Editing Stone Mountain, Georgia

{{About|the city in the U.S. state of Georgia|the adjacent mountain and park of the same name|Stone Mountain}}
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'''Stone Mountain''' is a city in [[DeKalb County, Georgia]], United States. The population was 6,703 as of 2020. Stone Mountain is in the eastern part of DeKalb County and is a suburb of [[Atlanta]] that encompasses nearly 1.7 square miles. It lies near and touches the western base of the geological formation [[Stone Mountain|of the same name]]. Locals often call the city "Stone Mountain Village" to distinguish it from the larger unincorporated area traditionally considered Stone Mountain and [[Stone Mountain Park]].

==History==
[[File:Stone Mountain, Georgia City Hall and Police Station.JPG|thumb|Railroad depot]]

Stone Mountain's history traces back to before the time of European settlement, with local burial mounds dating back hundreds of years built by the ancestors of the historical Muskogee Creek nation who first met the settlers in the early colonial period.<ref name=" About North GA ">{{cite web
|url=http://www.aboutnorthgeorgia.com/ang/Stone_Mountain
|title=Stone Mountain
|publisher=[[About North Georgia]]
|access-date=November 26, 2018
|archive-date=October 19, 2018
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019121847/http://www.aboutnorthgeorgia.com/ang/Stone_Mountain
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

The [[Treaty of Indian Springs (1821)|Treaty of Indian Springs]] in 1821 opened a large swath of Georgia for settlement by non-Native Americans on former Creek Indian land, including present-day Stone Mountain Village. In 1822, the area that now makes up the city was made a part of the newly formed [[DeKalb County, Georgia|DeKalb County]].

===Settlement===
By the 1820s, Rock Mountain, as it was then called, was "a major travel center", with an inn for travelers. A stagecoach line linking the village with Georgia's capital, [[Milledgeville, Georgia|Milledgeville]], began in 1825. Another stage line ran to [[Winder, Georgia|Winder]] and [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]]. In 1828 another stage line began trips to [[Dahlonega]], and a fourth connected the community with [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]].<ref name=Freeman>{{cite book
|title=Carved in Stone. The History of Stone Mountain
|first=David B.
|last=Freeman
|publisher=[[Mercer University Press]]
|year=1997
|isbn=0865545472}}</ref>{{rp|27}} "Hundreds of people visited Rock Mountain in the summer [of 1828] and...a house of entertainment was nearby."<ref name=Freeman/>{{rp|28}} Rail service did not reach the town, by then New Gibraltar, until 1845.<ref name=Freeman/>{{rp|33}}

A post office was created in 1834 on the old Augusta Road, and Andrew Johnson, called the founder of New Gibraltar and first mayor,<ref name="Patch">{{cite web|url= https://patch.com/georgia/stonemountain/a-look-at-stone-mountains-rich-history|last=Delaney|first=Kim |publisher=Patch Media|date=Feb 17, 2011|access-date=January 7, 2019|title=A Look at Stone Mountain's Rich History }}</ref> around whose house the city limits were drawn,<ref name=Freeman/>{{rp|32}} built a hotel along the road in 1836. ("An 1843 amendment to the act of incorporation extended the town limits to {{convert|600|yards}} in every direction from the house of Andrew Johnson."<ref name=Freeman/>{{rp|31}}) About 1839 Aaron Cloud, who also had a hotel,<ref name=Freeman/>{{rp|33}} built a wooden observation tower, octagonal like a lighthouse and {{convert|150|ft}} high, along with a restaurant and club, at the mountain's summit. A storm destroyed the tower in 1849; in 1851, Thomas Henry built a smaller, {{convert|80|ft}} tower, with telescopes so it could serve as an [[observatory]].<ref name=Freeman/>{{rp|29}} Visitors to the mountain traveled by rail and road, then hiked up the {{convert|1.3|mi|adj=on}} mountaintop trail to the top. By 1850, Stone Mountain had become a popular destination for Atlanta urbanites who endured the four-hour round trip by rail just to experience its natural beauty, lodging, and attractions.<ref name="gaencyclopedia">{{cite encyclopedia
|url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/stone-mountain
|contribution=Stone Mountain
|title=New Georgia Encyclopedia
|first=Bruce E.
|last=Stewart
|publisher=Georgia Humanities
|year=2004}}</ref><ref name=" About North GA " />

