| City of Berkeley Lake History
The majority of lands in the city limits (the 700-acre
Berkeley Lake Properties) was developed by Frank
Coggins in the late 1940's. The dam, constructed
in 1948, is one of the largest earthen dams in the
state. The city's namesake, Lake Berkeley (88 acres),
was named after Mr. Coggins' Berkeley Blue Granite
Quarries in Elberton, Ga. In 1950 the Berkeley Lake
"subdivision," which included five reserved
Free Pass and Repass tracts (FPR) and the residential
and fishing lots around the lake, was laid out.
In 1952, Calvin and Kate Parsons, along with John
and Dorothy Bagwell, purchased the Berkeley Realty
& Investment Company and its 700 acre property.
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Demographics
Population (2000 census): 1695
US Congressional District 7 of Georgia
Georgia State Congressional District 64
Georgia State Senate District 48
Gwinnett County Commission District 2
Gwinnett County School District 3
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