Atlanta

===Native American settlements===
For thousands of years prior to the arrival of European settlers in [[North Georgia]], the indigenous [[Muscogee|Creek people]] and their ancestors inhabited the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chieftainstrail.com/ |title=Northwest Georgia's Native American History |publisher=Chieftains Trail |access-date=June 27, 2011 |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708144206/http://chieftainstrail.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Standing Peachtree]], a Creek village where [[Peachtree Creek]] flows into the [[Chattahoochee River]], was the closest Native American settlement to what is now Atlanta.<ref name=buckhead>{{cite web|url=http://www.buckhead.net/history/fort-peachtree/index.html|title=Fort Peachtree | website=Buckhead.net | access-date=February 19, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026163022/http://www.buckhead.net/history/fort-peachtree/index.html |archive-date=Oct 26, 2017 }}</ref> Through the early 19th century, European Americans systematically encroached on the Creek of northern Georgia, forcing them out of the area from 1802 to 1825.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ngeorgia.com/history/indianla.html |title=Land Cessions of American Indians in Georgia |publisher=Ngeorgia.com |date=June 5, 2007 |access-date=June 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514054503/http://ngeorgia.com/history/indianla.html |archive-date=May 14, 2011 }}</ref> The Creek were forced to leave the area in 1821, under [[Indian removal|Indian Removal]] by the federal government, and European American settlers arrived the following year.<ref name="NGE - DeKalb County">{{cite web |last1=Owens |first1=Sue Ellen |title=DeKalb County |url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/dekalb-county/ |website=[[New Georgia Encyclopedia]] |publisher=[[University of Georgia Press]] |access-date=28 February 2024}}</ref>