===Industry===
Granite quarrying at the mountain was the area's lifeblood for decades, employing many thousands. The excellent grade of building stone from the mountain was used in many notable structures, including the locks of the [[Panama Canal]], the roof of the bullion depository at [[Fort Knox]], Philadelphia's Liberty National Building, and the steps in the east wing of the [[US Capitol|U.S. Capitol]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Big market supplied by local granite|work=The DeKalb New Era |location=Decatur, GA |date= December 21, 1939 }}</ref>

In August 1846, New Gibraltar hosted Georgia's first state fair, then known as the Agriculture Fair and Internal Improvement Jubilee. The fair had just one exhibit—three horses and two cows, both belonging to the event's organizer, John Graves. The next year, the village again hosted the event, which featured caskets, marble, embroidery, brooms, bedspreads, vegetables, blooded stock, wheat, farm tools, and a magnetic telegraph. Stone Mountain hosted the event until 1850, when it moved to Macon.<ref name="Patch" />
[[File:Detail, Stone Mountain. 1908. Photo by Huron H. Smith. (4987035218) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Stone Mountain in 1908]]

===American Civil War===
Though DeKalb County voted against [[Secession in the United States|secession from the United States]], it was not spared the devastation of the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. Stone Mountain Village went unscathed until the [[Battle of Atlanta]],<ref name="SMHS"/> when it was destroyed by men under the command of General [[James B. McPherson]] on July 19, 1864.  Several antebellum homes were spared as they were used as hospitals. The railroad depot's roof burned, but the building stood, owing to its 2-foot-thick granite walls.<ref name=SMV150>{{cite book|title=Civil War Sesquicentennial 1861-1865 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2011 |publisher=City of Stone Mountain}}</ref>

From the village's destruction in July 1864 until November, Union forces scavenged Stone Mountain and the surrounding area, taking corn, wheat, cotton, cattle, and other goods. On November 15, 1864, between 12,000 and 15,000 Union troops marched through Stone Mountain and further destroyed the rail lines. The rails were rendered useless by heating them over burning railroad ties, then twisting them around trees. The term [[Sherman's neckties]] was coined for this form of destruction.<ref name=SMV150 />

===Birth of Shermantown===
[[File:Dixie Highway - DPLA - 37f7121a8dc91efc783acd7664a1b6dd.pdf|page=2|thumb|right|Advertisement for Stone Mountain from ''The Dixie Highway Magazine'', c. 1925.]]

After the Civil War ended, housing in the area was rebuilt as Stone Mountain granite was again in demand for construction across the nation. A significant portion of the quarry's work force were African Americans, but they were generally excluded from areas where white families lived, so a shantytown, Shermantown, came into being at the southeast side of the village; its name was a reference to Union General [[William T. Sherman]].

In 1868, Reverend R. M. Burson organized Bethsaida Baptist Church to serve Shermantown. A church building was then built under Reverend F. M. Simons at what is now 853 Fourth Street. Simons was among a delegation of southern African American pastors to meet with Sherman in Washington, D.C. after the war to discuss the treatment of the freedmen. Bethsaida Baptist is still an active part of the Stone Mountain Village.<ref name=SMV150 />

By the 20th century, much of Shermantown's original structures had been replaced. Bethsaida's original wooden structure was replaced by stone in 1920. Though Shermantown has mostly integrated into the growing Stone Mountain Village, it retains its own distinct community.

===Rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan===
The year 1915 was when the [[Ku Klux Klan#Second Klan|Ku Klux Klan]], a white supremacist organization, was reborn. Members assembled at Stone Mountain with permission of quarry owner [[Venable Brothers|Samuel Venable]], an active member. Their activities, including annual [[cross-burning]]s, continued for over 40 years, but Stone Mountain's association with the Klan began to erode when the State of Georgia began to acquire the mountain and surrounding property in 1958. In 1960, [[Ernest Vandiver|Governor Ernest Vandiver]] condemned the property the state had purchased in order to void the perpetual easements Venable had granted the Klan. This ended any official link between Stone Mountain and the Klan.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.wabe.org/stone-mountain-and-rebirth-kkk-one-century-ago/
|publisher=WABE
|access-date=November 18, 2018
|date=November 25, 2015
|title=Stone Mountain and the Rebirth of the KKK, One Century Ago
|first=Stephannie
|last=Stokes}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/shadow-stone-mountain-180968956/
|title=In the Shadow of Stone Mountain
|first=Benjamin
|last=Powers
|magazine=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]
|date=May 4, 2018}}</ref><ref name="ngeorgia.com">{{cite web
|url=http://ngeorgia.com/ang/Stone_Mountain_Carving
|first=Randy
|last=Golden
|title=Stone Mountain Carving
|publisher=[[About North Georgia]]
|access-date=November 22, 2018
|archive-date=January 26, 2013
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126010818/http://ngeorgia.com/ang/Stone_Mountain_Carving
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

===Civil rights movement===
[[File:Freedom Bell, Stone Mountain, Georgia.jpg|thumb|right|Freedom Bell on Main Street]]

During the [[civil rights movement]]'s [[March on Washington]], on August 28, 1963, [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] referred to Stone Mountain in his iconic "[[I Have a Dream]]" speech when he proclaimed, "let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!"<ref>{{cite web|last=King|first=Martin Luther Jr. |author-link=Martin Luther King Jr. |title=I have a Dream|url=http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/mlk01.asp|publisher=Lillian Goldman Law Library|access-date=October 8, 2011|date=August 28, 1963|quote=Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!}}</ref> Charles Burris, the Village's first African-American mayor, dedicated the Freedom Bell on Main Street in King's honor on February 26, 2000. At an annual ceremony held on [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day]], the bell is rung to commemorate King's legacy.

===Many names===
The mountain has been known by countless names throughout the centuries. It was called Crystal Mountain by 16th-century Spanish explorer [[Juan Pardo (explorer)|Juan Pardo]] when he visited in 1567. The [[Creek indians|Creek Indians]] who inhabited the area at that time used a name translating to "Lone Mountain". Around the turn of the 19th century, settlers called it Rock Mountain or Rock Fort Mountain.<ref name=" About North GA " />  By the end of the 1830s, Stone Mountain had become the generally accepted name. Like the mountain, the village formed at its base was initially known as Rock Mountain but was incorporated as New Gibraltar in 1839 by an act of the General Assembly. In 1847 the Georgia legislature changed the name to Stone Mountain.<ref name="SMHS">{{cite web|url= https://stonemountainhistoricsociety.org/about-2/|publisher=Stone Mountain Historical Society|access-date=November 18, 2018|date=2014|title=About our Village}}</ref>

===Cemetery===
The Stone Mountain Cemetery, established around 1850, is a microcosm of the village's past. It is the final resting place for roughly 200 unknown Confederate soldiers. 71 known Confederate soldiers are buried there, along with James Sprayberry, a Union soldier. Another notable site is the grave of George Pressley Trout, who is buried there with his wife and his horse.<ref name="Patch" /> James B. Rivers, the village's first African American police chief, is at rest there on a hillside facing the mountain. The cemetery is still in use.

==Geography==
Stone Mountain is at the western base of the quartz monzonite dome monadnock of the same name. While Stone Mountain [[city proper]] is completely within DeKalb County, the postal regions designated and traditionally considered as Stone Mountain include portions of DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties.

