Editing North Decatur, Georgia (section)

==Geography==
North Decatur is located at {{coord|33|48|11|N|84|17|24|W|type:city}} (33.803054, -84.290123).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 5.0&nbsp;square miles (12.9&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), all land. The North Decatur CDP's boundaries are:
* South: the city of [[Decatur, Georgia|Decatur]]
* West: [[CSX]] railroad and Clairmont Road, across which are the [[North Druid Hills, Georgia|North Druid Hills]] and [[Druid Hills, Georgia|Druid Hills]] CDPs
* North:  LaVista Road and Pangborn Road, across which are neighborhoods mostly inside the [[Tucker, Georgia|Tucker]] CCD
* East: Lawrenceville Highway and DeKalb Industrial Way, across which is mostly the [[Scottdale, Georgia|Scottdale CDP]]

There is no true center to North Decatur; there are three commercial clusters at corners of the CDP:

* The student-oriented commercial district at Clairmont Road and North Decatur Road at the southwest corner of the CDP
* the Toco Hills retail cluster at North Druid Hills Road and Lavista Road at the northwest corner, and 
* North DeKalb Mall and adjacent shopping centers along Lawrenceville Highway at the northeast corner of the district

Toco Hills, a de facto commercial center for several CDPs north of the city of Decatur, has grown from a country store in 1950, with a single gas pump and a pot-bellied stove, to multiple shopping centers, coffee houses, houses of worship and townhouses.

North Decatur primarily consists of 1950s and 1960s-era ranch homes, although condominiums are increasingly being developed in this community. Its proximity to Atlanta's Midtown and Buckhead districts, as well as [[Emory University]] and Decatur, makes it a desirable "in-town" location for what was originally developed as a suburban community.