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.


Statements (30)
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
locatedInTime early 1840s
namedAfter Martha Lumpkin
daughter of Governor Wilson Lumpkin
nameStatus historical
obsolete
partOf Atlanta metropolitan area
predecessorOf City of Atlanta
railroadFunction railroad terminus
terminus of the Western and Atlantic Railroad
region American South
replacedBy Atlanta
state Georgia
urbanFunction transportation hub
urbanSuccessor Atlanta

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Atlanta
follows
Martha Lumpkin
namesakeOf
Atlanta
previousName
Terminus
replacedBy

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