Stone Mountain (city)
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Location in Georgia
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| Foundation : | 1839 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Georgia | ||
| County : | DeKalb County | ||
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 48 ′ N , 84 ° 10 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 5,940 (as of 2012) | ||
| Population density : | 1,414.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 4.2 km 2 (about 2 mi 2 ) of which 4.2 km 2 (about 2 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 318 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 30083, 30086, 30087, 30088 | ||
| Area code : | +1 770 | ||
| FIPS : | 13-73816 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0326087 | ||
| Website : | www.stonemountaincity.org | ||
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Stone Mountain is a city with the status " City " in DeKalb County in the state of Georgia in the USA with 5940 inhabitants (2012).
geography
Downtown Atlanta is approximately 20 kilometers to the west. The Hartsfield Atlanta in the south-southwest is 30 kilometers away. Stone Mountain is affected to the west by Interstate 285 highway.
history
The region around the large granite rock , Stone Mountain , has been a meeting place for the indigenous people for thousands of years . After the First Treaty of Indian Springs of 1821, the area was also released for settlement by Europeans and was also named Stone Mountain in 1847 based on the granite rocks . After the commissioning of railway lines, including to Augusta , the city, whose inhabitants were mainly active in agriculture, experienced an initial boom. Because of a re-establishment of the Ku Klux Klan in 1915 , the place attracted public attention. The passage “ let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia! “(Let freedom ring out from Stone Mountain of Georgia) in Martin Luther King's I-Have-a-Dream speech should come in response. When in 1970 a relief on the granite rock, which shows three personalities of the Confederate States of America : President Jefferson Davis and the Generals Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and Robert E. Lee , was completed, the place experienced a strong tourist boom.
As part of the 1996 Summer Olympics , tennis , archery and track cycling competitions were held in nearby Stone Mountain Park .
Following a popular tradition, the Yellow Daisy Festival takes place in Stone Mountain every year. It got its name after the black-eyed rudbeckia ( Rudbeckia hirta ) (English: Yellow Daisy ), which is one of the rudbeckia and occurs in large numbers in the area.
Demographic data
In 2012 a population of 5940 people was determined, which corresponds to a decrease of 16.9% compared to 2000. The median age in 2012 was 32.8 years, below Georgia, which was 39.7 years. The proportion of African Americans was 78.9%.
sons and daughters of the town
- James Venable (1901–1993), attorney, Ku Klux Klan member
- Chris Gardocki (born 1970), American football player
- Josh Wolff (born 1977), soccer player
- Donald Glover (* 1983), actor, musician
- Andrew Goudelock (* 1988), basketball player
- Al-Farouq Aminu (* 1990), basketball player
- Raury (* 1996), singer-songwriter
Individual evidence
Web links
- First treaty of Indian Springs - First treaty of Indian Springs