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Pine Lake (left) was formerly a widened region of
Snapfinger Creek, dammed for flood control by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Pine Lake Municipal
Court building (right) was once a chapel.

CITY OF PINE LAKE

FOUNDED 1937
Mayor Melanie Hammet

Unlike its other city neighbors in DeKalb, Pine Lake is not the birthplace of major industry,
railroad, or agriculture. What this area did provide, that is equally important, was time away
from modernity to be in the woods and to fish and swim in the lake.

ine Lake was once a lakeside, weekend retreat, of humor can love the funkiness of the homes and small-
but today it is an incorporated city in the middle town feel, where kids climb in the tree canopy and the
of mostly unincorporated central DeKalb County. bookworm can enjoy a favorite story while stretched out
P The city serves as residence and community for on the beach.
those who take comfort in the peacefulness surrounding the Mayor Hammet wrote in the community newsletter,
lake and the beauty that embodies the character of the area’s
natural habitat. “It’s the swimming and the singing and the dancing that
The city lies about 12 miles east of downtown Atlanta, happens in the street, on the sand, in the grass. Pine
just off Rockbridge Road. It is a haven for those who adore Lake is where the stranger becomes a neighbor, and the
the environment, have a passion for the arts, and with a sense neighbor becomes a friend.”

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