Railroad
Early
chartered 1847; completed May 1854
Fulton County

Atlanta & West Point Railroad and East Point (1847-1854)

Chartered in 1847 as the Atlanta & LaGrange, this fourth railroad branched from the Macon & Western at a point that became East Point and was completed in May 1854.

See it on the map All Early records

The record

The GHS marker says the 1847 charter put the eastern terminus 'at a convenient point on the Macon & Western RR between the City of Griffin and the Town of Atlanta,' a spot marked by a bronze disk in a short concrete post; East Point's 1887 charter measured the town from it. Wikipedia says construction began in 1849-50, the line was completed in May 1854 and renamed the Atlanta & West Point in 1857. NGE says the Atlanta & LaGrange entered Atlanta in 1854. East Point was not incorporated until 1887.

Today: East Point's downtown along the rail line.