History of Alpharetta, Georgia
Alpharetta is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, United States. As of the United States 2006 census, the city had a total population of 53,919 .
Selected for its location next to a spring, it began as a campground, and was originally known as New Prospect Camp Ground until late 1858. Officially chartered on December 11 of that year, Alpharetta became the county seat of Milton County until the end of 1931, when Milton was merged with Fulton County to avoid bankruptcy during the Great Depression. [http://alpharetta.ga.us/index.php?p=73] The suburb of Alpharetta has the highest average household income in the United States. Atlanta is 20 minutes down the highway; the world's busiest airport is only a 40-minute drive. [http://www.thestanburyresidences.com/prospectpark/alph.asp]
Georgia 400 is the freeway connecting suburban Alpharetta with Atlanta to the south. It parallels surface highway Georgia State Route 9 which was originally multiplexed with U.S. 19 and was the only paved road through town prior to the county merger. The town also had no railroad, a rarity for the area. Despite its poor start then, and being one of the furthest-out large suburbs in metro Atlanta, it is now home to numerous mid-rise buildings, which are home to many high-tech companies including [http://www.ups-scs.com/ UPS Supply Chain Solutions], [http://www.radiantsystems.com/ Radiant Systems], [http://www.netbank.com/ NetBank], Lucent, Nortel, IBM, Sun Microsystems, AT&T, Siemens AG, Verizon, Alltel, E*Trade, and ChoicePoint.
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