Editing East Point, Georgia (section)

==History==
The name "East Point" derives from the fact that this is the terminus of the Atlanta & West Point Railroad in the east;<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/d.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=68 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> [[West Point, Georgia]], is the terminus where the rail line ends in the west.

This settlement was founded as a railroad terminus with 16 families in 1870, but grew quickly after it became an inviting place for industry to develop. Soon it boasted the railway, two gristmills, and a government distillery located on Connally Drive. One of the earliest buildings was the factory of the White Hickory Manufacturing Company, built by B.M. Blount and L.M. Hill (who became the first chairman of the [[board of aldermen]] of the city).{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

By 1880 the town had two churches, a common school, a steam-cotton gin, a sawmill, a post office (founded in 1851), a telegraph office and its own newspaper weekly, ''The Plow Boy.'' East Point ranked as a grain and cotton-growing center. With its pleasant upland climate and proximity to the railway, it was a popular summer resort for people from the city of Atlanta.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

In 1884 the first telephone rang in East Point, and in 1887 the city received its first charter. In 1890 a major portion of property along East Point Avenue was subdivided and developed, opening the way for more homes, more churches, more people, and more places of employment. By 1892 Main Street was completed, despite protests from a few progress-shy early settlers who maintained that one major thoroughfare, Newnan Road, was more than sufficient.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

By the start of the 20th century, the adolescent town was poised to grow into the city it eventually would become.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

In late 2015 and early 2016, some scenes for the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Stranger Things]]'' were filmed at the exterior of the First Baptist Church (standing in for a hospital exterior in a fictional Indiana town).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://deepsouthmag.com/2016/07/28/georgia-locations-for-netflixs-stranger-things/ |title=Georgia Locations for Netflix's 'Stranger Things' |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=July 28, 2016 |website=Deep South Magazine |publisher=Deep South Media |access-date=January 1, 2017 |quote=Georgia’s small towns outside of Atlanta, including Douglasville, Conyers, Jackson, Winston and Fayetteville, easily pass for the Midwest, and Jackson’s intact downtown isn’t a far stretch from 1983 Hawkins on film.}}</ref>

The recording studio of [[Dungeon Family]] was originally located in East Point, and contributed to the development of [[Atlanta hip hop]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/headland-drive-the-start-of-something-good/|title=Headland Drive: The start of something good|first=Mike|last=Jordan|publisher=Atlanta|date=September 14, 2022|accessdate=April 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/14/rico-wade-outkast-organized-noise-dies|title=Rico Wade, key figure in Atlanta hip-hop scene, dies aged 52|first=Edward|last=Helmore|work=The Guardian|date=April 14, 2024|accessdate=April 15, 2024}}</ref>