Editing College Park, Georgia (section)

===19th century===
[[File:CoxCollege-1900.jpg|right|thumb|Cox College and Conservatory, 1900]]

The community that became College Park was founded as Atlantic City in 1890 as a depot on the [[Atlanta and West Point Railroad]]. The town was renamed Manchester when it was incorporated as a city in 1891. It was renamed again as the city of College Park in 1896. The city's name came from being the home of [[Cox College (Georgia)|Cox College]] (where the city hall and other buildings now stand) and Georgia Military Academy (now the [[Woodward Academy]]). The east–west avenues in College Park are named for [[Ivy League]] colleges, and the north–south streets are named for influential College Park residents.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA224 |title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States |publisher=Routledge |date=May 13, 2013 |access-date=30 November 2013 |author=Hellmann, Paul T. |pages=224|isbn=978-1135948597}}</ref>