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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 DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Alpharetta   N31 mi [49.89 km]49,90343.18% increase
 Carrollton   W41 mi [66 km]23,29117.38% increase
 College Park   W5 mi [8.05 km]19,9692.03% decrease
 Decatur   N10 mi [16.09 km]18,9864.62% increase
 Douglasville   W21 mi [33.8 km]31,03554.67% increase
 Duluth   NE29 mi [46.67 km]26,12518.1% increase
 East Point   NW7 mi [11.27 km]43,4189.66% increase
 Griffin   S26 mi [41.84 km]23,7191.14% increase
 Johns Creek   N29 mi [46.67 km]---
 Kennesaw   NW31 mi [49.89 km]31,62845.92% increase
 Lawrenceville   NE31 mi [49.89 km]29,25830.63% increase
 Marietta   NW25 mi [40.23 km]67,56215% increase
 Peachtree City   SW19 mi [30.58 km]34,78810.16% increase
 Roswell   N28 mi [45.06 km]87,65710.49% increase
 Smyrna   NW19 mi [30.58 km]49,85421.6% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Belvedere Park   NE10 mi [16.09 km]---
 Blair Village   N2 mi [3.22 km]---
 Cabbage Town   N8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Conley   NE2 mi [3.22 km]---
 Gresham Park   NE6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Hapeville   NW4 mi [6.44 km]5,9783.27% decrease
 Irondale   S9 mi [14.48 km]---
 Jonesboro   S6 mi [9.66 km]4,1317.89% increase
 Lake City   SELess than 2 mi2,6827.07% decrease
 Morrow   SE2 mi [3.22 km]5,53913.46% increase
 Oak Village   SW3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Panthersville   NE7 mi [11.27 km]---
 Plunket Town   NW2 mi [3.22 km]---
 Riverdale   SW4 mi [6.44 km]15,27922.45% increase
 Stockbridge   SE7 mi [11.27 km]14,36045.74% 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:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Forest Park
 Bartow County   NWHomestead Acres36 miles [57 km]
 Butts County   SEFincherville27 miles [43 km]
 Carroll County   WNeal Ferry26 miles [41 km]
 Cherokee County   NBramble Oak31 miles [49 km]
 Clarke County   NEWaverly Woods31 miles [49 km]
 Cobb County   NWBakers Ferry14 miles [22 km]
 Coweta County   SWPalmetto Pines17 miles [27 km]
 DeKalb County   NECedar Grove Acres3 miles [4 km]
 Douglas County   NWAderhold Ferry15 miles [24 km]
 Fayette County   SWDix-Leeson7 miles [11 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Forest Park. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Forest Park.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Forest Park and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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