Census-Designated Places in the United States - Former Census-Designated Places, Sandy Springs, Georgia, West Peoria, Illinois (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Former Census-Designated Places, Sandy Springs, Georgia, West Peoria, Illinois, Fort Benning South, Georgia, Bella Vista, Arkansas, Fernley, Nevada, Peralta, New Mexico, Parris Island, South Carolina, Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming, Latham, New York, Loudonville, New York, Roessleville, New York, Wonder Lake, Illinois, Harrogate, Tennessee. Excerpt: Sandy Springs, Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Portion of modern Sandy Springs skyline. Georgia 400 runs at center between the residential Park Towers at left and the Concourse office and hotel towers at right.In 1851 Wilson Spruill donated five acres (two hectares) of land for the founding of the Sandy Springs United Methodist Church, near the sandy spring for which the city is named. In 1905 the Hammond School was built at Johnson Ferry Road and Mt. Vernon Highway, across the street from the church. After World War II, Sandy Springs experienced a housing boom, bringing new residents and major land development. In the 1960s and 1970s Georgia 400 and Interstate 285 connected Sandy Springs to metro Atlanta. Debate over incorporation began in the 1970s when the city of Atlanta attempted to use a state law to force annexation of Sandy Springs. (Buckhead had joined Atlanta in 1952.) The attempt failed when the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that the law was unconstitutional. In response, the Committee for Sandy Springs was formed in 1975. In every legislative session since 1989, state legislators representing the area introduced a bill in the Georgia General Assembly to authorize a referendum on incorporation. Legislators representing the city of Atlanta and southwestern Fulton County, who feared for the tax revenue that would be lost, blocked the bills using the procedural requirement that al... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=110113