Buckhead

Buckhead is a neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. Statistically, it covers the northern one fifth of the city. It is a major financial and commercial center for the Southeast United States. It is also the third largest business area in Atlanta next to Downtown and Midtown districts. Hotels, high rises, and condos line the streets with an urban section on Peachtree Road. Surrounding Buckhead neighborhood is a single family home district with many homes spread throughout the forests and hills of Atlanta.

Henry Irby purchased 202.5 acres in 1838 to create Peachtree, West Paces Ferry, and Roswell Roads. He started a general store and tavern in the north, which he eventually turned into Buckhead due to a story in which he killed a buck deer and placed the head in a prominent spot in the district. Before WWI the area was mostly country estates, but after 1956 it was turned into a shopping area with Lenox Square as the main shopping center. For more than 50 years those in Buckhead have requested that the neighborhood be turned into its own city, but as of 2008 it was still denied. Buckhead forms part of the V that belongs to Interstate 85 on the west and Interstate 75 on the east.