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Milton is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, located about 30 miles north of downtown Atlanta.

Milton was incorporated on December 1, 2006, becoming one of Georgia's newest cities after 85 percent of voters approved the new city in a July 2006 referendum.

The city is named after Revolutionary War hero John Milton, who was also the namesake of the former Milton County that included the modern-day city between 1857 and 1931.

As of the 2020 census, Milton had a population of 41,296, and Census QuickFacts counts 15,225 households in the city for 2020–2024.

About 85 percent of Milton's more than 39 square miles is agriculturally zoned, requiring residential lots of at least one acre, a policy meant to preserve the area's rural character.

Milton is known for its equestrian character, with small farms, horse facilities, and large wooded lots surviving amid metro Atlanta's growth.

The city's commercial heart is Crabapple, a historic crossroads district with boutique shops and restaurants that Milton has protected with special form-based zoning codes.

Bell Memorial Park, a 41-acre active park in the heart of Milton, offers baseball fields, multi-purpose turf fields, trails, and the Mark Law Arboretum.

Milton City Park and Preserve protects about 130 acres of passive green space alongside seven acres of active recreation land off Dinsmore Road.

Milton High School opened in 1921 in Alpharetta to serve all of old Milton County and moved to a new academy-model campus in Milton in 2005.