1823Government
Fayetteville was incorporated as a town in 1823 and as a city in 1902.
1825Architecture
== Points of interest ==
The Fayette County Courthouse, built in 1825 four years after the county and town's founding, is the oldest surviving courthouse in Georgia.
1855Architecture
The Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House was built in 1855 by John Stiles Holliday, uncle of the western gambler John Henry "Doc" Holliday.
1948Architecture
The Margaret Mitchell Library, built in 1948 and named in honor of the author, serves as the headquarters of the Fayette County Historical Society.
1980History
A reverse migration has brought new residents to the South, and the city of Fayetteville has grown markedly since 1980, as has the county.
2007Crime
The residence formally occupied by deceased professional wrestler Chris Benoit and his nuclear family until June 2007, within which a high-profile double-murder and suicide trag...
2011Government
In 2011 Johnson was elected as the first black member of the city council after having served three terms as president of the local chapter of the NAACP.
2014Architecture
Trilith Studios, then Pinewood Atlanta Studios, opened here in 2014; it was a joint venture between British company Pinewood Group and River's Rock LLC, an independently managed...
2015Government
In 2015 Ed Johnson was elected mayor, the first African American to serve in the position.
2016Education
In 2016, a soundstage at Pinewood Studios was open for educational use by the Georgia Film Academy.
2019Government
Johnson was re-elected in 2019.
2020History
== Demographics ==
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 18,957 people, 6,833 households, and 4,833 families residing in the city.
2021History
In April 2021, Atlanta magazine ranked the community ninth in their top ten metro Atlanta vibrant city centers list; the community was also the newest featured on the list.