Lithonia, Georgia Lithonia, Georgia Lithonia, Georgia is positioned in Metro Atlanta Lithonia, Georgia - Lithonia, Georgia Lithonia is a town/city in easterly De - Kalb County, Georgia, United States.

The city's populace was 1,924 at the 2010 census. Lithonia is in the Atlanta urbane area.

The huge close-by granite dome, Stone Mountain, is composed largely of a modern called Lithonia gneiss, a form of granite.

The mines were served by the Georgia Railroad and Atlanta, Stone Mountain & Lithonia Railway.

Lithonia is one of the gateways to the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area. 3 Lithonia Historic District Lithonia is positioned in southeastern De - Kalb County at 33 42 46 N 84 6 21 W (33.712658, -84.105897). Interstate 20 passes just south of the community, with access from Exits 74 and 75.

Lithonia is 18 miles (29 km) east of the center of Atlanta.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 0.89 square miles (2.3 km2), all land. Lithonia is the place of birth of the Lithonia Lighting company, one of North America's biggest manufacturers of commercial, institutional, industrialized and residentiary light fixtures, which was established in the town/city in 1946 but moved to close-by Conyers in the 1950s.

New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, a megachurch which is known[by whom?] for many high-profile funerals, is positioned near Lithonia.

First Baptist Church of Lithonia 1844 Lithonia Historic District The Lithonia Historic District consists of a commercial core surrounded by residentiary areas, with a reconstructionof significance spanning from 1845 to 1964.

Within the historic district, there is some non-historic infill assembly such as the 1968 Lithonia Plaza shopping center.

Landmark properties include the Masonic Lodge (1916), The Lithonia Women's Club (1928), the Lithonia First United Methodist Church (1910), Antioch Baptist Church (1911), Lithonia Presbyterian Church, The Union Missionary Church (1911), the Bruce Street equalization school (c.1953), and "The Seminary" (1895).

Contributing sites in the precinct include two cemeteries, two parks, the former Georgia Railroad Quarry, and the ruins of the Bruce Street School for African-Americans (1938). Lithonia's town/city population was 1,924 at the 2010 census, over 799 homeholds, and 560 families residing in the city.

The unincorporated communities positioned outside the town/city limits make up almost 75% of the populace estimated at over 15,000 inhabitants.

Neighborhoods are broken into two ZIP codes: 30058 which includes the City proper, and communities directly outside the town/city limit, and 30038 positioned south of Interstate 20 which includes some of the most well-to-do neighborhoods in De - Kalb County.

Lithonia is home to a super-regional shopping center, the Mall at Stonecrest (also known as Stonecrest Mall), and serves as the northernmost point on the Arabia Mountain Path. Much of the mall's available property has yet to be developed.

Kaiser Permanente runs two improve health clinics in Lithonia: Panola Road Clinic, and the Stonecrest Clinic.

De - Kalb County Public Schools operates enhance schools.

Lithonia Middle School is the only school positioned in the town/city limits of Lithonia. Lithonia Middle School Lithonia High School (Primary Zoned High School) High School (Secondary Zoned High School) Miller Grove High School (Relief High School) Arabia Mountain High School (Magnet High School) De - Kalb County Public Library operates the Lithonia-Davidson Library the chief library origin in Lithonia, which was once privately owned until being incorporated into the Dekalb County Public Library fitness in 1947.

Other libraries in the Lithonia improve include: Lithonia Park Lithonia's chief postal service is positioned on Stone Mountain Street in the heart of Lithonia.

Many drop boxes and postal services storefronts are positioned throughout the communities of Lithonia.

Redan postal service positioned directly outside the town/city limits of Lithonia provides an alternative to postal drop off and pickup service.

United Parcel Service (UPS) and Fed - Ex also furnish alternative postal service to Lithonia.

MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) provides connecting bus service to and from Lithonia, and GRTA Xpress (Georgia Rapid Transit Authority) provides commuter bus service to downtown Atlanta from a improve park and ride lot.

"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Lithonia city, Georgia".

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