East Point
East Point owes its origins to an 1847 Act incorporation the Atlanta and LaGrange Railroad (now Atlanta and West point). The charter stated its eastern terminus should be at a convenient point on the Macon and Western railroad (now Central of Georgia) between "the City of Griffin and the Town of Atlanta". This exact spot is marked by a bronze disk set in a short concrete post.
East point´s charter, approved August 10, 1887, established the limits of the town from this point ~ North ¾ mile, South 5/8 mile, east and west ½ miles forming a parallelogram 1 3/8 miles long (north and south) and 1 mile wide (east and west).
GHM 060-118 - GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION - 1957
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Ken Moser.