How Atlanta's Famous City of Buckhead Got Its Name

In the early 1800's, a settler by the name of Henry Irby paid for a small piece of land near what today is known as Peachtree, Roswell, and West Paces Ferry Roads. He built a tavern and general store there that later became a place for farmers, hunters, and tradesmen to meet. One day while hunting in the thick stretch of wilderness, Irby shot a buck, and posted the deer's head on the door of what he then named The Buck's Head Tavern. Eventually, an entire city would be called Buckhead, and the very popular Irby Avenue would be named after the settler.

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Source: Schemmel, William. (2009). Off the Beaten Path Georgia A Guide to Unique Places, 10.

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