Clarkston, Georgia

A post office called Clarkston has been in operation since 1876. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1882 as the "Town of Clarkston", with municipal corporate limits extending in a one-half mile radius from the Georgia Railroad depot. The community was named after W. W. Clark, a railroad official. ==Geography==

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and 0.94% is water. Clarkston is on the Eastern Continental Divide. ==Demographics==

Racial and ethnic composition 2020 census As of the 2020 census, Clarkston had a population of 14,756. The median age was 28.6 years. 33.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 4.7% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 90.1 males age 18 and over. 100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas. There were 4,923 households in Clarkston, including 2,341 families. Of all households, 44.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Married-couple households made up 33.7% of households, while 22.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present and 36.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. ==Education==

DeKalb County School System operates Clarkston's public schools. Zoned schools which have attendance boundaries in the residential-zoned portions of the city limits include: • Jolly, Idlewood, and Indian Creek elementary schools • Freedom Middle School and Tucker Middle School • Clarkston High School and Tucker High School All the school district-operated schools are located outside of the city limits of Clarkston. Atlanta Area School for the Deaf, operated by the State of Georgia, is in the Clarkston city limits. Additionally, Georgia Fugees Academy Charter School, a charter school, is in the city limits. Public libraries DeKalb County Public Library operates the Clarkston Branch. ==Refugee resettlement==

Georgia is among states that receive the highest amount of refugees for resettlement, and has resettled more than 37,000 refugees since 1993. Clarkston receives a large portion of these refugees, but arrivals have gradually declined yearly since 2016. In 2016, then Georgia Governor Nathan Deal issued and then reneged on an executive order attempting to cease influx of Syrian refugees into the state. Additionally, as of 2019 federal funding for refugee programs has decreased and executive orders have been issued that allow states increased authority to limit resettlement, which has resulted in the downsizing of several Georgia resettlement organizations. Organizations that aid the resettlement of refugees in Clarkston include: • Friends of Refugees • Fugees Family • International Rescue Committee of Atlanta • New American Pathways • World Relief Atlanta ==Transportation==

Major roads • • Mass transit • MARTA Bus 120 connects to MARTA Blue Line rail service at Avondale • MARTA Bus 125 connects to MARTA Blue Line rail service at Kensington Pedestrians and cycling • Stone Mountain Trail ==In popular culture==

In television • Clarkston was featured in season one of "Good Girls" Netflix series (the fictional supermarket "Fine & Frugal" was shot in Fresh Food Town in the Tahoe Village plaza). • Clarkston is the setting of the episode "Make Ted Great Again" in the second season of Queer Eye in 2018. • Clarkston is featured in the episode "It's a Greens Thing" in the first season of Vivan Howard's PBS cooking show Somewhere South in 2020. ==Notable people==

• Machop Chol (born 1998) – soccer player who represented the South Sudan national team ==References==