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History · Peachtree Corners

Peachtree Corners dates to 2012, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 9% of U.S. towns · #238 of 263 in Georgia. What drives it

Most of Peachtree Corners was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Its Register listing is the Mechanicsville School. Below: maps from 1956 on.

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1on the National Register
0.9%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Peachtree Corners began

When was Peachtree Corners founded?

2012

Peachtree Corners dates its founding to 2012 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1892.

2020 census: 42,24314 years

How historic is Peachtree Corners?

D

More historic than 9% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1892.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Peachtree Corners’ History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Peachtree Corners is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns, #238 of 263 in Georgia. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Peachtree Corners’ overall grade.
Founding era2012, from Wikidata: founded 1945 or later, an older era than 2% of U.S. townsD−Homes built before 19400.9% of homes (±0.7) · typical GA town 3.8% · U.S. 8.4%DNational Register1 listing, 0.2 per 10,000 residents · typical GA town 10.0 · U.S. 2.4C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 9%
NewerOlder
Georgia towns of 2,500+ (263)Ahead of 10%

Georgia towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Georgia town has 10.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Peachtree Corners’ 0.2 sits below most of its state (33% of Georgia towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 2012.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C−. The pre-1940 share (±0.7 points) is firm at this size.

Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Peachtree Corners’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Peachtree Corners, and 15 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Peachtree Corners are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Pittman, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
BeaverdamChattahoochee StationChelsea ParkElmside VillageGlen LeafJones Bridge LandingLockridge ForestNeely FarmNorth River CrossingOverlookPeachtree ForestPeachtree StationPittmanScotts MillThe Corners
Gone or out of use
Mechanicsville Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Peachtree Corners
Peachtree MemorialSingleton

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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Start Peachtree Corners’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Peachtree Corners’s history is told.

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The story

How Peachtree Corners came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Peachtree Corners.

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Prior to 1818, the western corner of what became Gwinnett County was Creek and Cherokee territory, and it was illegal for white families to settle there. Nevertheless, there were several families of white squatters in the area before settlement was legalized. In the early 1800s, a road was built along a Native American trail from what is now Buford, past what is now Peachtree Corners, to what is now Atlanta. A small farming community, known as "Pinckneyville," grew up along that road. By 1827, the community was home to the second school in Gwinnett County, the Washington Academy, founded on what is now Spalding Drive. The area was also home to a post office, saloon, blacksmith shop, carpenter shop and inn; however, the prosperity of Pinckneyville was to be short-lived.

ChaptersSettlementUrban developmentIncorporation

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Peachtree Corners, 1892 to 2012

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Pittman post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907Post officeThe Pittman post office closes
  5. 1911BuiltMechanicsville School is built
  6. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 21st century
  8. 2012
    FoundingPeachtree Corners is established
By decade

Peachtree Corners, decade by decade

Today24 recent
Georgia State Route 141, Peachtree Corners, Dec 20202020Georgia State Route 141, Peachtree Corners, Dec 2020Peachtree Corners City Hall2018Peachtree Corners City Hall5550 Triangle Parkway20175550 Triangle Parkway5515 Spalding Drive, Peachtree Corners March 201720175515 Spalding Drive, Peachtree Corners March 20175445 Triangle Parkway NW, Peachtree Corners, Mar 201720175445 Triangle Parkway NW, Peachtree Corners, Mar 20175445 Triangle Parkway NW viewed across pond, Peachtree Corners, GA Mar 201720175445 Triangle Parkway NW viewed across pond, Peachtre…5335 Triangle Parkway NW, Peachtree Corners, GA Mar 201720175335 Triangle Parkway NW, Peachtree Corners, GA Mar 2…Peachtree Corners City Hall2016Peachtree Corners City HallGA141sFrontageRoad-ButtonCopy12016GA141sFrontageRoad-ButtonCopy1GA141nRoad-WintersChapelRoad2016GA141nRoad-WintersChapelRoadGA141nRoad-ToGA400-PeachtreeIndustrialBlvdSplit22016GA141nRoad-ToGA400-PeachtreeIndustrialBlvdSplit2GA state route 1402016GA state route 140GA State Route 141 in2016GA State Route 141 inPtreeCornersGatewaySign-resized2015PtreeCornersGatewaySign-resizedGCT Orion 7.01 029 on the 35 bus on P'tree Corners2015GCT Orion 7.01 029 on the 35 bus on P'tree CornersR. Alexander's Fine Arts2014R. Alexander's Fine ArtsPeachtree Corners Festival2014Peachtree Corners FestivalGateway to2014Gateway to20140314 SAINTS201420140314 SAINTSTech Park Atlanta Entrance2013Tech Park Atlanta EntranceGwinnett Library Peachtree Corners branch2013Gwinnett Library Peachtree Corners branchCity Hall - City of2013City Hall - City ofPeachtree Corners Street Sign2011Peachtree Corners Street Sign垂钓 - panoramio (1)2010垂钓 - panoramio (1)
On the map

Peachtree Corners on the map, 1956 to 1992

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Peachtree Corners. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Peachtree Corners on the 1956 USGS mapPeachtree Corners on the 1968 USGS mapPeachtree Corners on the 1973 USGS mapPeachtree Corners on the 1992 USGS map1956Norcross sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Peachtree Corners.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Peachtree Corners

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Mechanicsville School
Mechanicsville School, built 1911
Buildings
Mechanicsville SchoolBuilt 1911

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Peachtree Corners

Nobody well known was born in Peachtree Corners itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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David CrossAmerican stand-up comedian and actor · b. 1964
Keri HilsonAmerican R&B singer · b. 1982
Michael StipeAmerican musician · b. 1960
Sung KangAmerican actor · b. 1972
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TakeoffAmerican rapper · b. 1994
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Dwight PhillipsAmerican long jumper · b. 1977
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Berkeley LakeIts storyD−Norcross1 historic placeC+Doraville2 historic placesB−Dunwoody2 historic placesCDuluth1 historic placeCSandy Springs2 historic placesD

Questions about Peachtree Corners’ history

What year was Peachtree Corners founded?

In 2012, according to Wikidata. Peachtree Corners’ post office opened in 1892.

How does Peachtree Corners rank for history?

Peachtree Corners is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns, #238 of 263 in Georgia. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Peachtree Corners?

One place: the Mechanicsville School (listed 1980).

How old are the homes in Peachtree Corners?

0.9% of Peachtree Corners’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.8% for a Georgia town; the median home was built in 1989.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

From Wikimedia Commons (24), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.