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Atlanta ~ ca 1868
Located in the extreme southern tip of
present-day Caldwell County, approximately at the junction of IH 10 and U.S.
Highway 183, Atlanta was first settled by immigrants from Georgia, who thus
named the town Atlanta. A private school was established by Dr. Binns and
continued until 1887. A public school was created in 1874. Trail drivers moved
large cattle herds slightly east of Atlanta and continued northwest, passing
below the community known as Plum Creek and continuing northward until the herds
joined the Chisholm Trail. Mail was picked up and delivered by stage. When the
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad was built in 1874, Atlanta was
bypassed. The town slowly died, and the residents moved to Luling, Harwood and
Gonzales County. Today only the old Lone Oak Cemetery on a small rise about 1
1/2 miles north of the old town remains to indicate where this early town was
located. Some of the residents of Atlanta are buried in this cemetery.
Source - Plum Creek Almanac, Vol 4, No. 2,
Fall 1986 and Caldwell County Kin: The First 150 Years published by the
Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell County, November 2000
The Plum Creek Almanac is a project
of The Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell County.
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of Caldwell County Copyright © 1963
Updated
10/14/2019
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