Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1854 - Atlanta

Atlanta, a flourishing city of De Kalb county, Georgia, is situated about 7 miles S. E. from the Chattahoochee river, and on the line of railroads leading from Savannah to Chattanooga and Nashville, Tennessee, 101 miles N. W. from Macon, 171 W. from Augusta, and 291 miles from Nashville. The situation is elevated and remarkably healthy. Four of the principal railroads of the state terminate at this town, and render it a place of great activity in business, and a depot for the cotton and grain of several adjoining counties. The Georgia railroad extends from Atlanta to Augusta; the Macon and Western railroad to the city of Macon ; the Atlantic and Western railroad, which was opened in 1860, leads to Chattanooga, Tennessee ; and the La Grange railroad, which was finished in 1852, connects Atlanta with West Point, 72 miles distant. Atlanta was laid out in 1845, since which it has increased with great rapidity, and become one of the most populous and important towns in the northern part of the state. In 1847 it was incorporated as a city. It has 5 or 6 churches, 6 schools, 2 newspaper offices, and a bank. The surrounding country contains gold, iron, and other valuable minerals. Population in 1850, 2572 ; in 1853, about 4000.


A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.

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