Norcross Depot (2004 photo) The picturesque 1909 Southern Railway depot in Norcross was donated to the city by Norfolk Southern in 1983. For most of its years since then it has housed a restaurant. (2000 photo) Norcross is a city of 15,632 in Gwinnett County, on the northeast side of metro Atlanta. It is named for Jonathan Norcross, a mayor of Atlanta in the 1850s. RailGa.com. Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. © Steve Storey Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home