History of Sandy Springs, Georgia
Sandy Springs (once known as Hammond) is a newly incorporated city (as of December 2005) in Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton County, Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia, north of Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta and south of Roswell, Georgia|Roswell. It is named for the sandy spring (hydrosphere)|springs which still exist in the city today as a protected historic site. With an estimated population of more than 85,000 (2006), Sandy Springs is Georgia's seventh-largest city. By population, it is the second largest of three principal cities of (and included in) the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia|Marietta, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is the main component of the larger Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, Georgia|Gainesville, Georgia-Alabama (part) Combined Statistical Area.
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