Lithonia
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city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- DeKalb
- Mayor
- Shameka Reynolds
- Dekalb county ceo
- Michael L. Thurmond
- Total
- 0.93 sq mi (2.41 km )
- Land
- 0.93 sq mi (2.40 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 925 ft (282 m)
- Density
- 2,869.1/sq mi (1,107.78/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 30038, 30058
- Area codes
- 770 , 678
- Fips code
- 13-46860
- Gnis feature id
- 0325978
- Website
- www .lithoniacity .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Lithonia
- Population
- 2662
- Area
- 2.312329
- Elevation
- 282
- Official website
- cityoflithoniaga.org
- Image
- Highway 212, Lithonia, United States (Unsplash).jpg
- Households
- 928
- Dialing code
- 770
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- Commons category
- Lithonia, Georgia
- postal code
- 30058
- water as percent of area
- 0.0887
- per capita income
- 27997
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Lithonia (/lɪˈθoʊniə/ lih-THOH-nee-ə, AAVE: /laɪ-/ ly-) is a city in eastern DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The city's population was 2,662 at the 2020 census. Lithonia is in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
"Lithonia" means "city/town of stone". Lithonia is in the heart of the Georgian granite-quarrying and viewing region, hence the name of the town, from the Greek lithos, for “stone”. The huge nearby Stone Mountain is composed of granite, while the Lithonia gneiss is a form of metamorphic rock. The Stone Mountain granite is younger than, and has intruded the Lithonia gneiss. The area has a history of rock quarries. The mines were served by the Georgia Railroad and Atlanta, Stone Mountain & Lithonia Railway. Some of the rock quarries have been converted to parkland, and the rail lines to rail-trail.