Editing Mount Zion, Georgia (section)

==History==
The City of Mount Zion was established in 1852 by Reverend Thomas Hicks Martin (March 10, 1822 - June 14, 1914), after his family had settled on land that had once been owned by the [[Muscogee Creek Confederacy|Creek Confederacy]]. It became known as Turkey Creek Mills,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityofmountzion.com/index.html|title = The City of Mt. Zion, Georgia official website}}</ref> the name derived from a large wild turkey population found in the area. The city's name was later adopted from the local Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church,<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/m.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=153 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> established 1865, which had soon became the center point of the community, and in 1878 the name Turkey Creek Mills was changed to Mount Zion.

In 1877, Reverend [[James Mitchell (Methodist minister)|James Mitchell]] took his ministry to Mount Zion and founded the Mount Zion Seminary, the predecessor institution of the current [[Mount Zion High School (Carrollton, Georgia)|Mount Zion High School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://mzh.carrollcountyschools.com/about |title = Carroll County Schools official website}}</ref>

The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated Mount Zion as a town in 1912<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ipxCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1153|year=1912|publisher=State printer|page=1153}}</ref> and  re-chartered in 1953 and again in 1978.

Mount Zion is one of the few places in the United States with the [[Confederate Flag]] incorporated in its municipal flag,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-gamzi.html|title = Flags of the World - Mt. Zion, Georgia (U.S.)}}</ref> which is based on the 1956 [[Flag of Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia state flag]] and inspired by the [[Trenton, Georgia]] city flag that began flying in 2002. The Mount Zion city flag began flying April 10, 2007.