Easton, Georgia Explained

Easton was a farming community located at the crossroads of Plaster Bridge Road (now Piedmont Road) and Monroe Drive, a location where today, three intown neighborhoods of Atlanta come together: Morningside-Lenox Park, Piedmont Heights and Ansley Park. Farmers took their cotton and corn to Walker's Mill, across from what is now Ansley Mall.

Some milestones in Easton's existence:^[1]

• 1876: train started stopping in Easton; from 1879-1931 the Airline Belle line ran between Atlanta Terminal Station and Toccoa, Georgia
• 1888: population reaches 100
• 1904: post office closes
• 1911: development begins in Ansley Park and Virginia Highland
• 1911: Plaster Bridge Road paved
• 1917: Plaster Bridge Road is renamed Piedmont Road

References

33.797°N -84.369°W

Notes and References

1. http://tk-jk.net/mlpadotorg/History/fog0000000064.html Morningside-Lenox Park Association Archive