Atlanta, Texas, United States

🇺🇸 Atlanta is a city in Cass County, north-eastern Texas, United States.

Atlanta was established in 1872 with the building of the Texas and Pacific Railway and was named for Atlanta, Georgia, former home of many early settlers; a post office was opened that same year. Atlanta, Texas is now the second largest Atlanta in the nation. Other "Atlantas" exist in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, and elsewhere. Atlanta, Texas is known as "Hometown, USA".

By 1885 the community had 1,500 residents, who had founded three white and two black churches, two schools, a bank, several sawmills, a number of general stores, and a weekly newspaper, the Citizens' Journal. Lumbering was the chief industry. The lumber boom reached its peak around 1890, when the population was 1,764. When the community was incorporated in 1929, it had 1,900 residents and 105 businesses.

The onset of the Great Depression in the 1930s forced many businesses to close, and in 1936 Atlanta had 85 rated businesses. The opening of the Rodessa oilfield in 1935, however, helped mitigate the worst effects of the Depression. By 1940 the town had modern canneries, lumber mills, wholesale houses, a brick plant, and a hospital. Subsequently, Atlanta grew steadily. By 2000 the principal industries include farming, forestry, oil, and tourism.

Geography Atlanta is the largest city in Cass county and is located in eastern Cass County. It is bordered to the north by Queen City.

U.S. Route 59 bypasses the city to the west, leading north 25 miles (40 km) to Texarkana and south-west 14 miles (23 km) to Linden. Texas State Highway 77 passes through the southern side of the city, leading south-east 10 miles (16 km) to the Louisiana border and north-west 13 miles (21 km) to Douglassville. Texas State Highway 43 passes through the centre of Atlanta and leads south 47 miles (76 km) to Marshall.

Education Atlanta is served by Texarkana College and Texas A&M-Texarkana.