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36-512: Druid Hills is a community which includes both a census-designated place (CDP) in unincorporated DeKalb County , Georgia , United States, as well as a neighborhood of the city of Atlanta . The CDP's population was 14,568 at the 2010 census. The CDP formerly contained the main campus of Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); however, they were annexed by Atlanta in 2018. The Atlanta-city section of Druid Hills

72-662: A trolleybus system and with buses. After decades of planning, construction of a new streetcar system, the Atlanta Streetcar , began in early 2012. Consisting initially of a single route, this new streetcar line opened in December 2014. Planning for a larger network, including on an abandoned loop of intown rail tracks now known as the BeltLine is under way. From 1889–1901, the famed Nine-Mile Circle line ran from Downtown Atlanta to Ponce de Leon Springs and what

108-421: A CDP have no legal status and may not always correspond with the local understanding of the area or community with the same name. However, criteria established for the 2010 census require that a CDP name "be one that is recognized and used in daily communication by the residents of the community" (not "a name developed solely for planning or other purposes") and recommend that a CDP's boundaries be mapped based on

144-654: A more recent (2010) pared-down proposal would run between the Arts Center MARTA station in Midtown and the Five Points MARTA station downtown. In 2015, Buckhead business leaders and city councilpersons successfully had the portion of along Peachtree Rd, from Piedmont Hospital to Lenox Mall, removed from the long range plan. In July 2012, there was a referendum on a 1-cent sales tax ( SPLOST ) to fund traffic and road improvements. If it had been approved,

180-461: A population of at least 10,000. For the 1970 Census , the population threshold for "unincorporated places" in urbanized areas was reduced to 5,000. For the 1980 Census , the designation was changed to "census designated places" and the designation was made available for places inside urbanized areas in New England. For the 1990 Census , the population threshold for CDPs in urbanized areas

216-592: A region 63% against and 37% for. In Fulton and DeKalb Counties the results were 52% against and 48% for. In 2005, MARTA analyzed - in addition to the BeltLine - the "C-Loop" (C-shaped rail line) linking Emory University , Lindbergh Center , Atlantic Station , Georgia Tech , the Georgia Dome , the AUC , Turner Field , Grant Park , and proceeding eastward along I-20 to South DeKalb Mall . The route originated from

252-821: Is bounded by the Druid Hills CDP (i.e. unincorporated DeKalb County) on the north and east; the Morningside/Lenox Park , Virginia-Highland and Poncey-Highland neighborhoods of Atlanta on the west; and the Candler Park neighborhood of Atlanta on the south. The Chelsea Heights neighborhood is located in the eastern part of the CDP at the Decatur border, and participates in the Druid Hills Civic Association. Druid Hills

288-472: Is home to The Atlanta Boy Choir on S. Ponce de Leon Ave. and Callanwolde Fine Arts Center , housed in the Gothic-Tudor style former estate of Charles Howard Candler, president of Coca-Cola and eldest son of Asa Griggs Candler , Coca-Cola's co-founder. The neighborhood organization, the Druid Hills Civic Association (DHCA) [3] , gives input to two authorities since the community is divided between

324-465: Is now Virginia Highland . In 1924, Georgia Power operated the following streetcar lines (see map above): Georgia Railway and Power Company ran lines on private rights-of-way from Atlanta to: A much longer route along Peachtree Street , the city's main street . Originally, the line was to run from the Oakland City neighborhood through Downtown Atlanta , Midtown and Buckhead . However

360-434: Is one of Atlanta's most affluent neighborhoods with a mean household income in excess of $ 238,500 (making it the ninth most affluent, per that metric). The planned community was initially conceived by Joel Hurt, and developed with the effort of Atlanta's leading families, including Coca-Cola founder Asa Candler . It contains some of Atlanta's historic mansions from the late 19th and early 20th century. Druid Hills includes

396-654: The 1890 Census , in which the Census mixed unincorporated places with incorporated places in its products with "town" or "village" as its label. This made it confusing to determine which of the "towns" were or were not incorporated. The 1900 through 1930 Censuses did not report data for unincorporated places. For the 1940 Census , the Census Bureau compiled a separate report of unofficial, unincorporated communities of 500 or more people. The Census Bureau officially defined this category as "unincorporated places" in

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432-461: The 1950 Census and used that term through the 1970 Census. For the 1950 Census, these types of places were identified only outside " urbanized areas ". In 1960 , the Census Bureau also identified unincorporated places inside urbanized areas (except in New England , whose political geography is based on the New England town , and is distinctly different from other areas of the U.S.), but with

