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Early on, Vinings was a resort for those living in the city. The land, about 10,000 acres or 40km sq, was owned by Hardy Pace, who helped to found Atlanta. He operated Pace's Ferry across the Chattahoochee River, in this area between Atlanta, Buckhead, and Smyrna, and Paces Ferry Road is still the main east-west road through town. In 1884 he was buried in a small family cemetery atop Vinings Mountain, now called Mount Wilkinson. The town was first named 'Crossroads', and then 'Paces'. In 1904, the final name change was in honor of an engineer who helped to lay the Western and Atlantic Railroad tracks through the town, which also had a Train_stationdepot. These tracks, which also go through Marietta, GeorgiaMarietta and Kennesaw, are now run by CSX. The Vinings Historic Preservation Society seeks to keep the town's history alive. http://www.vinings.org Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinings%2C_Georgia -
Vinings was formed from two entities: 1. Hardy Pace - a merchant who built there in the mid-1830's, running a ferry; and 2. Established as a railroad station in the 1840's as the W & A railroad was built from Atlanta to Chattanooga. W.T. Sherman made it the Union Army headquarters prior to taking Atlanta in the Civil War in 1864. "Vinings" is a township within Cobb County, GA, quaintly preserved by Pace heirs, until development overtook history - more which can be found at http://viningsrevisited.blogspot.com
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