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State GEORGIA ALPHARETTA (tourism) (regional info) COMFORT SUITES ALPHARETTA DOUBLETREE ALPHARETTA WINDWARD HAMPTON INN ALPHARETTA ROSWELL HAMPTON INN SUITES ALPHARETTA HOMEWOOD SUITES ALPHARETTA HYATT PLACE ATLANTA/ALPHARETTA/NORTH POINT MALL HYATT PLACE WINDWARD PARKWAY LA QUINTA INN ALPHARETTA SPRINGHILL ALPHARETTA WINGATE INN ALPHARETTA Alpharetta is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, United States. As of 2006 census estimates, the city had a total population of 43,424. Selected for its location next to a spring, it began as a campground, and was originally known as New Prospect Camp Ground until late 1858. Officially chartered on December 11 of that year, Alpharetta ( Greek for "first town") became the county seat of Milton County until the end of 1931, when Milton was merged with Fulton County to avoid bankruptcy during the Great Depression. Alpharetta is located 14 miles north of Atlanta’s central business district and 28 expressway-miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world's busiest airport. Georgia 400 (U.S. 19) is the freeway connecting suburban Alpharetta with Atlanta to the south. It parallels surface highway S.R. 9, which was originally multiplexed with U.S. 19 and was the only paved road through town prior to the county merger. The town also had no railroad, a rarity for the area. Despite its poor start, and being one of the farthest-out large suburbs in metro Atlanta, it now features several mid-rise buildings, which are home to many high-tech companies including Hewlett-Packard, UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Radiant Systems, NetBank, Lucent, Nortel, IBM, Sun Microsystems, AT&T, Siemens, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, Alltel, E*Trade, Hansgrohe, and ChoicePoint. Alpharetta is also home to the new Verizon Amphitheater at Encore Park. This venue is scheduled to open in the summer of 2008 and will have artists including the Steve Miller Band, The Eagles, Yes, and many more. The amphitheater is run by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. read full wikipedia reference about Alpharetta, Georgia OTHER POPULAR DESTINATIONS IN GEORGIAAcworth Adel Albany Alpharetta Americus Ashburn Athens Atlanta Augusta Austell Bainbridge Brunswick Buford Byron Calhoun Cartersville College Park Columbus Commerce Conyers Cordele Covington Dahlonega Dalton Decatur Douglasville Dublin Duluth Forest Park Forsyth Gainesville Griffin Helen Jekyll Island Kennesaw Kingsland La Grange Lawrenceville Macon Madison Marietta McDonough Milledgeville Morrow Newnan Norcross Peachtree City Perry Pooler Port Wentworth Richmond Hill Ringgold Rome Savannah Smyrna Statesboro Stockbridge Stone Mountain Suwanee Thomasville Tifton Tucker Union City Valdosta Warner Robins Waycross |
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