Terminus

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former place name historic settlement

Terminus was the original 19th-century name for the settlement that later became the city of Atlanta, Georgia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Marthasville	0
Atlanta	0

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former place name ⓘ historic settlement ⓘ
connectedTo	Western and Atlantic Railroad ⓘ
coordinateSystem	approximate coordinates of downtown Atlanta ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasCharacteristic	railroad town ⓘ
hasFormerName	Terminus self-linksurface differs ⓘ Terminus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
hasFunction	railroad terminus ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole	origin point of Atlanta ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	early transportation hub ⓘ
hasSettlementType	frontier settlement ⓘ railroad settlement ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	DeKalb County, Georgia ⓘ Fulton County, Georgia ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Piedmont (United States) ⓘ surface form: Piedmont region
locatedInTimePeriod	19th century ⓘ
locatedNear	Chattahoochee River ⓘ Peachtree Creek ⓘ
locatedOn	railroad line ⓘ
namedAfter	railroad terminus ⓘ
nameMeaning	end point of a railroad line ⓘ
originalNameOf	Atlanta ⓘ
partOf	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: American South Atlanta ⓘ
replacedBy	Atlanta ⓘ Marthasville ⓘ
startTime	1830s ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Terminus → hasFormerName → Terminus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Atlanta

Terminus → hasFormerName → Terminus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Marthasville

Atlanta → previousName → Terminus ⓘ