Editing Clarkston, Georgia

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'''Clarkston''' is a city in [[DeKalb County, Georgia]], United States. The population was 14,756 as of the 2020 census,<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Clarkston_city,_Georgia?g=160XX00US1316544 |title=Clarkston city, Georgia |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> up from 7,554 in 2010.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Clarkston city, Georgia |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=October 28, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref>

The city is noted for its ethnic diversity, and is often referred to as "the most diverse square mile in America" and "the Ellis Island of the South."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/ellis-island-south-welcome-diverse-square-mile-america/ |title=Ellis Island South: Welcome to the most diverse square mile in America |last=Wells |first=Myrydd |date=2017-01-19 |work=Atlanta Magazine |access-date=2019-07-10 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/24/clarkston-georgia-refugee-resettlement-program |title=This small town in America's Deep South welcomes 1,500 refugees a year |last=Long |first=Katy |date=2017-05-24 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2019-07-10 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In the 1990s, [[refugee]] [[Asylum in the United States|resettlement]] programs identified Clarkston as a good fit for displaced persons of many backgrounds. The rental market was open, residents were moving farther out from the Atlanta urban core, and Clarkston was the last stop on a transit line into the city. At present students attending [[Clarkston High School (Georgia)|Clarkston High School]] come from over 50 countries; the local mosque (Masjid al-Momineen, or Mosque of the Faithful in English) has a diverse and sizable congregation;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.masjidalmomineen.com/history.html|title=Masjid al-Momineen|date=November 10, 2019}}</ref> and over half the population is estimated by some to be foreign born.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://clarkstonga.gov/about|title=City of Clarkston|date=November 10, 2019}}</ref>

==History==
A post office called Clarkston has been in operation since 1876.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=GA | title=Post Offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref> The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated the place in 1882 as the "Town of Clarkston", with municipal corporate limits extending in a one-half mile radius from the Georgia Railroad depot.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xk_MJ25aprsC&pg=PA280|year=1883|publisher=Clark & Hines, State Printers|pages=280–281}}</ref> The community was named after W. W. Clark, a railroad official.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=45 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

== Geography ==
[[File:Clarkston City Annex, 2016.jpg|thumb|right|Clarkston City Hall annex.]]
Clarkston is located at {{coord|33|48|37|N|84|14|24|W|type:city}} (33.810304, −84.239877).<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 city has a total area of {{convert|1.1|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|1.0|sqmi|km2}} is land and 0.94% is water.

Clarkston is on the [[Eastern Continental Divide]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1880 = 33
| 1890 = 271
| 1900 = 362
| 1910 = 349
| 1920 = 501
| 1930 = 606
| 1940 = 921
| 1950 = 1165
| 1960 = 1524
| 1970 = 3127
| 1980 = 4539
| 1990 = 5385
| 2000 = 7231
| 2010 = 7554
| 2020 = 14756
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1850-1870<ref name=1870CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1870-1880<ref name=1880CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref><br> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|pages=251–256}}</ref><br> 1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1970<ref name=1970CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2010 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 2010|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Clarkston racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1316544&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-13|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,199
|8.13%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|9,491
|64.32%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|24
|0.16%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|2,866
|19.42%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|7
|0.05%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|620
|4.2%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|549
|3.72%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 14,756 people, 3,727 households, and 2,341 families residing in the city.

== Education ==
[[DeKalb County School System]] operates Clarkston's public schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13089_dekalb/DC20SD_C13089.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: DeKalb County, GA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-22}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13089_dekalb/DC20SD_C13089_SD2MS.txt Text list]<br>2010 school district map showing the situation prior to annexations by Clarkston in the period 2010-2020: {{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st13_ga/c13089_dekalb/DC10SD_C13089_001.pdf|title=SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): DeKalb County, GA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-22}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st13_ga/c13089_dekalb/DC10SD_C13089_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

Zoned schools which have attendance boundaries in the residential-zoned portions of the city limits include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clarkstonga.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/inline-files/zoning_clarkston_e_0.pdf|title=ZONING - CITY OF CLARKSTON, GA|publisher=City of Clarkston|access-date=2024-10-22}} - Check against school district boundaries.</ref>
* Jolly, Idlewood, and Indian Creek elementary schools<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/documents/planning/maps/es-attendance-areas.pdf|title=DeKalb County School District Elementary School Attendance Zones 2018-2019 School Year|publisher=[[DeKalb County Public Schools]]|accessdate=2024-10-22}} - Check against municipal boundary.</ref>
* Freedom Middle School and Tucker Middle School<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/documents/planning/maps/ms-attendance-areas.pdf|title=DeKalb County School District Middle School Attendance Zones 2018-2019 School Year|publisher=[[DeKalb County Public Schools]]|accessdate=2024-10-22}}</ref>
* [[Clarkston High School (Georgia)|Clarkston High School]] and [[Tucker High School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/documents/planning/maps/hs-attendance-areas.pdf|title=DeKalb County School District High School Attendance Zones 2018-2019 School Year|publisher=[[DeKalb County Public Schools]]|accessdate=2024-10-22}}</ref>
All the school district-operated schools are located outside of the city limits of Clarkston.<ref name=GAHighwayMap>{{cite web|url=https://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/CountyMaps/Dekalb.pdf|title=General Highway Map DeKalb County Georgia|publisher=[[Georgia Department of Transportation]]|access-date=2024-10-22}}</ref>

[[Atlanta Area School for the Deaf]], operated by the State of Georgia, is in the Clarkston city limits. Additionally, Georgia Fugees Academy Charter School, a [[charter school]], is in the city limits.<ref name=GAHighwayMap/>

