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:Morningside-Lenox Park Association Archive 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
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