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ATLANTA, TEXAS
Cass
County, East Texas
33°7'6"N 94°10'0"W (33.118228, -94.166537)
S of Queen City
10 miles W of the Arkansas State Line
US 59
25 miles SW of Texarkana
33 miles NE of Jefferson
15 miles NE of Linden
TX Hwy 43
47 miles N of Marshall
TX Hwy 77
10 miles NW of the Louisiana border
13 miles SE of Douglassville
ZIP code 75551
Area code 903
Population: 5,433 (2020)
5,675 (2010) 5,745 (2000) 6,118
(1990)
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Atlanta depot
now houses the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
April 2006 photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Named after the
city in Georgia by early settlers from that state, Atlanta was "born"
in 1871 when the Texas and Pacific Railroad arrived and the post office
opened. Atlanta had 1,500 citizens in 1885 - making it one of the
larger towns in the region.
Like much of East Texas,
Atlanta's economic engine was timber. The population reached nearly
1,700 just when lumber production was peaking. It had increased to
1,900 as the Great Depression was starting. Atlanta was spared the
brunt of the Great Depression due to the discovery of oil in 1935.
The population actually gained population and by 1940 there were 2,400
Atlantans.
In the early 1960s the population passed 4,000 and by 1990 it had
reached 6,100. |
People
Aviation
Pioneer by Bob Bowman
"...In 2000, the little black girl from Atlanta
who dreamed of a better life was inducted into the Texas Aviation
Hall of Fame and, in Atlanta,
the main road to the town's airport also bears the name, Bessie Coleman
Drive."
Blessie
Coleman Cartoon by Roger T. Moore |
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