Forest Park, Georgia

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Atlanta. It is located about 10 miles [16 km] to the north of Forest Park and has a population of 416,474 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Sandy Springs. It is located about 21 miles [33 km] to the north of Forest Park and has a population of 88,225 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alpharetta	N	31 mi [49.89 km]	49,903	43.18% increase
	Carrollton	W	41 mi [66 km]	23,291	17.38% increase
	College Park	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	19,969	2.03% decrease
	Decatur	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	18,986	4.62% increase
	Douglasville	W	21 mi [33.8 km]	31,035	54.67% increase
	Duluth	NE	29 mi [46.67 km]	26,125	18.1% increase
	East Point	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	43,418	9.66% increase
	Griffin	S	26 mi [41.84 km]	23,719	1.14% increase
	Johns Creek	N	29 mi [46.67 km]	---
	Kennesaw	NW	31 mi [49.89 km]	31,628	45.92% increase
	Lawrenceville	NE	31 mi [49.89 km]	29,258	30.63% increase
	Marietta	NW	25 mi [40.23 km]	67,562	15% increase
	Peachtree City	SW	19 mi [30.58 km]	34,788	10.16% increase
	Roswell	N	28 mi [45.06 km]	87,657	10.49% increase
	Smyrna	NW	19 mi [30.58 km]	49,854	21.6% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Belvedere Park	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Blair Village	N	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Cabbage Town	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Conley	NE	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Gresham Park	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Hapeville	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	5,978	3.27% decrease
	Irondale	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Jonesboro	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	4,131	7.89% increase
	Lake City	SE	Less than 2 mi	2,682	7.07% decrease
	Morrow	SE	2 mi [3.22 km]	5,539	13.46% increase
	Oak Village	SW	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Panthersville	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Plunket Town	NW	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Riverdale	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	15,279	22.45% increase
	Stockbridge	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	14,360	45.74% increase

Clayton County

Forest Park is located in Clayton County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clayton: Fayette, Fulton, Henry, Rockdale and Spalding.

While not sharing a border with Clayton, the following counties are close to Forest Park: DeKalb, Cobb and Douglas.

Below are counties that are near Forest Park (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Forest Park:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Forest Park
	Bartow County	NW	Homestead Acres	36 miles [57 km]
	Butts County	SE	Fincherville	27 miles [43 km]
	Carroll County	W	Neal Ferry	26 miles [41 km]
	Cherokee County	N	Bramble Oak	31 miles [49 km]
	Clarke County	NE	Waverly Woods	31 miles [49 km]
	Cobb County	NW	Bakers Ferry	14 miles [22 km]
	Coweta County	SW	Palmetto Pines	17 miles [27 km]
	DeKalb County	NE	Cedar Grove Acres	3 miles [4 km]
	Douglas County	NW	Aderhold Ferry	15 miles [24 km]
	Fayette County	SW	Dix-Leeson	7 miles [11 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Georgia<3>

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