Editing Tucker, Georgia (section)

=== 20th century ===
Following [[World War II]], Tucker began a steady transition from an agricultural community to a mixed industrial, retail, and residential area. The strength of a county-wide [[water system]] extending into Tucker by the 1950s, and the post war establishment of nearby employers in other areas of the county including the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] in 1946 (originally known as the Communicable Disease Center),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cdc.gov/museum/history/our-story.html | title=Our History - Our Story &#124; David J. Sencer CDC Museum &#124; CDC | date=April 19, 2023 }}</ref> [[General Motors]] in [[Doraville, Georgia|Doraville]], [[Kraft Foods]] and a large Veterans' Hospital in [[Decatur, Georgia|Decatur]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.va.gov/atlanta-health-care/ | title=VA Atlanta health care }}</ref> and the growth of [[Emory University]], brought new residents to Tucker from across the nation. Descendants of early settlers subdivided and sold family land for neighborhoods and [[strip mall|shopping plazas]]. Local community leaders opened Tucker Federal Savings and Loan, created a youth football league, and by the 1960s newspapers identified Tucker as “DeKalb’s Area of Golden Opportunity.”  The [[post–World War II baby boom]] drove the growth of DeKalb County schools and with the affordability of the car, the expansion of the [[US Highway System|highway system]], and inexpensive fuel, Tucker became an ideal location to call home.<ref>{{cite book | title=Mr. DeKalb | publisher=Dixon's Inc. | last=Shelton | first=Morris | year=1971 | pages=49–50}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=From Cotton Fields to High Technology in Tucker, Georgia | publisher=Tucker Historical Society | last=Turner | first=Dewey | year=2009 | edition=Reprint | page=80}}</ref>