Tag: Avondale Estates
Avondale Estates is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,960 at the 2010 census.
Avondale Estates was founded in 1924 by George Francis Willis, 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. Community amenities such as a lake, tennis courts,a clubhouse, parks, and a swimming pool were built for residents.
Avondale Estates is located at 33°46′15″N 84°15′54″W / 33.77083°N 84.265°W / 33.77083; -84.265 (33.770905, -84.264894). The city 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 km), of which 0.88% is water.
As of the 2010 census,…