According to the [[Georgia (U.S. state)|State of Georgia]],<ref name=" StateInfo ">{{cite web|url=https://georgia.gov/cities-counties/stone-mountain|publisher=State of Georgia|access-date=November 28, 2018|title=Stone Mountain|archive-date=November 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129142049/https://georgia.gov/cities-counties/stone-mountain|url-status=dead}}</ref> the city has an area of {{convert|1.7|sqmi}}, of which 0.62% is water.
{{Further|Wade-Walker Park}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 690
|1880= 799
|1890= 929
|1900= 835
|1910= 1062
|1920= 1266
|1930= 1335
|1940= 1408
|1950= 1899
|1960= 1976
|1970= 1899
|1980= 4867
|1990= 6494
|2000= 7145
|2010= 5802
|2020= 6703
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1850-1870<ref name=1870CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1870-1880<ref name=1880CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref><br> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|pages=251–256}}</ref><br> 1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1970<ref name=1970CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2010 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 2010|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Stone Mountain racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1373816&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-13|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|847
|12.64%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|4,847
|72.31%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|22
|0.33%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|206
|3.07%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|2
|0.03%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|251
|3.74%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|528
|7.88%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 6,703 people, 2,351 households, and 1,578 families residing in the city.

==Government==
Stone Mountain is governed by a [[council-manager form of government]]. Citizens elect a mayor and six council members who are all elected [[at-large]]. The terms of office are four years, with elections staggered every two years. Daily city operations are managed by an appointed professional city manager. Services provided by the city include police, public works, code enforcement, and municipal court.

The city also has standing commissions for historic preservation, downtown development, and planning & zoning. The city holds a ''City of Ethics'' designation from the Georgia Municipal Association<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gmanet.com/Cities-of-Ethics.aspx|publisher=Georgia Municipal Association|access-date=November 22, 2018|title= Cities of Ethics}}</ref> and is a member of Main Street America.

==Arts, culture and leisure==
* ART Station Contemporary Arts Center and Theatre Company, a multi-disciplinary arts center, is in the Trolley Car Barn (5384 Manor Drive), built by the [[Georgia Railway and Power Company]] in 1913. ART Station hosts shows and gallery events throughout the year, including the Tour of Southern Ghosts each year in October.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://artstation.org/about-us/|publisher=[[ART Station]]|access-date=November 18, 2018|date=2018|title=About Us}}</ref> 
* Wells-Brown House (1036 Ridge Avenue) is an elegant early 1870s neoclassical residence that is home of the Stone Mountain Historical Society. The Wells-Brown House houses a growing artifact collection and research library. 
* Cart-Friendly Community: Stone Mountain is one of a handful of Georgia communities that permit golf carts on city streets with a city-issued inspection permit. Carts are also permitted within adjacent Stone Mountain Park, giving the community an added leisure activity.
* Museum of Miniature Chairs (994 Main Street): a three-room gallery and shop featuring over 3000 miniature chairs.
* [[PATH Foundation|PATH]]: the Atlanta Regional Trail of the PATH off-road trails, which serves walkers, runners, cyclists, and skaters, enters the village on East Ponce de Leon Avenue, goes south on Main Street, and continues into Stone Mountain Park via a trail built atop the old railroad spur that once connected the CSX tracks to the [[Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pathfoundation.org/trails|publisher=Path Foundation|access-date=November 25, 2018|title=PATH Trails|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126052516/https://pathfoundation.org/trails|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===In film===
[[File: Star_Biscuit_Sign_Stone_Mountain.jpg|thumb|Ghost sign of a fictional company left from a previous film production.]]

The Stone Mountain area has been a beneficiary of Georgia's flourishing [[film industry in Georgia|film industry]]. Film crews and production personnel have become common sights in Stone Mountain Village. Due to the demand for filming in the historic downtown area, requests for filming in the village are handled by the downtown development authority.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.stonemountaincity.org/departments/economic_development_downtown_development_authority/index.php|publisher=[[City of Stone Mountain]]|access-date=November 22, 2018|date=2018|title=Economic Development-Downtown Development Authority}}</ref>  The proceeds help fund festivals and other public events for the community.

Most of the shops and buildings on Main Street were built right after the turn of the 20th century and maintain many of the original facades. This has provided an appropriate backdrop for a number of filming projects, ranging from period pieces to those requiring a quaint village setting.

