Seal of the City of Atlanta

[hide]Timeline
before 1820s
1762

Standing Peachtree, Native American trading post

first mentioned
1820

1821

Creek Indians cede land that is now Metro Atlanta

1822

Decatur founded
1830

1830

Whitehall Tavern built at today's West End

1836

Western and Atlantic Railroad approved

1839

John Thrasher builds settlement at terminus

1840

1842

Name "Atlanta" approved;

Georgia Railroad arrives from Augusta

1846

Macon & Western RR connects Atlanta with port

of Savannah

1847

Atlanta incorporated
1850
pop. 2,572

1850

Oakland Cemetery founded

1851

W&A RR connects Atlanta to The Midwest

1854

Atlanta & La Grange RR connects Atlanta towards

the southwest; Atlanta becomes rail hub for entire
South
1860
pop. 9,554

1861-

American Civil War