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Fulton County, Georgia
| December 20, 1853 |
Fulton County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| December 23, 1854 |
City of Roswell, Cobb County, incorporated. It is now part of Fulton County
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| October 16, 1862 |
Eight of Andrew's Raiders escape from Fulton County jail, eventually reaching Union lines
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| April 26, 1913 |
Mary Phagan is murdered at the National Pencil Company
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| June 21, 1915 |
Leo Frank is transferred from the Fulton County prison to the State Penitentiary at Milledgeville
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| May 9, 1932 |
Portions of Cherokee, Gwinnett and Cobb Counties, along with all of Campbell County and Milton County are ceded to Fulton County.
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Campbell County, Georgia |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| April 15, 1964 |
Work begins on Atlanta Stadium, later known as Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium because the city needed financial help to complete the structure.
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| April 12, 1966 |
First ball game played by the Atlanta Braves in the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in front of 51,000 fans
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| August 1, 1966 |
Atlanta Falcons play the first professional pre-season game at Atlanta Stadium (later the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium). They lose to Philadelphia 9-7 |
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Atlanta Falcons |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| January 10, 1972 |
An F3 tornado sweeps through Fulton and Dekalb Counties, killing one person and injuring 9 while causing half a million dollars in property damage
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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DeKalb County, Georgia |
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| February 4, 1982 |
Fulton County District Attorney Lewis Slayton rests in the case against Wayne Williams. |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| October 24, 1996 |
Last Atlanta Braves game at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| August 2, 1997 |
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium is demolished. It takes 30 seconds for explosive charges to level the building
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| March 16, 2000 |
H. Rap Brown shoots Fulton County Sheriff Ricky Kinchen.
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| March 11, 2002 |
H. Rap Brown, former leader of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was convicted of murdering Fulton County Sheriff Ricky Kinchen as Kinchen and another deputy attempted to serve a warrant.
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| April 25, 2003 |
Supercell thunderstorms rake Polk, Paulding, Cobb, North Fulton and Dekalb County in north Georgia as well as Stewart, Marion, Webster, Sumter, and Dooly County in the south during the late afternoon and evening hours. Dade County also suffered some damage.
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Webster County, Georgia |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| May 6, 2003 |
Strong storms move through north Georgia. Among the counties hardest hit are Floyd, Walker, Catoosa, Gordon, Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Dekalb, Clarke, Barrow and Elbert County.
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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Bartow County, Georgia |
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Catoosa County, Georgia |
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Catoosa County, Georgia |
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Gordon County, Georgia |
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Walker County, Georgia |
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Floyd County, Georgia |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
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Clarke County, Georgia |
| April 25, 2004 |
Five-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong (USA), won the General Classification (G.C.) in the Tour de Georgia. Gord Fraser (CAN) captured today's final stage (Stage 7), an 88.4-mile course that finished with a four laps on the streets of Alpharetta |
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Tour de Georgia 2004 |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| March 11, 2005 |
Judge Rowland Barnes and two others are killed in a shooting at the Fulton County Courthouse. Suspect Brian Nichols was being tried for rape in Barnes' courtroom. While fleeing, Nichols murders a federal agent. |
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Atlanta courthouse attack |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| May 13, 2005 |
Department of Defense recommends 5 bases from Georgia be closed |
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Georgia Base Closings-2005 |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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Clarke County, Georgia |
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Floyd County, Georgia |
| June 21, 2005 |
Sandy Springs votes to become a city in Fulton County. It is Georgia's 7th largest city. |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| April 1, 2006 |
Friends Kyle DeLapp and Hooman Nourparvar of Roswell and Steven M. Gartner of Alpharetta, in Destin, Florida on spring break swim into a dangerous rip current in the Gulf of Mexico to save the lives of 4 children |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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Carnegie Awards 2007 |
| March 14, 2008 |
A strong tornado strikes the Georgia World Congress Center, Phillips Arena, The Equitable Building, and the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill (now upscale condos). Nearby, the Georgia Dome suffers damage while the Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament is being held inside. Numerous minor injuries and one life-threatening injury are reported. |
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The Georgia Dome |
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2008 Georgia Bulldogs Basketball |
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2008 Georgia tornado outbreak |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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DeKalb County, Georgia |
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Georgia World Congress Center
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| May 11, 2008 |
11 tornadoes touch down in the state of Georgia. |
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Bibb County, Georgia |
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Laurens County, Georgia |
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Johnson County, Georgia |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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Clayton County, Georgia |
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Carroll County, Georgia |
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
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Georgia Tornadoes |
Name derivation:Named in honor of Hamilton Fulton, the state engineer who accompanied Senator Wilson Lumpkin as he surveyed the Cherokee Nation prior to the Land Lottery of 1832. It is frequently, and wrongly, claimed to be named for steamboat inventor Robert Fulton.
Acquisition: Creek Cession, January 8, 1821
Taken from: Dekalb County, Georgia; Campbell County and Milton County merged into Fulton County in 1932
Counties created from: None
Cities: Atlanta (county seat), Alpharetta, College Park, East Point, Fairburn, Mountain Park, Roswell, Union City
Web sites:
National Register of Historic Places in Fulton County, Georgia
Fulton County, Georgia, links
Fulton County Official website
Fulton County, GA history
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