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Welcome to Plunket Town ...

Plunket Town is located in Fulton County<1>.

Plunket Town is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

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

Communities near Plunket Town ...

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

  • Atlanta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • South Fulton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • South Fulton is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fulton
  • Smyrna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Brookhaven
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Brookhaven is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
  • Stonecrest
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
  • Tucker
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • East Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Chamblee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Stockbridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Stockbridge North
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
    • Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 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 Plunket Town. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Plunket Town.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Plunket Town. 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 Plunket Town.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Plunket Town ...

Looking for more information about Plunket Town? 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 Plunket Town, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Plunket Town.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Fulton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Plunket Town - 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 Plunket Town area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Plunket Town 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.