Parks
- Charlie Loudermilk Park: In the triangle formed by Piedmont Road, Roswell Road, and Blackland Road is a triangular park known as Charlie Loudermilk Park (renamed from Triangle Park in 2009). Located within the park is The Storyteller, by sculptor Frank Fleming, depicting a man with a buck's head telling a story to various other animals. The descriptive plaque explains:
Local lore has recorded that in 1838 a hunter hung a deer's head at about this location in front of Irby's Tavern. The Henry Irby Family owned 803 surrounding acres and the area was designated Irbyville on maps at that time. People started identifying the area by the buck's head and the community then changed its name to Buckhead... The storyteller is sharing this information with its circle of small animal friends.
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