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Atlanta was named by J. Edgar Thomson, Chief Engineer of the Georgia Railroad. Mr. Thomson gave varying stories about how he came up with the name, but our personal favorite is that the city was named for former Governor Wilson Lumpkin's daughter's. Her middle name was Atalanta, after the fleet-footed goddess.

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The city of Atlanta was once named Marthasville in honor of the governor's daughter. It was also referred to as Terminus because it was the end of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. That eventually resulted in the feminine version of Atlantic - Atlanta.

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City of.....Atlanta Georgia is a city and state not a name. Although Georgia was named for King George.

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Marthasville because people wanted to honor gov. Lumpkin's youngest daughter, and terminus and because the states western and Atlantic railroad ended at a place called terminus

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Martasville

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Atlanta

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marthasville

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terminus

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