What is "shermantown"

Shermantown can refer to:

• Shermantown (Atlanta), a late 19th-century African-American shantytown east of downtown Atlanta, Georgia
• Shermantown, a historically African-American neighborhood of Stone Mountain, Georgia

Shermantown was a late 19th-century African-American shantytown in what is now the Sweet Auburn neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. It was named after General Sherman whose troops occupied Atlanta after the Civil War.

Category:African-American history in Atlanta, Georgia