Parts of motion pictures like ''[[Footloose (2011 film)|Footloose]]'' (2011) and ''[[Need for Speed (film)|Need for Speed]]'' (2014) were filmed in the village. The growing number of television show credits include ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'', ''[[Kevin (Probably) Saves the World]]'', ''[[MacGyver (2016 TV series)|MacGyver]]'', and the [[Netflix]] science fiction/horror series ''[[Stranger Things]]''.

==Education==
[[File:Stone_Mountain_High_School_(Georgia).JPG|thumb|[[Stone Mountain High School]] is the zoned public high school with Stone Mountain in its attendance boundary; it is not in the city limits of Stone Mountain]]

The children of Stone Mountain are served by the [[DeKalb County Public Schools]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st13_ga/schooldistrict_maps/c13089_dekalb/DC20SD_C13089.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: DeKalb County, GA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2023-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://stonemountaincity.org/document_center/Zoning_Map.pdf|title=Zoning Map|publisher=Stone Mountain|accessdate=2023-02-18}} - Compare to county school zoning maps.</ref> Stone Mountain Elementary School and Champion Theme Middle School are within the city limits.

Most residents in the city limits are zoned to Stone Mountain Elementary School. Some areas are zoned to Rockbridge Elementary School, outside of the city limits.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/documents/planning/maps/es-attendance-areas.pdf|title=DeKalb County School District Elementary School Attendance Zones 2018-2019 School Year|publisher=[[DeKalb County Public Schools]]|accessdate=2023-02-18}}</ref> All residents of Stone Mountain are zoned to: Stone Mountain Middle School,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/documents/planning/maps/ms-attendance-areas.pdf|title=DeKalb County School District Middle School Attendance Zones 2018-2019 School Year|publisher=[[DeKalb County Public Schools]]|accessdate=2023-02-18}}</ref> and [[Stone Mountain High School]];<ref>"[http://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/documents/planning/maps/hs-attendance-areas.pdf High School Attendance Areas 2016 - 2017 School Year]." [[DeKalb County School System]]. Retrieved on June 1, 2017.</ref> the middle school and the high school are outside the city limits.

[[Georgia Military College]] (GMC) has a satellite campus in Stone Mountain Village at 5325 Manor Drive.

[[DeKalb County Public Library]] operates the Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library (952 Leon Street).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://dekalblibrary.org/branches/ston|publisher=[[DeKalb County Public Library]]|access-date=November 22, 2018|title= Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library }}</ref>

