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Legend has it that "approximately 15 miles to the north of downtown
Atlanta, fresh sweet water bubbles up through clear, white sand at
the rate of approximately 10 gallons a minute." The springs created
a place for weary travelers to stop on their way into Atlanta and
provided water for the early settlers and the Methodist church
located nearby. Thus, the area adopted its name from those springs.
This area North of Atlanta used to consist of large tracts of land
owned by several Indian tribes. The tribes ceded the land to the
U.S. government in 1821, and the government then divided the tracts
into five counties and those counties into land lots. Each land lot
contained 202 -1/2 acres.
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