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Welcome to Atco ...

Atco is located in Bartow County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Atco, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Atco is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Atco lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Atco (for example, toward Gaylesville (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Atco: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Communities Also Named Atco ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Atco - they are located in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Atco.

Websites for Atco ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.barrowchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Atco, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Atco ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Atco.

  • Kennesaw
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Kennesaw Acres
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
    • Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
  • Woodstock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Canton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Canton is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,347 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <4>
  • Acworth
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Noonday
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Noonday is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
    • Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
  • Holly Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Dallas
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Dallas is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,388 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dallas <4>
  • Motes Hill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Motes Hill is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motes Hill
    • Estimated population in 2019: 14,211 people
  • Logan Trace
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Logan Trace is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Trace
    • Estimated population in 2019: 12,880 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Atco. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Atco.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Atco. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Atco.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Atco. See our Newspapers Page for Atco.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Atco ...

Looking for more information about Atco? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Atco, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Atco.

Adding Atco to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Atco in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Atco was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Atco post office opened in 1907. The Atco post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Atco.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Bartow, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Atco - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Atco area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Atco area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/