United States, Georgia, Fayette County, Fayetteville, 33.44873, -84.45493Luckett, Robert E.2006-02-10Encyclopedia article about the town of Fayetteville, Georgia. Established on March 28, 1823, twenty miles south of Atlanta, Fayetteville is the seat of Fayette County, which was created in 1821 from land ceded to the state by the Creek Indians. Both town and county are named for the Marquis de Lafayette, the Frenchman who joined forces with George Washington during the American Revolution (1775-83), helped bring France into the war on the side of the Americans, and revisited Georgia in 1825.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Cities and towns--GeorgiaFayettevilleText