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Atlanta is the capital and most populous city of Georgia, serving as the county seat of Fulton County with a population of 498,715 as of the 2020 census and an estimated 529,110 in 2025, making it the eighth-most populous city in the Southeast and 36th in the United States, while its metropolitan area of over 6.4 million ranks as the sixth-largest in the nation. Founded in 1836 as the terminus of the Western and Atlantic Railroad - from which its name derives - Atlanta rapidly became a major transportation hub and convergence point for multiple railroad lines, though it was nearly destroyed during the American Civil War when Union General William T. Sherman burned the city in 1864 during his March to the Sea. The city rebounded dramatically in the post-Civil War period to become the unofficial capital of the "New South" and a national industrial center, while also serving as a major organizing center of the American civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s under leaders including Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy. Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has been the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic since 1998, handling an estimated 93.7 million passengers in 2022, and the city's diverse economy with a nominal GDP of $473 billion in 2021 ranks 11th among U.S. cities and 22nd globally, with dominant sectors including transportation, aerospace, logistics, healthcare, media, film and television production, and biotechnology. The 1996 Summer Olympics catalyzed significant development in the city's universities, parks, and tourism infrastructure, while the modern Atlanta Beltline rail trail project has driven gentrification and demographic change throughout neighborhoods in the 21st century. Scottdale is an unincorporated census-designated place in DeKalb County, Georgia, approximately 7 miles east of downtown Atlanta with a 2020 population of 10,698. Named after Colonel George Washington Scott, who founded the Scottdale Cotton Mill in the late 1800s, the community developed around the mill and worker housing, with the mill operating until its closure in 1982. The commercial district centers on East Ponce de Leon Avenue, which features Your DeKalb Farmers Market, antique shops, and industrial facilities including Steel LLC's steel fabrication operation. Located between Decatur and Clarkston within the 3.5-square-mile CDP (ZIP code 30079), Scottdale is served by DeKalb County schools including Druid Hills High School and Middle School. The area also includes the Tobie Grant community, established by philanthropist Tobie Grant for unemployed African-Americans, and Oak Forest Apartments, which opened in 1968. Stone Mountain is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, located in the eastern suburbs of Atlanta, with a population of 6,703 as of 2020 and an area of nearly 1.7 square miles. The area's history dates back to pre-colonial times with burial mounds built by Creek Nation ancestors, and European settlement expanded after the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1821 incorporated the land into newly formed DeKalb County in 1822. From the 1820s through mid-1800s, the community - known variously as Rock Mountain, New Gibraltar, and Stone Mountain - developed as a major travel center with stagecoach lines to Milledgeville, Winder, Athens, Dahlonega, and Macon, rail service beginning in 1845, and tourist attractions including observation towers built in 1839 and 1851. Granite quarrying became the economic mainstay for decades, producing high-quality building stone used in the Panama Canal locks, Fort Knox's bullion depository, Philadelphia's Liberty National Building, and the U.S. Capitol's east wing steps. Stone Mountain Village was destroyed during the Battle of Atlanta on July 19, 1864, by forces under General James B. McPherson, though several antebellum homes were preserved as hospitals.