Editing Mount Zion, Georgia

{{Short description|City in Georgia, United States}}
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'''Mount Zion''' is a city in [[Carroll County, Georgia|Carroll County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 1,696 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1353620| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212181938/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1353620| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mount Zion city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=July 18, 2014}}</ref>

==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.

==Geography==

Mount Zion is located in northern Carroll County at {{coord|33|37|52|N|85|10|48|W|type:city}} (33.631113, -85.179868).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is {{convert|8|mi|0}} northwest of [[Carrollton, Georgia|Carrollton]], the county seat, and {{convert|5|mi|0}} southwest of [[Interstate 20]] in [[Bremen, Georgia|Bremen]]. [[John Tanner State Park|John Tanner Park]] is just south of the city limits off of [[Georgia State Route 16|Highway 16]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Mount Zion has a total area of {{convert|25.5|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|25.1|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.4|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 1.71%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1920= 131
|1930= 121
|1940= 84
|1950= 141
|1960= 211
|1970= 264
|1980= 445
|1990= 511
|2000= 1275
|2010= 1696
|2020= 1766
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 2022
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2023-POP-13.xlsx |date=May 16, 2024|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 16, 2024}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,275 people, 434 households, and 351 families residing in the city.  The population density was {{convert|130.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 467 housing units at an average density of {{convert|47.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the city was 94.12% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.76% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.24% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.94% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.24% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.71% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.31% of the population.

There were 434 households, out of which 44.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.9% were non-families. 15.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.94 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 31.3% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 34.4% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.8% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.0 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $41,912, and the median income for a family was $43,438. Males had a median income of $31,959 versus $20,662 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,080.  About 11.8% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.8% of those under age 18 and 22.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
*[[Walter Terry Colquitt]], [[Methodist]] preacher, [[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]] and [[United States Senate|Senator]] from Georgia
*[[James Mitchell (Methodist minister)|James Mitchell]], U.S. Commissioner of [[negro colonization]] for President [[Abraham Lincoln]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.cityofmountzion.com/ City of Mount Zion official website]

{{Carroll County, Georgia}}

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[[Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Cities in Carroll County, Georgia]]