Gresham Park, Georgia Explained

Official Name:	Gresham Park, Georgia
Pushpin Map:	Atlanta, Georgia
Pushpin Label Position:	top
Pushpin Label:	Gresham Park
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location within central Metro Atlanta
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Georgia
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	DeKalb
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Area Total Km2:	7.28
Area Land Km2:	7.27
Area Water Km2:	0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:	2.81
Area Land Sq Mi:	2.81
Area Water Sq Mi:	0.00
Population As Of:	2020
Population Total:	7700
Population Density Km2:	1058.99
Population Density Sq Mi:	2743.14
Timezone:	Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:	-5
Timezone Dst:	EDT
Utc Offset Dst:	-4
Elevation M:	274
Elevation Ft:	899
Coordinates:	33.7033°N -84.3144°W
Blank Name:	FIPS code
Blank Info:	13-35240^[2]
Blank1 Name:	GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:	1867241^[3]

Gresham Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 7,700 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Gresham Park is located at 33.7033°N -84.3144°W (33.703357, -84.314366).^[4] It is bordered by, on the:

North: I-20, across which is the Longdale Park area of unincorporated DeKalb County
Northwest: by the East Atlanta neighborhood of the city of Atlanta
West: unincorporated DeKalb County, to the west of which is southeast Atlanta
South: Constitution Road and Clifton Church Road, across which are the Bouldercrest and Cedar Grove areas of unincorporated DeKalb County
East: Flat Shoals Road and Clifton Church Road, across which is the Panthersville CDP
Northeast: at Flat Shoals Blvd. and I-20, to the northeast of which is the Candler-McAfee CDP

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.8sqmi, all land.

**Gresham Park, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition**
!Race / Ethnicity (*NH = Non-Hispanic*)!Pop 2000^[5] !Pop 2010^[6] !^[7] !% 2000!% 2010!
White alone (NH)	271	599	style='background: #ffffe6;	1,348	2.94%	8.06%	style='background: #ffffe6;	17.51%
Black or African American alone (NH)	8,758	6,563	style='background: #ffffe6;	5,596	95.04%	88.31%	style='background: #ffffe6;	72.68%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	29	5	style='background: #ffffe6;	10	0.31%	0.07%	style='background: #ffffe6;	0.13%
Asian alone (NH)	2	24	style='background: #ffffe6;	73	0.02%	0.32%	style='background: #ffffe6;	0.95%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	1	0	style='background: #ffffe6;	0	0.01%	0.00%	style='background: #ffffe6;	0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	20	12	style='background: #ffffe6;	43	0.22%	0.16%	style='background: #ffffe6;	0.56%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)	56	118	style='background: #ffffe6;	272	0.61%	1.59%	style='background: #ffffe6;	3.53%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	78	111	style='background: #ffffe6;	358	0.85%	1.49%	style='background: #ffffe6;	4.65%
Total	9,215	7,432	style='background: #ffffe6;	7,700	100.00%	100.00%	style='background: #ffffe6;	100.00%

Gresham Park was first listed as a census designated place in the 1980 U.S. census. As of the 2020 United States census, there were 7,700 people, 3,149 households, and 1,667 families residing in the CDP.

Elementary schools: Barack H. Obama EMST (most) and Ronald E. McNair DLA (some) (both outside of the CDP)^[9]
Middle schools: Ronald E. McNair (outside of the CDP)^[10]
High schools: Ronald E. McNair High School (in the CDP)^[11]