Coal Mountain is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Forsyth County, Georgia
Forsyth County ( or ) is a County (United States), county in the Northeast Georgia, Northeast region of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Suburban and exurban in character, Forsyth County lies within the Metro Atlanta, Atlanta ...
, United States. The Coal Mountain area lies at the intersection of
GA-369 and
SR-9. It was once home to a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
that served the small community.
, North Forsyth Middle School, Coal Mountain Elementary School, Coal Mountain Park,
Coal Mountain Baptist Church,
Mountain Lake Church,
Regions Bank Coal Mountain are all located in Coal Mountain. It lies at an elevation of 1220 feet (372 m).
History
A post office was in operation at Coal Mountain from 1834 until 1907.
The community's name most likely came from a local Cole (or Coal) family, as this part of Georgia has no coal deposits.
References
Unincorporated communities in Forsyth County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
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