Tag: Lithonia
Lithonia is a city in eastern DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, as well as a collection of unincorporated communities in which it shares its name. Lithonia’s city population was 1,924 at the 2010 census and a community population of about 15,000.
Lithonia is located at 33°42′46″N 84°6′21″W / 33.71278°N 84.10583°W / 33.71278; -84.10583 (33.712658, -84.105897).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km), all land.
“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 λίθος lithos, for stone. The huge nearby granite dome, Stone Mountain, is composed largely of a rock called Lithonia gneiss, a form of granite. Lithonia is in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
Lithonia is home to the Lithonia Lighting Company, a manufacturer of household light fixtures, which was founded in the city in 1946.
It is also home to New Birth…
