Peachtree City

by Clarence Lyons, Rebecca Smith Watts, Ellen Ulken, et al.

Book Overview

In 2009, Peachtree City is a 50-year-old thriving "new town." But when it was incorporated in 1959, it was 5,000 acres of farmland with little more than potential. The 1960 census did not record an official count until implored to three years later so that the city could apply for federal funds. Even by the next federal census, the city had less than 1,000 people. However, by the mid-1970s, the population was close to 5,000, and the next three decades...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738568155
• ISBN13: 9780738568157
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"