As the U.S. railway system was rapidly expanding in the mid-19th century, the Western and Atlantic Railroad marked the end of its line using a stake. This "Zero Milepost" was the terminus of the railroad connecting the Midwest to the South, and the settlement that sprang up around the post was aptly named Terminus. Several years later, it was temporarily dubbed Marthasville — a nod to the then-governor's daughter — but by 1847 it was officially known as Atlanta, after the Atlantic-Pacific Railroad. Today, the city itself is home to over 500,000 people, and more than 6 million call the greater Atlanta area home.
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