Do you know of West Atlanta ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about West Atlanta. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with West Atlanta.<1>

Our sources for West Atlanta (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of West Atlanta other than they indicate that West Atlanta would be found somewhere in Fulton County, Georgia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1896.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Atlanta ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about West Atlanta:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for West Atlanta - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia Between 1847-1962
Written by: Hemperly, Marion R.
Published by the Southern Historical Press, 1980
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Fulton County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Fulton County.