468-915: The DeKalb County School District . Most residents are zoned to Fernbank Elementary School (in the Druid Hills CDP) while some are zoned to Briar Vista Elementary School. All residents are zoned to Druid Hills Middle School (in the North Decatur CDP), and Druid Hills High School (in the Druid Hills CDP). The Atlanta sections (the Emory/CDC annexation) are in Atlanta Public Schools . The zoned schools are Springdale Park Elementary School, D. T. Howard Middle School, and Midtown High School (formerly Henry W. Grady High School). The Emory/CDC annexation

504-526: The Mexico–United States border , and unincorporated resort and retirement communities and their environs. The boundaries of any CDP may change from decade to decade, and the Census Bureau may de-establish a CDP after a period of study, then re-establish it some decades later. Most unincorporated areas within the United States are not and have not been included in any CDP. The boundaries of

540-799: The United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 4.2 square miles (11 km), of which 0.04 square miles (0.10 km), or 0.48%, is water. The CDP's northern boundary is the South Fork of Peachtree Creek ; the CSX track and the Decatur city limits are the eastern boundary; the DeKalb County line is the western boundary; and the southern boundary is the Atlanta city limit. The Druid Hills neighborhood of Atlanta

576-561: The " Cliff ". Emory University Hospital and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston Hospital are in the Druid Hills area. The City of Atlanta annexed Egleston and Emory University effective January 1, 2018. Prior to the annexation, Egleston was in Druid Hills CDP, as was Emory Hospital. Census-designated place CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places , such as self-governing cities , towns , and villages , for

612-802: The 1920s at the terminus of the streetcar line to Emory. A revitalization of the area was completed in 2011 with new sidewalks, street furniture and two new roundabouts . The other, larger commercial areas fall just outside the community's boundaries, such as the Clairmont Road corridor in North Decatur , the Sage Hill shopping center in Atlanta's Morningside/Lenox Park , and the Ponce de Leon Avenue corridor just west of Druid Hills in Atlanta's Poncey-Highland / Virginia-Highland . Druid Hills

648-533: The Census Bureau considers some towns in New England states, New Jersey and New York as well as townships in some other states as MCDs, even though they are incorporated municipalities in those states. In such states, CDPs may be defined within such towns or spanning the boundaries of multiple towns. There are a number of reasons for the CDP designation: Streetcars in Atlanta Streetcars originally operated in Atlanta downtown and into

684-648: The Gwinnett, Cobb, and North Fulton Chambers of Commerce held a summit to promote light rail transit in the northern metropolitan area. It was especially remarkable in light of decades-long opposition to rapid transit in the area. Proposed routes (see map) would form a "W" and connect: The Atlanta Streetcar , also known as the Downtown Loop , opened after three years of construction and 18 month of delays on December 30, 2014. The route runs 2.7 miles (4.3 km) east-west from Centennial Olympic Park to

720-484: The boundaries for CDPs. The PSAP was to be offered to county and municipal planning agencies during 2008. The boundaries of such places may be defined in cooperation with local or tribal officials, but are not fixed, and do not affect the status of local government or incorporation; the territories thus defined are strictly statistical entities. CDP boundaries may change from one census to the next to reflect changes in settlement patterns. Further, as statistical entities,

756-419: The boundaries of the CDP may not correspond with local understanding of the area with the same name. Recognized communities may be divided into two or more CDPs while on the other hand, two or more communities may be combined into one CDP. A CDP may also cover the unincorporated part of a named community, where the rest lies within an incorporated place. By defining an area as a CDP, that locality then appears in

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792-571: The city of Atlanta and unincorporated territory in DeKalb County. The Atlanta part is an official recognized neighborhood of Atlanta, which in turn is part of NPU N. Officially, DHCA exercises its input into planning and other city processes by giving input to the NPU. DeKalb County does not have an officially designated role for the community within the county government in the way the City of Atlanta does (though there are five large geographic districts for

828-603: The efforts of Reps. John Lewis , Denise Majette and Cynthia McKinney , who obtained funding from the Dept. of Transportation for a $ 2 million feasibility study. The concept no longer appears in proposals from the various Georgia transportation authorities, however the part of the route is now part of the Clifton Corridor initiative to build either MARTA rail, light rail, and/or bus rapid transit between Lindbergh and Emory and on to Avondale MARTA station . In June 2011

