<Li> Sweetwater Creek State Park is a 2,549 - acre (10.32 km) park 7 miles (11 km) east of Douglasville . The park has 9 miles (14 km) of wooded trails that follow the stream to the ruins of the New Manchester Manufacturing Company, a textile mill burned during the Civil War . The park has a 215 - acre (0.87 km) lake with two fishing docks, canoe and fishing boat rentals, 11 picnic shelters, playground, visitors center and museum . </Li> <Li> Clinton Nature Preserve located 7 miles (11 km) west of Douglasville, is a 200 - acre historical preserve, located off the Post Road exit of Interstate 20, which features a pre-Civil War log cabin, picnic areas, walking and mountain biking trails, a gravel walking track, fishing, an outdoor amphitheatre, and a 100 - percent disabled - accessible children's play garden . </Li> <P> In 2015, the city elected Rochelle Robinson as its first female and first African American mayor . </P> <P> The City Council is elected from single - member districts . </P>

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