{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Georgia, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Atco | settlement_type = Unincorporated community | image_skyline = Mayflower Street, Atco Georgia April 2017 1.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Mayflower Street | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = USA Georgia | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|34|10|50|N|84|49|12|W|region:US-GA_type:city|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = USA | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Georgia | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Bartow County | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1904 | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = US <!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion --> <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | area_footnotes = | area_urban_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_rural_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_metro_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_magnitude = <!-- use only to set a special wikilink --> | area_note = | area_water_percent = | area_rank = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank2_title = <!-- square miles --> | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_rural_sq_mi = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_sq_mi = | area_blank2_sq_mi = <!-- acres --> | area_total_acre = | area_land_acre = | area_water_acre = | area_urban_acre = | area_rural_acre = | area_metro_acre = | area_blank1_acre = | area_blank2_acre = | length_mi = | width_mi = | dimensions_footnotes = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_ft = | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_density_sq_mi= auto | population_note = | population_demonym = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | footnotes = }} '''Atco''' is a small unincorporated community on the northwestern side of Cartersville in southern Bartow County, Georgia, United States.<ref name=GNIS>{{GNIS|331061}}</ref> There are numerous baseball and soccer complexes in the area, primarily along Sugar Valley and Cassville Roads, making it a popular destination for subdivisions. The community derived its name from the American Textile Company, which built a mill in the community.
==Geography== Atco is located at {{coord|34|10|50|N|84|49|12|W|type:city_region:US|display=inline}} (34.1806523, -84.8199389). The community is at an elevation of {{convert|728|ft|m}} and is located inside Cartersville's city limits.<ref name=GNIS /><ref name=CartersvilleMap>[http://www.cityofcartersville.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/55 Official Map]. City of Cartersville. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2017.</ref> Pettit Creek flows to the east of Atco, while Nancy Creek is located on the west side of the community.<ref name=CartersvilleMap /><ref name=LostTowns />
==History== In 1903, Edward McClain of the American Textile Company bought 600 acres of land north of Cartersville to construct a textile plant to manufacture horse collars. The plant was completed in 1904. In addition to building the plant, the American Textile Company also constructed about 40 homes for its workers.<ref name=LostTowns>Russell, Lisa. [https://books.google.com/books?id=_UhIDQAAQBAJ Lost Towns of North Georgia]. Arcadia Publishing. (2016). {{ISBN|1439658277}}.</ref> It was from the American Textile Company where Atco got its name.<ref name=CalhounTimes>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IP4vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2jsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3382%2C223255 | title=Bartow County | work=Calhoun Times | date=September 1, 2004 | accessdate=23 April 2015 | pages=15}}</ref><ref name=NPS>[https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/11fe9821-fa9b-48b1-8fd5-a0ac79270852 ATCO-Goodyear Mill and Mill Village Historic District]. NPS.gov. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 2 April 2017.</ref> A post office called Atco was established in 1907, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1965.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=GA&county=Bartow | title=Bartow County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=23 April 2015}}</ref>
With the horse collar business declining due to the automobile, the ATCO Mill produced many other products<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=ATCO – The Etowah Valley Historical Society of Bartow County, Georgia |url=https://evhsonline.org/bartow-history/places/atco |access-date=2022-11-26 |language=en-US}}</ref> before it was bought by Goodyear in 1929. Under Goodyear's control, the mill proceeded to manufacture tire fabric products.<ref name=EVHS /><ref name=NPS /> Goodyear also expanded the village, building hundreds of homes as well as a school,<ref name=LostTowns /> as well as renaming the streets to their current names.<ref name="NPS" /> In 1934, the mill's employees participated in the strikes that were common in the local textile industry.<ref name="LostTowns" /> After being annexed by Cartersville in 1957, Goodyear began selling off its homes. In 1963, Atco's school was closed, while in 2003, Goodyear closed the Atco Mill, laying off the remaining 319 employees.<ref name=EVHS>[http://evhsonline.org/bartow-history/places/atco ATCO]. evhsonline.org. Retrieved 2 April 2017.</ref> Much of the plant was razed in 2009 and 2010.<ref name=":0" /> In 2005, the Atco Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name=NPS /><ref name=LostTowns />
==Notable people==
*Lee Roy Abernathy, gospel musician *Joe Frank Harris, Governor of Georgia.<ref name=LostTowns /> *Rudy York, MLB player and manager.<ref name=LostTowns />
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==External links== {{commons category}} * [https://archive.today/20130804055947/http://www.atcogeorgia.com/ ATCO Georgia, The Village]
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Bartow County, Georgia Category:Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)