Easton, Georgia
Easton was a farming community located at the crossroads of Plaster Bridge Road (now Piedmont Road) and Monroe Drive, a location where today, three intown neighborhoods of Atlanta come together: Morningside-Lenox Park, Piedmont Heights and Ansley Park. Farmers took their cotton and corn to Walker's Mill, across from what is now Ansley Mall.
Some milestones in Easton's existence:[1]
- 1876: train started stopping in Easton; from 1879-1931 the Airline Belle line ran between Atlanta Terminal Station and Toccoa, Georgia
- 1888: population reaches 100
- 1904: post office closes
- 1911: development begins in Ansley Park and Virginia Highland
- 1911: Plaster Bridge Road paved
- 1917: Plaster Bridge Road is renamed Piedmont Road
See also
Georgia (U.S. state) portal
References
- ^ Morningside-Lenox Park Association Archive
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Former neighborhoods, districts and settlements of Atlanta, Georgia
- Bedford Pine
- Blooming Hill
- Brownsville
- Copenhill
- Decatur Street
- Hemphill Avenue
- Moreland Park
- Murrell's Row
- The Strip (Tenth Street)
- Washington–Rawson
- Peters Park
- Battle Hill/Westwood Park
- Bellwood
- Easton
- Johnsontown
- Macedonia Park
- Plunkett Town
- Standing Peachtree
- Beaver Slide
- Buttermilk Bottom
- Darktown
- Jackson Row
- Jenningstown
- Lightning
- Shermantown
- Slabtown
- Tanyard Bottom
- Tight Squeeze
33°47′49″N 84°22′08″W / 33.797°N 84.369°W / 33.797; -84.369
