Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1895 - Atlanta

Atlanta, at-lan'ta, a flourishing city, capital of Georgia, and seat of justice of Fulton co., is situated on an elevated ridge dividing the waters of the Chattahoochee River from the rivers that flow into the Atlantic, at an altitude of 1100 feet above the level of the sea. It has a remarkably healthy and equable climate, the mean annual temperature being about 60° Fahrenheit, with a cool and salubrious atmosphere. Its latitude is 33°44'58"N, longitude 84° 30' W. from Greenwich. It is 7 miles S.E. of the Chattahoochee River, Seven railroads converge at Atlanta, mostly trunk lines, and leading from such important cities as Augusta, 171 miles distant; Knoxville, Tenn., 204 miles; Savannah, 294 miles; Chattanooga, 152 miles; Charlotte, N.C., 268 miles; Columbus, 290 miles; Athens, 67 miles; Marietta, 20 miles, &c. Atlanta has an extensive and rapidly increasing trade. The amount of goods sold by jobbers annually is valued at about $50,000,000; bales of cotton received and marketed about 300,000. A very large trade is carried on in horses and mules, and the tobacco trade is the largest south of Richmond. There are 15 banks, with an aggregate capital of $3,817,051...

Pop. in 1850, 2572; in 1860, 9551; in 1870, 21,879; in 1880, 37,409; in 1890, 65,533.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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