Races in Doraville:

• Hispanic (43.4%)
• White Non-Hispanic (28.3%)
• Other race (20.6%)
• Black (14.8%)
• Vietnamese (5.0%)
• Two or more races (4.1%)
• Chinese (3.0%)
• American Indian (2.1%)
• Other Asian (1.7%)
• Korean (1.6%)
• Asian Indian (0.9%)

Houses: 3,140 (3,061 occupied: 1,563 owner occupied, 1,498 renter occupied)

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $97,000

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2000: $531

Median gross rent in Doraville, GA in 2000: $748

Housing units in Doraville with a mortgage: 1,073 (87 second mortgage, 79 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 405

City of Doraville - Dekalb County
DeKalb was established as Georgia's 56th county and is situated on a natural ridge that runs between Atlanta and Athens, the Continental Divide. The southern boundary is the South River and the northern boundary is the Hightower Trail, a trading path used by Indians. The county has 269 square miles. DeKalb was established from parts of Henry, Fayette and Gwinnett Counties with the General Assembly of the State of Georgia appointing five commissioners who picked land lot 246 in the 15th militia district as the county site.

Dekalb County
Decatur was incorporated December 10,1823, and named after Stephen Decatur, a U.S. Naval hero. It is said that early residents rejected a proposal by the Western and Atlantic Railroad to make Decatur a major stop on its new line in the 1830s. These citizens did not want the noise, smoke and confusion, and turned the railroad down. The railroad thus moved seven miles west to a small settlement called Terminus. In 1843, that settlement was renamed Marthasville, and two years later became Atlanta.

Mills and ginneries were vital to the county's early growth. This heritage lives on in the names of various DeKalb roads that once led to these mills, such as Browns Mill, Evans Mill and Henderson Mill.

The county's previous courthouse was built in 1917 at a cost of $10,000. DeKalb's present courthouse was built in 1965 at a cost of $3.5 million, while the old facility has been renovated and serves as the headquarters for the DeKalb Historical Society.

The Doraville area has great neighborhoods and shopping centers and many apartments are just a short distance away. Proximity to restaurants and activities is just one of the many benefits of apartment living in Doraville. The options are all yours.

You can choose to live near schools or in a quiet area near parks and recreation

History
The History of The City of Doraville (source unknown)

The early 1800s brought settlers to the interior of the state of Georgia as land became available through treaties with the Indians. Doraville is the result of this movement of early settlers into the area from the Carolinas, Virginia and other parts of Georgia.

An area along Peachtree Ridge near the headwaters of Nancy Creek provided the water and timber to start an agricultural settlement. Early transportation routes were available by way of existing Indian trails.

From its inception until the 1940s, Doraville was a small agricultural community that served the interests of a larger surrounding farming area. External forces and events of the 1930s and 1940s were to determine a larger role in history for Doraville.

Religion in the form of organized churches arrived in the 1820s and 1830s. The Civil War disrupted the area in the 1860s.

Immediately after the Civil War the railroad was built through the town from Atlanta to Greenville, S.C., and points north and south. World War I brought Camp Gordon to neighboring Chamblee. While all of these events contributed to the development of this area, the impact was minimal.

Two events in the late 1930s and early 1940s changed the nature of Doraville forever. Dekalb County built a major water supply system into the area and Plantation Pipeline built a pumping system and storage facility in Doraville just before the beginning of World War II. During the war, the pipeline was valuable in delivering oil products across the country without the threat of German submarines sinking tankers. The pipeline went from Baton Rouge, La., through Doraville to Greensboro, N.C. Today's tank farms grew from the pipeline development.

At the end of World War II, Doraville was on the main rail line, and had the new water system available. General Motors selected Doraville as the site for its new assembly plant. The growth of Doraville exploded in the late 1940s and the 1950s as a result of these developments.

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