College Park, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the College Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30337. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Atlanta quadrangle. 13,930 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.
On record in College Park
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- College Park Historic Districtlisted 1996
Surveyed buildings and structures 6 records
- 3810 East Main Street (Commercial Building), College Parkfederal building survey, 4 photographs
- 3816 East Main Street (Commercial Building), College Parkfederal building survey, 4 photographs
- 3818 East Main Street (Commercial Building), College Parkfederal building survey, 8 photographs
- Ernest E. Hart House, 4828 West Fayetteville Road, College Parkfederal building survey, 28 photographs
- Old College Park City Hall, 3814 East Main Street, College Parkfederal building survey, 10 photographs
- Sarah's Antiques, 3806-3808 East Main Street, College Parkfederal building survey, 11 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresCollege Park fell from 13,942 to 13,930 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13,942 | |
| 2020 | 13,930 | -12 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS East Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Southwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Southwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Southwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of College Park between 1992 and 2016, burning about 133 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-FULTON SOUTH-001 |
| 4 August 2007 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of College Park: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Hill Div. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Forest Park Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Red Oak Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names College Park in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2011: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | College Park | $8,000,000 | The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, along with public, numerous ham radio reports, and county 911 reports indicated that widespread and substantial damage was done by a thunderstorm with winds estimated at 60 to 65 mph. Hundreds of trees littered the roads and knocked down power lines across southern Fulton county, from just south of the Atlanta International Airport to the Fayette county line. Highway 279 was blocked for several hours with debris. Dozens of homes sustained roof and some structural damage as large trees, mostly pines, fell on them and two windows were damaged at one home in College Park. Six to eight vehicles were damaged along Old National Highway when large trees fell on them. Furthermore, a large 10 ft by 2 ft metal sign was blown down in Fairburn at the intersection of Interstate 85 and Georgia Highway 74. |
| August 2007 | Lightning | College Park | $50,000 | The Fulton County 911 Center reported that a home in College Park was set on fire by a lightning strike. One power line in the area was also down, either the result of lightning or a wind gust. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | College Park | $10,000 | The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported that power lines were down across many areas of the county. The worst damage was in the area approximately six miles south-southeast of Atlanta near Hapeville, Lakewood Park, and Grant Park. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | College Park | $2,000 | The Fulton County 911 Center reported that a power line was down and a couple of trees on the west side of College Park and near Fairburn. |
| January 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | College Park | $2,000 | The public reported that a number of trees were blown down. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | College Park | $2,000 | The Fulton county Emergency Management Director reported that some power lines were blown down. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | College Park | $1,000 | The public reported that strong thunderstorms winds blew the guttering off a house in College Park. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | College Park | $500 | The Fulton County 911 Center reported that a tree was blown down on a power line. |
| June 2007 | Hail | College Park | - | The public observed half-dollar-sized hail in the southeast corner of Fulton county near the Clayton county line. |
| July 2000 | Hail | College Park | - | The public reported golfball size hail. |
| September 1999 | Hail | College Park | - | The public reported dime size hail at a Hartsfield Airport parking lot. Another citizen reported numerous limbs down and power outages in Union City. |
| January 1995 | Hail | College Park | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmwood | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Eagan Park | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Jamestown Court | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| East Point | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Hapeville | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Cooks Crossing | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Sun Valley | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Golden Acres | 2.4 miles | 23 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on College Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q388435 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331435. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











