Located 26 miles from downtown Atlanta, the City of Milton is a distinctive community that embraces small-town life and heritage while preserving and enhancing the city’s rural character. Milton, incorporated in 2006, is one of the northern metro Atlanta area’s newest cities. The City has been recognized nationally for its high quality of life and has been consistently ranked the second safest city in the state of Georgia, and in January 2019 was named the best city to live in Georgia.