1821Architecture
== History ==
=== Settlers ===
The 1821 Georgia Land Lottery opened portions of state land for settlement between the Flint and Ocmulgee rivers, including present-day DeKalb C...
1822Infrastructure
The state created DeKalb County on December 9, 1822, and District 572 became DeKalb's 18th District, or the Brownings District, reportedly named for Andrew Browning.
1854Government
Several churches including Rehoboth Baptist, established in 1854, and First Baptist of Tucker, established in 1893, maintain large youth athletic programs.
1861Military
=== American Civil War ===
In spite of DeKalb County delegates voting against secession from the United States, Georgia joined the Confederacy and seceded from the Union in 1861.
1864Civil Rights
The full reality of that decision marched into Tucker in July 1864.
1868Economy
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation ceded the land to the United States in January of that year, and drawings for lots measuring 202.5 acres (81.9 ha) each began in May in Milledgeville...
1886Government
=== Railroad ===
In 1886 the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway received a charter to build a new rail line between Monroe, North Carolina, and Atlanta.
1892Government
Tucker is a city located in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, located near Atlanta and was originally settled in the 1820s, and later developed as a railroad community in 1...
1903Civil Rights
Rural Free Delivery began on March 2, 1903.
1906Military
From 1906 until its demise in the 1940s, Burnt Fort Creek was the primary tributary for the Decatur Waterworks.
1922Infrastructure
At the DeKalb County Centennial Celebration in 1922, Charles Murphey Candler stated that Tucker a "prosperous and promising village on the Seaboard Air Line Railway...
1927History
The record high is 110 °F (43 °C), recorded on July 8, 1927, and the record low, January 21, 1985, −10 °F (−23 °C).
1965History
Cofer area branch open on Church Street in 1965.
1967Infrastructure
On Saturday, July 1, 1967, the Seaboard Air Line Railroad merged with the Atlantic Coast Line to form Seaboard Coast Line Railroad.
1980History
== Demographics ==
Tucker first appeared as a census designated place in the 1980 U.S.
1983Infrastructure
In 1983 The line became Seaboard System and merged with the Chesapeake & Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio and the Western Maryland in 1986 Chessie System to form current railroad operator...
1991Architecture
In 1991, the county built a second library on LaVista Road in Tucker, the Northlake Barbara-Loar community branch, approximately 3.4 miles (5.5 km) west of the Tucker-Reid H.
2005History
In 2005, the Atlanta Regional Commission issued Tucker a grant for the development of a Livable Cities Initiative (LCI).
2006Disaster
=== Police, fire and rescue ===
In 2006 the DeKalb County Police Department headquarters relocated to Tucker off Northlake Parkway.
2009Culture
In 2009, the library expanded from 10,000 to 15,000 square feet (930 to 1,390 m2).
2010Culture
In 2010, the library moved to a 25,000-square-foot (2,300 m2) facility at the intersection of LaVista Road and Lawrenceville Highway.
2013History
=== Community Improvement Districts ===
In February 2013, DeKalb County Board of Commissioners approved the formation of the Tucker Community Improvement District (CID).
2014History
In August 2014 the Tucker CID changed its name to Tucker-Northlake CID to reflect expansion into the Northlake business district.
2015Government
In a November 2015 referendum, by a 3:1 margin (73.94%), voters approved incorporating Tucker into a city.
2016Civil Rights
In March 2016, Tucker residents elected the city's first mayor and city council.
2020Government
census and after incorporation was listed as a city in the 2020 U.S.