Can you believe that Atlanta just started a railroad terminus? Well, Georgia chose the line's terminus location, and by 1839, a settlement started. By 1854, about four different rail lines had arrived from other areas, and the settlements quickly grew into a town, becoming a rail hub for the Southern US, and Atlanta was born.

The population grew exceptionally rapidly after the civil war, and with it came numerous businesses, especially in manufacturing. In 1886 Coca-Cola launched a company in Atlanta, and in 1889, the electric streetcars arrived, adding the new streetcar Suburbs in the city. The city experienced a prosperous black middle class, and by the 20th century, the sweet Auburn Avenue was called the most appropriate Negro Street in the nation.

Atlanta rose to a significant convention city after the Georgia World Congress Center was built in 1976 and even more after it hosted the Summer Olympics in 1996. By 1999, Atlanta had the busiest airport globally and had become the diverse metropolitan area we have now.

One of the most surprising things about the Atlanta name is that over 21 cities and towns in the United States alone are named Atlanta. When Georgia decided to build the railroad to connect the East Coast with the Midwest, it drove a significant stone stake into the ground to mark the zero milepost, which meant the end of the line.

The settlement was initially called Marthasville and named after the governor's daughter Martha. However, in 1845, the chief engineer of the railroad, J. Edgar Thomson, suggested that the town be named after the railroad's route, which was Atlanta-Pacifica. The locals agreed to the name change, and by the time the first train arrived in 1845, they had shortened the name and established a city like Atlanta.