Johnsontown (Atlanta)

Johnsontown was a settlement in what is now the Buckhead Community of Atlanta, Georgia which was located on the present site of the Lenox MARTA station. It was settled by African Americans in 1912. Until 1982 approximately thirty families lived here on 23-foot (7.0 m) by 143-foot (44 m) lots, until the land was acquired to build the rapid transit station.^[1]

Plaque in the Lenox MARTA station commemorating the Johnsontown community.

References

↑ "Buckhead's black past : Historians are finding a rich African-American history in Atlanta's whitest neighborhood", Scott Henry, Creative Loafing, June 6, 2012

Former neighborhoods, districts and settlements of Atlanta, Georgia

City districts and neighborhoods	Bedford Pine Blooming Hill Brownsville Copenhill Decatur Street Hemphill Avenue Moreland Park Murrell's Row The Strip (Tenth Street) Washington-Rawson

Planned but never built	Peters Park

Settlements absorbed into Atlanta	Battle Hill/Westwood Park Bellwood Easton Johnsontown Macedonia Park Plunkett Town Standing Peachtree

Shantytowns and slums	Beaver Slide Buttermilk Bottom Darktown Jackson Row Jenningstown Lightning Shermantown Slabtown Tanyard Bottom Tight Squeeze

Demolished public housing projects in Atlanta - Existing neighborhoods of Atlanta

Coordinates: 33°50′42.88″N 84°21′27.39″W / 33.8452444°N 84.3576083°W / 33.8452444; -84.3576083

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