What is the geography of Sandy Springs, Georgia?
The boundaries of Sandy Springs are: Atlanta to the south, Cobb County (at the Chattahoochee River) to the west and north, Roswell, GeorgiaRoswell (also at the river) to the north, and unincorporated Dunwoody (at the DeKalb County, GeorgiaDeKalb County line) to the east. A small panhandle in the northeast extends between the Chattahoochee River to the north and Dunwoody to the south, ending in a very small border with Gwinnett County. In the 1880s, this panhandle was part of DeKalb, but was later ceded to the former Milton County. Some residents of this area consider themselves to be part of the Dunwoody community, and were campaign promisepromised by the leaders of the incorporation movement that they would be allowed to keep their Cultural identityidentity. A few months later however, this changed, when the new city took down street sign “toppers” which proclaimed the community’s Dunwoody identity. The city later offered new ones, but only with the Sandy Springs name. Panhandle resid
