Carey Park, Atlanta

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Carey Park is a neighborhood in northwest Atlanta, Georgia with a population of 1,739.

Map of Carey Park, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA

It is bordered by:

Scotts Crossing on the north

Almond Park on the east

Hill Street and the Center Hill neighborhood on the south

James Jackson Parkway and the neighborhoods of Brookview Heights (incl. the former site of Bowen Homes) and Monroe Heights together ormerly known as the Watts Road neighborhood, on the west.

In 1913, the neighborhood was subdivided, with lots offered for sale that same year (see advertisement). The sellers/developers were listed as "John Carey and his son Hon. Dan Carey, Park Commissioner". The 1913 advertisement offers the first fifty lots for sale for $200.00 each. The terms for these first fifty lots was advertised as being $1.00 down, "and one dollar a week, until paid for, without interest or taxes."

The city park named Carey Park is also named for John Carey. Carey was born in Montreal, served in the Confederate army and settled in Atlanta in 1880. He died in the 1920s.

References

Carey Park, Atlanta Wikipedia

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