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Old 10-03-2012, 11:07 PM
 
Location: Georgia native in McKinney, TX
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I think the other poster might have meant the City of Milton vs. all of Fulton County, but I see what you mean here for clarification. Your point is the population of north Fulton is substantial in percentages now (2012) as compared to the 2000 census alone or those earlier.
Maybe some people don't realize that the former Milton County was basically all of Fulton that is north of the Chattahoochee. The city of Milton is not contiguous at all with the former Milton County. The City took its name from the historical county, but is only the upper reaches north of Alpharetta, the least dense (still rural in many areas) part of North Fulton. Cobb and DeKalb both ceded some parts to Fulton so it would have more of a connection when they merged. The old historical part of Roswell used to be in Cobb for example and the Sandy Springs panhandle north of Dunwoody was formerly in DeKalb (I am pretty sure I have these facts right).

I have seen some proposals that would also included all of Sandy Springs in a new Milton County even though what is now Sandy Springs has always been a part of Fulton County. So when these proposals are being discussed, you have to realize, especially if Sandy Springs is included, you would have the fifth largest county in the state being created.
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Old 10-04-2012, 06:02 PM
 
Location: East Point
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this was the county layout pre and post depression:



dekalb may have been modified before this, but as a part of the deal created during the depression dekalb wasn't affected.
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Old 10-05-2012, 04:16 PM
 
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Well...we're in another depression so we should revisit this. I'd take former Fulton, minus Sandy Springs, and fold it into Dekalb County. And that northwest tip of Dekalb would go to Milton too. The former Campbell County would be mostly folded into Douglas and combine Fayette, Clayton and and the eastern portion of the former Campbell County.
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Old 10-07-2012, 09:39 PM
 
Location: Georgia native in McKinney, TX
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DeKalb went all the way up to the Chattahoochee. What is now the Sandy Springs panhandle was the section of DeKalb that went to Fulton so Milton and Fulton could be connected, same as the chunk of Cobb that contained the original town of Roswell.



Note that a good section of SW Forsyth went to Fulton as well, the current boundary between Fulton and Forsyth is not a perfect right angle like it is in this old map.
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Old 10-07-2012, 09:45 PM
 
Location: Georgia native in McKinney, TX
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Well...we're in another depression so we should revisit this. I'd take former Fulton, minus Sandy Springs, and fold it into Dekalb County. And that northwest tip of Dekalb would go to Milton too. The former Campbell County would be mostly folded into Douglas and combine Fayette, Clayton and and the eastern portion of the former Campbell County.

I like this except the residents of Fayette would be anti this completely. Maybe merge the old Campbell with Clayton and loop it around Fayette.
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Old 10-07-2012, 09:55 PM
 
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^ Possibly. I must admit that I don't know the politics of South Metro Atlanta that well.
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