatur" while the actual city of Decatur is pretty tiny. Same goes for Marietta, Atlanta, etc. This causes a lot of confusion for people.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by alco89

This is about the best there is:



KEEP IN MIND: Atlanta (Georgia really) is set up in a way that not every piece of developed land is inside an incorporated city, unlike Cali or Texas, for instance. Here, counties are way more important, though that's slowly beginning to change. For example, many people refer to vast stretches in central Dekalb County as "Decatur" because you have a Decatur postal address, but in reality it's simply Dekalb county or "unincorporated Decatur" while the actual city of Decatur is pretty tiny. Same goes for Marietta, Atlanta, etc. This causes a lot of confusion for people.

this is outdated, missing Brookhaven, Tucker, and annexations.

[Stormhammer]

While not totally what you want, Google Maps offers the feature, to the extent you list/click the city/county and it will outline the area.

https://www.maptechnica.com/city-map/Atlanta/GA/1304000 this was another I found.

You'll be hard pressed to find one that would include suburbs such as O4W etc

[TheTravelinMan]

Originally Posted by alco89

This is about the best there is:



KEEP IN MIND: Atlanta (Georgia really) is set up in a way that not every piece of developed land is inside an incorporated city, unlike Cali or Texas, for instance. Here, counties are way more important, though that's slowly beginning to change. For example, many people refer to vast stretches in central Dekalb County as "Decatur" because you have a Decatur postal address, but in reality it's simply Dekalb county or "unincorporated Decatur" while the actual city of Decatur is pretty tiny. Same goes for Marietta, Atlanta, etc. This causes a lot of confusion for people.

Very true, count Google Maps among the confused since it draws Atlanta's boundaries across the river into Cobb to include the Vinings area. I've pointed out the error to them but have heard nothing.

[magusat999]

Originally Posted by alco89

This is about the best there is:



KEEP IN MIND: Atlanta (Georgia really) is set up in a way that not every piece of developed land is inside an incorporated city, unlike Cali or Texas, for instance. Here, counties are way more important, though that's slowly beginning to change. For example, many people refer to vast stretches in central Dekalb County as "Decatur" because you have a Decatur postal address, but in reality it's simply Dekalb county or "unincorporated Decatur" while the actual city of Decatur is pretty tiny. Same goes for Marietta, Atlanta, etc. This causes a lot of confusion for people.

Well it's better than nothing - but it brings up questions such as - what are the areas between the highlighted "Cities"? And I live in Ellenwood - where is Ellenwood, since it goes all the way down to Stockbridge???

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by TheTravelinMan

Very true, count Google Maps among the confused since it draws Atlanta's boundaries across the river into Cobb to include the Vinings area. I've pointed out the error to them but have heard nothing.

Good thing Cobb County doesn't know, or else they'd sue Atlanta.

[OhioNative]

Originally Posted by magusat999

Well it's better than nothing - but it brings up questions such as - what are the areas between the highlighted "Cities"? And I live in Ellenwood - where is Ellenwood, since it goes all the way down to Stockbridge???

The areas between cities are just unincorporated county areas. For example, I live outside the Suwanee city limits. While I have a Suwanee mailing address and zip code, I actually just live in "Gwinnett County."

[primaltech]

Originally Posted by cqholt

this is outdated, missing Brookhaven, Tucker, and annexations.

And Peachtree Corners.

[primaltech]

Originally Posted by TheTravelinMan

Very true, count Google Maps among the confused since it draws Atlanta's boundaries across the river into Cobb to include the Vinings area. I've pointed out the error to them but have heard nothing.

Yeah, when I first saw that error in Google Maps a long time ago, I thought it would be fixed quickly. But it's still there:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/At...!4d-84.3879604

I think the confusion is, I believe that's the area of Cobb/Vinings that was recently switched by USPS to an Atlanta address (switched to postal code 30339), and used to be considered Smyrna 30080. A bunch of confused people probably submitted that to Google Maps or something, thinking that now they're in Atlanta.