GPB News Managing Editor Sara Shahriari asked us to find out the origins of Tanyard Creek in Buckhead. The creek was originally called Tanyard Branch...

Dog River Blues is the title of a popular song by two-time grammy winning artist Alan Jackson.

He was a Baptist minister, a civil rights legend and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s best friend. Ralph David Abernathy's name can also be found...

Places in Atlanta are often related to other places around Atlanta, but today we look at a neighborhood with a northern namesake. We're telling the...

As you drive into the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth, you might find yourself on a road called Paul McCartney Boulevard. And yes, it's that Paul...

Atlantans have been wondering about the place names around them for decades. Just look at this early 20th century letter, in which a DeKalb County...

Even if you live inside Atlanta city limits, you've probably heard some of the most unusual names outside of the metro area. Butts County is one such...

One of the Atlanta's most curious communities is called Cabbagetown. In this "What's In A Name," GPB's Rickey Bevington shares the humble origins of one...

Many Atlanta roads are named after ferries and bridges, so at the request of listeners "40Watt" and Bill Witherspoon, we took a peek at the watery...

This "What's In A Name" comes to us from listener Forest McMullin, who also asked us about Druid Hills . McMullin was curious about a street in East...

You may be used to navigating through Atlanta's 15 streets named Peachtree, but another road's name has been confusing locals for years. As listener...

We’re all familiar with the concept of jotting down a grocery list. But what about Jot Em Down Road?

The Atlanta neighborhood of Buckhead was named after a dead deer. African-American families in the early 20th century picked "Just Us" to call their new...

While its name may (literally) be "Bland," its history is anything but. The idea for this episode of "What's In A Name" comes from our Georgia Public...

A catchy tune from 70s funk group The Spirit of Atlanta is the only remnant of this Atlanta community. In our first edition of "What's In A Name," we...