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News, events and happenings in the City of Norcross
Shane Blatt / sblatt@ajc.com
Norcross, Ga
Named after the Hon. Jonathan Norcross, it was chartered as a town on October 26, 1870, and selected to the National Register of Historic Places by the Department of the Interior in the early 1980s, although its rich history began much earlier [Wikipedia].
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The former Dodson Park was renamed in 1934 for J.J. "Cousin John" Thrasher, the founder of Norcross.
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