East Point originated in an 1847 act incorporating the Atlanta & LaGrange RR, now the Atlanta & West Point, whose charter set its eastern terminus at a convenient point on the Macon & Western RR, now the Central of Georgia, between the City of Griffin and the Town of Atlanta. East Point’s charter, approved Aug. 10, 1887, established the town limits from this point as north 3/4 mile, south 5/8 mile, and east and west 1/2 mile, forming a parallelogram 1 3/8 miles long north and south and 1 mile wide east and west.