==Notable people==
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* [[Rick Beato]], YouTube personality, musician, songwriter, music producer and educator, resides and runs Black Dog Sound Studios in Stone Mountain.
* [[Jerry Blackwell]], late AWA professional wrestler, nicknamed the "Mountain from Stone Mountain"
* [[MarShon Brooks]], NBA basketball player for the [[Memphis Grizzlies]], grew up in Stone Mountain
*[[Bryce Brown (basketball)|Bryce Brown]] (born 1997), basketball player in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]]
* [[Domonic Brown]], professional baseball player for the [[Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos]] of the [[Mexican League]], attended high school in Stone Mountain
* [[Morty Buckles]], racing driver, born in Stone Mountain
* [[Kevin Cone]], retired NFL football player from Stone Mountain
* [[Violet Chachki]], drag queen, lived in Stone Mountain
* [[Apollo Crews]], professional [[WWE]]  wrestler billed as from Stone Mountain
* [[Noureen DeWulf]], actress; grew up in Stone Mountain
* [[Fast Life Youngstaz]], American hip hop group
* [[Donald Glover]], actor, writer, comedian, and rapper; grew up in Stone Mountain
* [[Jim Goad]], author and publisher; resides in Stone Mountain
* [[Phil Gordon (poker player)|Phil Gordon]], professional poker player, grew up in Stone Mountain
* [[Andrew Goudelock]], professional basketball player for the [[Shandong Golden Stars]] of the [[Chinese Basketball Association]] (CBA).
* [[Malcolm Harvey]], former sheriff of Stone Mountain who has been implicated in the murders of two women in [[Zaragoza]], [[Spain]] in 1992
* [[Bruce Irvin (American football)|Bruce Irvin]], professional football player for the [[Chicago Bears]], briefly attended high school in Stone Mountain
* [[Connie Johnson (baseball)|Connie Johnson]], professional baseball player for [[Chicago White Sox]] and [[Baltimore Orioles]] and a star for the [[Negro league baseball|Negro league]] [[Kansas City Monarchs]], born in Stone Mountain
* [[DeQuan Jones]], professional basketball player for [[Hapoel Holon]] of the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League|Israeli Premier League]], originally from Stone Mountain
* [[Wally Joyner]], retired professional baseball player, attended high school in Stone Mountain
* [[Kenny Ladler]], NFL football player for the [[New York Giants]], grew up in Stone Mountain
* [[Selina Majors]], better known by her professional moniker "Bambi", [[professional wrestler]], born in Stone Mountain
* [[Kenneth Parcell]], fictional character in the television series ''[[30 Rock]]'', hails from Stone Mountain and frequently refers to it; the actor [[Jack McBrayer]] is actually from nearby [[Conyers, Georgia|Conyers]]
* [[Brandon Phillips]], professional baseball player for the [[Boston Red Sox]], attended school in Stone Mountain
* [[Cyhi the Prynce]], rapper and songwriter from Stone Mountain
* [[Raury]], singer, songwriter, and rapper; grew up in Stone Mountain
* [[Jake Roberts|Jake "The Snake" Roberts]], pro wrestler, is billed from Stone Mountain
* [[Richard T. Scott]], figurative painter and writer, is from Stone Mountain
* [[Silentó]], rapper, singer, and songwriter, native of Stone Mountain
* [[Hugh Thompson, Jr]], Vietnam War veteran known for his role in saving many civilian lives in the [[My Lai massacre]], grew up in Stone Mountain
* [[Amira Unplugged]], musician, grew up in Stone Mountain
* [[Theodore Van Kirk]], late navigator of the ''[[Enola Gay]]'' when it dropped the first atomic bomb on [[Hiroshima]], resided in Stone Mountain
* [[Jordan Walker (baseball)|Jordan Walker]], professional baseball player for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]
* [[Kara Walker]], painter, lived in Stone Mountain as a child
* [[Josh Wolff]], Major League Soccer player, from Stone Mountain
* [[Isaiah Zuber]], [[NFL]] [[wide receiver]], born and raised in Stone Mountain
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==References==
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==Further reading==
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* {{Cite book |last=Coletti |first=George D. N. |year=2012 |title=Stone Mountain: The Granite Sentinel |edition=3rd |location=Stone Mountain, Ga. |publisher=Self published |isbn=9780976489566 |oclc=658219359}}
* {{Cite book |last=Coletti |first=George D. N. |year=2015 |title=The Red Spoke |publisher=Dragonfly Creek Books |isbn=9780989000246 |oclc=1147821382}}
* {{Cite book |author=Stone Mountain Historical Society |year=2014 |title=Stone Mountain |series=Images of America |location= |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1531668686 |oclc=}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Stone Mountain, Georgia}}
{{Wikivoyage|Stone Mountain}}
* [http://www.stonemountaincity.org/ City of Stone Mountain official website]
* [http://artstation.org/ ART Station website]
* [https://stonemountainhistoricsociety.org/ Stone Mountain Historical Society website]
* [https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/stone-mountain/ Stone Mountain] in the ''[[New Georgia Encyclopedia]]''
* Golden Ink (1994–2003). [http://ngeorgia.com/mountains/stonemountain.html About North Georgia: Stone Mountain] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305130052/http://ngeorgia.com/mountains/stonemountain.html |date=March 5, 2007 }})
* [http://www.city-data.com/city/Stone-Mountain-Georgia.html Stone Mountain] at City-Data.com

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