Alpharetta tourist information

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Alpharetta is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 34,855.

Selected for its location next to a spring, it began as a campground, and was originally known as New Prospect Camp Ground until late 1858. Officially chartered on December 11 of that year, Alpharetta (Greek for "first town") became the county seat of Milton County until the end of 1931, when Milton was merged with Fulton County to avoid bankruptcy during the Great Depression.

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