The One Square
Mile Project, Inc.

College Park, Georgia

Remember the people who built College Park.

We’re restoring College View Memorial Cemetery and preserving the history of the Black community that once thrived around it.

November11Wednesday

Community event · 2026

Veterans Day at College View

Honor the veterans buried at College View and help care for their resting place.

to noon · Behind Mount Calvary Baptist Church, 2044 J.T. Alexander Avenue, College Park, GA

Get directions ↗

Our story

A City Within a City

During segregation, Black residents built a thriving community in College Park, with churches, businesses, schools, and places to gather. Airport expansion displaced families and erased much of the neighborhood’s physical footprint.

College View Memorial Cemetery is one of the places that remains. Dating to around the turn of the 20th century, it holds the graves of veterans, educators, business owners, and generations of families from College Park and surrounding communities.

Read the cemetery’s history ↗

College View Memorial Cemetery

Restoring the grounds. Recovering the history.

01

Care for the grounds

Volunteers clear overgrowth and reopen pathways while protecting graves and markers. Red Wagon Goats helped clear kudzu in areas volunteers could not easily reach.

02

Document the graves

As headstones emerge, the project can record names and burial locations and help families learn where loved ones are buried.

03

Preserve family stories

Photographs, records, and memories can help piece together the history of the neighborhood and the people who lived there.

Get involved

Help carry the work forward

Volunteer

Ask about the next cleanup or bring a group from your workplace, school, or community organization.

Ask about volunteering →

Connect with family history

Looking for a gravesite or have a photograph, record, or memory to share? Tell us who or what you’re looking for.

Contact us about family history →

News and history

Read more