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The city of Atlanta formed mainly as a ____________.

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Atlantic railroad line it was first named Marthasville in honor of the then-governor's daughter, nicknamed Terminus for its rail location, and then changed soon after to Atlanta, the feminine of Atlantic as in the railroad)
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