Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the state of Georgia. It is also the urban core of one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States.

With a population of 519,145, Atlanta is the thirty-third largest city in the United States, and the 28-county Atlanta Metropolitan Area is the 8th-largest such region in the United States, with more than 5,376,285 residents.

The land comprising the city of Atlanta was once a Native American village called Standing Peachtree. The land that became the Atlanta area was sold by the Cherokee and Creeks to settlers in 1822, with the first area settlement being Decatur.

On December 21, 1836, the Georgia General Assembly voted to build the Western and Atlantic Railroad to provide a trade route to the Midwestern United States. The area around the eastern terminus to the line began to develop first, and so the settlement was named "Terminus" in 1837.

It was nicknamed Thrasherville after John Thrasher, who built homes and a general store there. By 1842, the settlement had six buildings and 30 residents and the town was renamed "Marthasville.”

The Chief Engineer of the Georgia Railroad, J. Edgar Thomson, suggested that the area be renamed "Atlantica-Pacifica", which was quickly shortened to "Atlanta.” The residents approved, and the town was incorporated as Atlanta on December 29, 1847.

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