Atlanta became the capital of Georgia in this year.
- 1798
- 1832
- 1868
- 1900
1868. The post-Reconstruction state constitution set up Atlanta as the new capital of the state. Atlanta is the fifth city to be the capital of Georgia. Previously Savannah, Augusta, Louisville and Milledgeville had been capital cities.
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