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Welcome to Tammy Heights ...

Tammy Heights is located in Douglas County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Tammy Heights: Tammy Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Tammy Heights is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

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

Websites for Tammy Heights ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.douglascountygeorgia.com/

Junior League:   www.jldouglascounty.org/

Communities near Tammy Heights ...

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

  • Atlanta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • South Fulton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • South Fulton is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fulton
  • Marietta
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Smyrna
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Brookhaven
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Brookhaven is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
  • East Point
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Kennesaw
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Kennesaw Acres
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
    • Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
  • Douglasville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pontevedra
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pontevedra is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontevedra
    • Estimated population in 2019: 25,694 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 Tammy Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tammy Heights.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tammy Heights ...

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

Footnotes ...

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