Doraville, Georgia

Everything Doraville is known for

2 songs mention this city 1 artist from here

Music in Doraville

Songs About Doraville

Free Ain’t Free
Drivin’ n’ Cryin’
97%
"He worked at General Motors off 285"
Doraville
Atlanta Rhythm Section
75%
"Doraville, touch of country in the city / Doraville, it ain't much, but it's home"

Artists From Doraville

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Atlanta Rhythm Section
rock Pop: 52

Rivers & Roads in Song near Doraville

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Doraville.

Chattahoochee River 11 songs Interstate 20 13 songs

History of Doraville

The Fall of Atlanta: Sherman's Flank and Hood's Last Gamble RoadyGoat

1864

By the summer of 1864, almost everything the Confederacy shipped moved through one city. Four railroads crossed at Atlanta, feeding men, food, and munitions to Southern armies, and General William T. Sherman meant to take it. After his costly repulse at Kennesaw Mountain on June 27, 1864, Sherman went back to the move that had worked all spring: instead of charging the trenches head-on again, he slid his larger army around the Confederate flank, always reaching for the railroad in their rear. General Joseph E. Johnston kept falling back to escape the trap, from Kennesaw to a new line at Smyrna, then down behind the Chattahoochee River, but each time Sherman simply marched around him again. Jefferson Davis had seen enough retreating, and in mid-July he handed the army to the aggressive John Bell Hood, a man who had already lost the use of an arm at Gettysburg and a leg at Chickamauga. Hood attacked, hard, at Peachtree Creek and then east of the city, and was beaten both times. When the last railroad fell at Jonesboro on the final day of August, the city was doomed. Hood slipped out on September 1, and Atlanta surrendered the next day. Sherman wired Washington four words: 'Atlanta is ours, and fairly won.' The victory steadied a war-weary North and helped re-elect Lincoln that fall. (Source: American Battlefield Trust; Georgia Civil War Heritage Trails.)

RoadyGoat → · 7.1 mi away

Waffle House Museum RoadyGoat

The original Waffle House opened in Avondale Estates, Georgia on Labor Day 1955. It's now a museum preserving the first counter, stools, and jukebox. The chain grew to 2,000 locations, all open 24/7. FEMA developed the unofficial Waffle House Index — if the local Waffle House is closed, the disaster is catastrophic. No other restaurant chain measures emergency severity.

8.6 mi away

Mary Mac's Tea Room RoadyGoat

Mary MacKenzie opened her tea room in Midtown Atlanta in 1945, one of 16 tea rooms in the city. She's the last one standing. Every table gets a pencil and pad to write your own order — a tradition from the postwar years when help was scarce. The pot likker and cornbread arrive before you ask. It's the dining room of the South, where governors and construction workers eat the same fried chicken.

10.3 mi away

Stone Mountain

1916

The largest exposed granite monolith in North America, featuring a massive bas-relief carving of Confederate leaders begun in 1916 and completed in 1972.

9.9 mi away

Ebenezer Baptist Church

1886

The church where three generations of Kings preached and where Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral was held in 1968.

11.1 mi away

Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home

1929

The Queen Anne-style house at 501 Auburn Avenue where Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929.

11.1 mi away

Things to Do in Doraville

historical 11.1 mi away
Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home

The house where MLK was born in 1929. Sweet Auburn neighborhood in Atlanta.
food 8.6 mi away
Waffle House Museum

The original 1955 Waffle House in Avondale Estates GA is now a museum. FEMA uses the Waffle House Index to measure disaster severity. That's real.
food 9.8 mi away
Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q

Atlanta's beloved BBQ. Texas transplants who brought brisket religion to Georgia.
food 10.3 mi away
Mary Mac's Tea Room

Atlanta's dining room since 1945. Pot likker and cornbread. Every table gets a pencil to write your own order. Southern hospitality distilled.
food 10.7 mi away
The Varsity

The world's largest drive-in restaurant since 1928. What'll ya have? Two miles from Georgia Tech.
quirky 8.8 mi away
Waffle House Museum

The original 1955 Waffle House preserved as a museum in Avondale Estates GA. Scattered and smothered history.

Everything Near Doraville

79 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

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