Lost Mountain, Georgia

Lost Mountain is an unincorporated community in Cobb County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.[1]

History

The community takes its name from a summit of the same name near the original town site.[2] A variant name is "Lost Mountain Crossroads."[1] A post office called Lost Mountain was established in 1848, and remained in operation until 1902.[3]

The mountain itself if called Lost Mountain because of a story handed down from the Cherokee nation. The story has several versions but they all have a similar theme, a chief has a daughter that gets lost in the woods around the mountain leading him to grieve the rest of his life and he names the hill "Lost Mountain" for that is the place she was last seen.[4]

The Lost Mountain store is a major landmark for the area, It has gone from the only store to a relic from another time stuck in the middle of the present day shopping centers of suburban Atlanta and yet it stands as it has since 1881.[5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lost Mountain
  2. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 136. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  4. "The story of Lost Mountain".
  5. "Old lost mountain store".


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