The Clarkston Campus of [[Georgia State University|Georgia State University's]] [[Georgia Perimeter College|Perimeter College]] is just south of the city limits.
[[Georgia Piedmont Technical College]], part of the [[Technical College System of Georgia]], is also south of Clarkston.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st13_ga/county/c13089_dekalb/DC20BLK_C13089.pdf|title=2020 Census - Census Block Map: DeKalb County, GA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|page=7 (PDF p. 8/22)|access-date=2024-10-22}}<br>{{cite web|url=https://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/MapsData/Documents/CountyMaps/Dekalb.pdf|title=General Highway Map DeKalb County Georgia|publisher=[[Georgia Department of Transportation]]|access-date=2024-10-22}} - These maps do not directly indicate the colleges' locations, so one should compare the map to the colleges' addresses.</ref>

===Public libraries===
[[DeKalb County Public Library]] operates the Clarkston Branch.<ref name="Loc">"[http://www.dekalblibrary.org/media/locations.pdf Library Locations & Hours]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." [[DeKalb County Public Library]]. Retrieved on February 24, 2010.</ref>

== Refugee resettlement ==
Georgia is among states that receive the highest amount of refugees for resettlement, and has resettled more than 37,000 refugees since 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/news/clarkston-georgia-home-thousands-refugees-t132421|title=Today Clarkston Article|date=July 3, 2018}}</ref> Clarkston receives a large portion of these refugees, but arrivals have gradually declined yearly since 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ireports.wrapsnet.org/|title=Refugee Processing Center|date=November 10, 2019}}</ref> In 2016, then Georgia Governor [[Nathan Deal]] issued and then reneged on an executive order attempting to cease influx of Syrian refugees into the state.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/georgia-governor-retreats-syria-refugee-policy/grjL4snbkFvEa8pomVNFGL/|title=Georgia governor retreats on Syria refugee policy|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=January 4, 2016|access-date=November 10, 2019}}</ref> Additionally, as of 2019 federal funding for refugee programs has decreased and executive orders have been issued that allow states increased authority to limit resettlement, which has resulted in the downsizing of several Georgia resettlement organizations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/georgia-could-see-sharp-drop-refugees-with-trump-plan/J8LGZZ5DYK7oehblIEnh2M/|title=Georgia could see sharp drop refugees with Trump plan|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=September 27, 2019|access-date=November 10, 2019|archive-date=November 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111000107/https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/georgia-could-see-sharp-drop-refugees-with-trump-plan/J8LGZZ5DYK7oehblIEnh2M/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Organizations that aid the resettlement of refugees in Clarkston include:

* Friends of Refugees<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://friendsofrefugees.com/about-friends-of-refugees/|title=Friends of Refugees}}</ref>
* Fugees Family<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fugeesfamily.org/about-us|title=Fugees Family Inc.}}</ref>
* [[International Rescue Committee]] of Atlanta<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rescue.org/volunteer-opportunities/atlanta-ga|title=International Rescue Committee Atlanta Volunteer Opportunities}}</ref>
* New American Pathways<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newamericanpathways.org/weve-merged/|title=New American Pathways|date=October 20, 2014 }}</ref>
* World Relief Atlanta<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldreliefatlanta.org/about|title=World Relief Atlanta}}</ref>

==Transportation==
===Major roads===
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=== Mass transit ===

* [[List of MARTA bus routes|MARTA Bus]] 120 connects to [[Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority|MARTA]] [[Blue Line (MARTA)|Blue Line]] rail service at [[Avondale station (MARTA)|Avondale]]
* [[List of MARTA bus routes|MARTA Bus]] 125 connects to [[Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority|MARTA]] [[Blue Line (MARTA)|Blue Line]] rail service at [[Kensington station (MARTA)|Kensington]]

===Pedestrians and cycling===
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*Stone Mountain Trail 
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== In popular culture ==

=== In television ===
* Clarkston was featured in season one of "[[Good Girls (TV series)|Good Girls]]" [[Netflix series]] (the fictional supermarket "Fine & Frugal" was shot in Fresh Food Town in the Tahoe Village plaza).
* Clarkston is the setting of the episode "Make Ted Great Again" in the [[Queer Eye (2018 TV series)#Season 2 (2018)|second season]] of ''[[Queer Eye (2018 TV series)|Queer Eye]]'' in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/08/what-happens-when-a-georgia-mayor-gets-a-queer-eye-makeover/566441/|title=Citylab|newspaper=Bloomberg |date=August 3, 2018 }}</ref>
* Clarkston is featured in the episode "It's a Greens Thing" in the first season of [[Vivian Howard|Vivan Howard's]] [[PBS]] cooking show ''Somewhere South'' in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Halieth Talks Gardening from Burundi to Clarkston |url=https://www.somewheresouthtv.com/post/gardening-from-burundi-to-clarkston |website=Somewhere South with Chef Vivian Howard |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
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* [[Machop Chol]] (born 1998) – soccer player who represented the [[South Sudan national football team|South Sudan national team]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Machop Chol isn't finished yet |url=https://www.atlutd.com/news/machop-chol-isnt-finished-yet |website=[[Atlanta United FC|Atlanta United]] |access-date=April 4, 2025 |date=April 19, 2020}}</ref>
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Clarkston, Georgia}}
*[http://clarkstonga.gov/ City of Clarkston official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110429192634/http://clarkstonganews.com/ Clarkston GA News]

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[[Category:Cities in DeKalb County, Georgia]]
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[[Category:Refugees in the United States]]