 The location which was to become Villa Rica was originally settled in 1826 along what is now Dallas Highway.This land was ceded by the Creek people in 1825 with the second Treaty of Indian Springs signed by Chief William McIntosh.In 1826, farmers and gold miners arrived in the area from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware to what was then known as "Hixtown" (named after a local tavern operator, incorporated in 1830).