Stone Mountain, Georgia Stone Mountain, Georgia Stone Mountain is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 6,368 according to the 2017 US Census estimate. Stone Mountain is located 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. Locals often refer to the city as Stone Mountain Village to distinguish it from the larger unincorporated area traditionally considered "Stone Mountain" and Stone Mountain Park. The history of Stone Mountain began long before white European settlers and
Stone Mountain 3, 1972. An extensive archival collection related to the project is now at Emory University, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1915 to 1930; the finding aid provides a history of the project, and an index of the papers contained in the collection. Stone Mountain Park officially opened on April 14, 1965 – 100 years to the day after Lincoln's assassination. Four flags of the Confederacy are flown. The Stone Mountain Memorial Lawn "contains...thirteen terraces — one for each Confederate state... Each terrace flies the flag that the state flew as member of the Confederacy." The rebirth of