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Metal rails introduced As the state capital Atlanta is the site of most of Georgia's state government the Georgia State Capitol building located downtown houses the offices of the governor lieutenant governor and secretary of state as well as the General Assembly the Governor's Mansion is in a residential section of Buckhead Atlanta serves as the regional hub for many arms of the federal bureaucracy including the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta also plays an important role in the federal judiciary system containing the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia! Georgia consists of 159 counties second only to Texas with 254 Georgia had 161 counties until the end of 1931 when Milton and Campbell were merged into the existing Fulton Some counties have been named for prominent figures in both American and Georgian history and many bear names with Native American origin Counties in Georgia have their own elected legislative branch usually called the Board of Commissioners which usually also has executive authority in the county Several counties have a sole Commissioner form of government with legislative and executive authority vested in a single person Georgia is the only state with current Sole Commissioner counties Georgia's Constitution provides all counties and cities with "home rule" authority the county commissions have considerable power to pass legislation within their county as a municipality would. . DeKalb (753,253) 67/19 92/33 67/19 92/33 6 Achievements 2.2 New England Atlanta is the largest city in Fulton County occupying the county's narrow center section and thus geographically dividing the county's northern and southern portions Atlanta's last major annexation in 1952 brought over 118 square miles (310 km2) into the city including the affluent suburb of Buckhead the movement to create a city of Sandy Springs launched in the early 1970s and reaching fruition in 2005 was largely an effort to prevent additional annexations by the city of Atlanta and later to wrest local control from the county commission. Imperial conversion Tourism Language 32 Ernie Johnson P.