864-729: The election of county commissioners), so the DHCA gives input to the unitarian county government in Decatur. The United States Postal Service operates the Druid Hills Post Office at 1799 Briarcliff Road NE in the North Druid Hills CDP in unincorporated DeKalb. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 's main offices were formerly located in the CDP. The City of Atlanta annexed the CDC effective January 1, 2018. The non-Atlanta portions of Druid Hills are in

900-788: The geographic extent associated with inhabitants' regular use of the named place. There is no provision, however, that this name recognition be unanimous for all residents, or that all residents use the community for which the CDP is named for services provided therein. There is no mandatory correlation between CDP names or boundaries and those established for other human purposes, such as post office names or zones, political precincts, or school districts. The Census Bureau states that census-designated places are not considered incorporated places and that it includes only census-designated places in its city population list for Hawaii because that state has no incorporated cities. In addition, census city lists from 2007 included Arlington County, Virginia 's CDP in

936-556: The list with the incorporated places, but since 2010, only the Urban Honolulu CDP, Hawaii, representing the historic core of Honolulu, Hawaii , is shown in the city and town estimates. The Census Bureau reported data for some unincorporated places as early as the first census in 1790 (for example, Louisville, Kentucky , which was not legally incorporated in Kentucky until 1828), though usage continued to develop through

972-478: The main campus of Emory University , which relocated to Atlanta in 1914. Druid Hills was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and was one of his last commissions. A showpiece of the design was the string of parks along Ponce de Leon Avenue , which was designated as Druid Hills Parks and Parkways and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 1975. The remainder of the development

1008-412: The purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, edge cities , colonias located along

1044-457: The same category of census data as incorporated places. This distinguishes CDPs from other census classifications, such as minor civil divisions (MCDs), which are in a separate category. The population and demographics of the CDP are included in the data of county subdivisions containing the CDP. Generally, a CDP shall not be defined within the boundaries of what the Census Bureau regards to be an incorporated city, village or borough. However,

1080-408: The surrounding areas from 1871 until the final line's closure in 1949. The first such transportation began with horsecars in 1871, and electric streetcar service started in the 1880s. In addition to streetcars in Atlanta proper, there were also interurban railways from Atlanta to outlying towns. The last streetcar service on the old network ended in 1949; the streetcar system was quickly replaced by

1116-592: The tax would have funded several streetcar routes along portions of the BeltLine trail and connections onto MARTA stations and with the Downtown Loop streetcar. The final list of projects to have been funded included 2 routes: The earlier proposal in March 2011 included two lines that did not make the final list for the July 2012 vote: Source: The proposal was defeated in the 10-county Metro Atlanta region, as

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1152-593: The university to be annexed into the City of Atlanta, along with the CDC area; in 2017 the university leadership formally submitted its petition. The City of Atlanta annexed Emory's campus effective January 1, 2018, a part of its largest annexation within a period of 65 years; the Atlanta City Council voted to do so the prior December. Druid Hills is located at 33°47′14″N 84°19′34″W  /  33.78722°N 84.32611°W  / 33.78722; -84.32611 (33.787205, -84.325974). According to

1188-480: Was first listed as a census designated place in the 1980 U.S. census . As of the 2020 United States census , there were 9,429 people, 3,579 households, and 1,977 families residing in the CDP. Emory University, including its hospitals, is the third largest employer in Metro Atlanta as of 2007/8. The CDC is also an employer of note. Commercial areas include Emory Village , a small node first developed in

1224-770: Was listed on the Register as the Druid Hills Historic District on October 25, 1979. Later the Park and Parkways district was consolidated into the Druid Hills Historic District. The other historic districts in Druid Hills are: By 2015 there was a bill in the Georgia Legislature which called for annexing more of Druid Hills into Atlanta. In 2016 Emory University's administration stated that it intended to petition

1260-481: Was reduced to 2,500. From 1950 through 1990, the Census Bureau specified other population requirements for unincorporated places or CDPs in Alaska , Puerto Rico , island areas, and Native American reservations . Minimum population criteria for CDPs were dropped with the 2000 Census . The Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) allows designated participants to review and suggest modifications to

1296-569: Was scheduled to be moved into APS from DeKalb Schools in 2024. The Paideia School [4] is a nearby preK–12 private school [5] in the city of Atlanta. Emory University is a private university formerly located in the Druid Hills CDP. The City of Atlanta annexed Emory effective January 1, 2018. Public bus transportation is provided by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority , while Emory University runs an extensive fleet of shuttles, called

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