Anno1821, terra ubi urbs patet civitati Georgiae agenteMuscogeana(en) cedebatur. Urbs est fundata anno1837 a "Western and Atlantic" (Occidentalis et Atlantica), societateferriviaria quo ligabatur media Georgiae pars cumTennesia Flumine. Nomen urbis illo tempore fuitTerminus. Postea nominabatur '"Marthasville,'" et anno1845Atlanta. Crescebat per influxumcommercii, et anno1861 facta est sedesferriviarium et forum inBello Civili Americano. Mense Novembri1864, aGulielmi T. Shermanexercitu cremata est, sed statim est refecta, et caput civitatis facta anno1868, usque ad tempus hodiernum crescit.
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