Marthasville

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Marthasville was the former name of the city now known as Atlanta, Georgia, during its early 19th-century development as a railroad terminus.

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Marthasville canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former city name
historical place name
associatedWithInfrastructure Western and Atlantic Railroad
continent North America
country United States of America
developmentBasis railroad construction
era 19th century
formerNameOf Atlanta
formerSettlementType railroad town
geographicFeature inland city site (no major seaport)
hasCurrentLocation site of modern downtown Atlanta
hasHistoricalRole early railroad hub in Georgia
precursor to major Southern urban center
languageOfName English
locatedIn Fulton County, Georgia
surface form: Fulton County

Georgia
locatedInTime early 1840s
namedAfter Martha Lumpkin
daughter of Governor Wilson Lumpkin
nameStatus historical
obsolete
partOf Atlanta–Athens–Clarke–Sandy Springs Combined Statistical Area
surface form: Atlanta metropolitan area
predecessorOf Atlanta
surface form: City of Atlanta
railroadFunction railroad terminus
terminus of the Western and Atlantic Railroad
region Southern United States
surface form: American South
replacedBy Atlanta
state Georgia
urbanFunction transportation hub
urbanSuccessor Atlanta

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

Atlanta previousName Marthasville
Terminus replacedBy Marthasville
Martha Lumpkin namesakeOf Marthasville
Martha Lumpkin follows Marthasville
subject surface form: Atlanta
Terminus, Georgia laterKnownAs Marthasville
Terminus, Georgia renamedAs Marthasville