Avondale Estates, Georgia facts for kids
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Avondale Estates, Georgia
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Tudor Revival architecture strip mall
120 Avondale Road, Avondale Estates |
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Location in DeKalb County and the state of Georgia
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 Avondale Estates, Georgia
Location in Metro Atlanta
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| Country | United States | |
| State | Georgia | |
| County | DeKalb | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1.23 sq mi (3.20 km2) | |
| • Land | 1.22 sq mi (3.17 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) | |
| Elevation | 1,027 ft (313 m) | |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 3,567 | |
| • Density | 2,916.60/sq mi (1,126.11/km2) | |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) | |
| ZIP code |
30002
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| Area code(s) | 404 | |
| FIPS code | 13-04644 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0331075 | |
Avondale Estates is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,567 in 2020. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area and is near Decatur.
History
In the 1890s, lots were sold in the area, which was known as Ingleside.
Avondale Estates was founded in 1924 by George Francis Willis, a patent medicine magnate, who purchased the entire village of Ingleside to create a planned community. The city was named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England, birthplace of Shakespeare. Downtown buildings were designed in a Tudor style to reinforce this image, as were many of the houses in the city. The city incorporated in 1927.
Geography
Avondale Estates is entirely underlain by granite, and clay-rich soil developed on it. Some of this granite can be seen outcropped along the shore of Lake Avondale.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), of which 0.88% is water.
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1930 | 535 | — | |
| 1940 | 569 | 6.4% | |
| 1950 | 1,070 | 88.0% | |
| 1960 | 1,646 | 53.8% | |
| 1970 | 1,735 | 5.4% | |
| 1980 | 1,313 | −24.3% | |
| 1990 | 2,209 | 68.2% | |
| 2000 | 2,609 | 18.1% | |
| 2010 | 2,960 | 13.5% | |
| 2020 | 3,567 | 20.5% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
| Race | Num. | Perc. |
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| White (non-Hispanic) | 2,781 | 77.96% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 339 | 9.5% |
| Native American | 3 | 0.08% |
| Asian | 101 | 2.83% |
| Pacific Islander | 2 | 0.06% |
| Other/Mixed | 198 | 5.55% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 143 | 4.01% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,567 people, 1,422 households, and 865 families residing in the city.
Arts and culture
The mostly Tudor-style downtown area of Avondale Estates, known as the commercial district, is home to a variety of businesses including consignment stores. Pizza, southern comfort food, and Chicago style hot dogs are some of the restaurant fare options within the city limits. The city is the location of the first Waffle House restaurant which opened on Labor Day weekend in 1955 having been converted into a museum, along with an existing operational full-time Waffle House nearby, with numerous others in the Decatur, Georgia area as well. The Avondale Salad, featured on certain Waffle House lunch menus, derives its name from the city.
A selection of art galleries and studios are located in an area of the city known as the Rail Arts District. Little Tree Art Studios located on Franklin Street, is a warehouse that includes multiple artist studios and a music rehearsal space.
The movie, Instant Family (2018), starring Mark Wahlberg, was filmed in Avondale Estates.
Education
Avondale Estates is served by the DeKalb County School System.
Avondale Elementary School is in the city limits. Druid Hills Middle School, and Druid Hills High School serve the community.
Avondale Middle School and Avondale High School, formerly adjacent to the city limits and serving the city, closed at the end of May 2011, and the students were distributed to neighboring schools. The campus is now used exclusively by the magnet school DeKalb School of the Arts.
In 2008, local parents began organizing formal efforts through the Avondale Education Association, a local grass-roots non-profit organization that was founded in October 2003, to create a charter school that would achieve the standards required by law, while establishing an elementary school that reflected the values of the community. Their proposal was initially rejected by the Dekalb County School Board, but it was subsequently selected by the Georgia Charter Schools Commission as one of a small number of schools to be chartered directly by the State of Georgia. The school, Museum School of Avondale Estates, opened in 2010, and Avondale Estates therefore lies within its attendance zone. The Museum School admissions are accepted through a lottery.
See also
In Spanish: Avondale Estates para niños
