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The community got its unusual name, according to locals, when in the
1840's a teacher instructing Greek in a local school, combined the
Greek words Litho meaning rock and Onia meaning place to create-Lithonia. Considering that East Dekalb area contains an abundance of
Gneiss granite Lithonia was aptly named. The nearby granite dome,
Stone Mountain, is composed largely of a rock called Lithonia
gneiss.
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