Editing Gresham Park, Georgia

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[[Image:CDPs bordering eastern Atlanta and Decatur.jpg|thumb|300px|right|CDPs bordering eastern Atlanta]]

'''Gresham Park''' is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[DeKalb County, Georgia|DeKalb County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 7,700 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

==Geography==
Gresham Park is located at {{coord|33|42|12|N|84|18|52|W|type:city}} (33.703357, -84.314366).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered by, on the:
* North: [[Interstate 20|I-20]], across which is the Longdale Park area of unincorporated DeKalb County
* Northwest: by the [[East Atlanta]] neighborhood of the city of [[Atlanta]]
* West: unincorporated DeKalb County, to the west of which is southeast Atlanta
* South: Constitution Road and Clifton Church Road, across which are the Bouldercrest and Cedar Grove areas of unincorporated DeKalb County
* East: Flat Shoals Road and Clifton Church Road, across which is the [[Panthersville, Georgia|Panthersville]] CDP
* Northeast: at Flat Shoals Blvd. and I-20, to the northeast of which is the [[Candler-McAfee, Georgia|Candler-McAfee]] CDP

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|2.8|sqmi|km2}}, all land.
[[File:Gresham_Park_Sign.jpg|center|thumb|Gresham Park Sign in Gresham Park Georgia (April 2025)]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1980= 6232
|1990= 9000
|2000= 9215
|2010= 7432
|2020= 7700
|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> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Gresham Park, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Gresham Park CDP, Georgia |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US1335240&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Gresham Park CDP, Georgia |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P2?q=p2&g=160XX00US1335240&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Gresham Park CDP, Georgia |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P2?q=p2&g=160XX00US1335240&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|271
|599
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,348
|2.94%
|8.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17.51%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|8,758
|6,563
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,596
|95.04%
|88.31%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |72.68%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|29
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10
|0.31%
|0.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.13%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|2
|24
|style='background: #ffffe6; |73
|0.02%
|0.32%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.95%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.01%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|20
|12
|style='background: #ffffe6; |43
|0.22%
|0.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.56%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|56
|118
|style='background: #ffffe6; |272
|0.61%
|1.59%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.53%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|78
|111
|style='background: #ffffe6; |358
|0.85%
|1.49%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.65%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''9,215'''
|'''7,432'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''7,700'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

Gresham Park was first listed as a [[census designated place]] in the [[1980 U.S. census]].<ref name="1980CensusGA" /> As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 7,700 people, 3,149 households, and 1,667 families residing in the CDP.

==Education==
It is in the [[DeKalb County Public Schools]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Gresham Park CDP, GA |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st13_ga/place/p1335240_gresham_park/DC10BLK_P1335240_001.pdf |access-date=2020-05-07 |website=census.gov}}</ref>  Zoned schools:
* Elementary schools: Barack H. Obama EMST (most) and Ronald E. McNair DLA (some) (both outside of the CDP)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elementary School Attendance Areas 2016 - 2017 School Year |url=http://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/documents/planning/maps/es-attendance-areas.pdf |access-date=2017-06-01 |website=DeKalb County School District}}</ref>
* Middle schools: Ronald E. McNair (outside of the CDP)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Middle School Attendance Areas 2016 - 2017 School Year |url=http://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/documents/planning/maps/ms-attendance-areas.pdf |access-date=2017-06-01 |website=DeKalb County School District}}</ref>
* High schools: [[McNair High School (Georgia)|Ronald E. McNair High School]] (in the CDP)<ref>{{Cite web |title=High School Attendance Areas 2016 - 2017 School Year |url=http://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/documents/planning/maps/hs-attendance-areas.pdf |access-date=2017-06-01 |website=DeKalb County School District}}</ref>
[[File:McNair High School, Gresham Park, GA June 2017.jpg|thumb|Ronald E. McNair High School|center]]
==References==
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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in DeKalb County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in DeKalb County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Geography of Atlanta]]