Mountain View, Georgia
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Mountain View, Georgia Rough and Ready, Georgia |
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| Unincorporated community | |
Former US Post Office, Mountain View, 2011
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 Mountain View
Mountain View
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| Coordinates: 33°38′30.4″N 84°23′24.7″W / 33.641778°N 84.390194°WCoordinates: 33°38′30.4″N 84°23′24.7″W / 33.641778°N 84.390194°W | |
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 United States
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| State |
 Georgia
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| County | Clayton |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code(s) | 30354 |
| Area code(s) | 404 |
| GNIS feature ID | 319083 |
| Major airport | ATL |
Mountain View, also known as Rough and Ready, is an unincorporated community in northwest Clayton County, Georgia, United States. The community is bounded on the east and south by Forest Park, on the north by the Fulton County line, and on the west by the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Mountain View was originally named Rough and Ready for the Rough and Ready Tavern or Bagley House, a stagecoach stop on the line from Macon to upper Georgia. It was later the site of the first railroad station south of Atlanta on the Macon and Western Railroad, 13 miles from the terminus at East Point.
The Rough and Ready Tavern served as a temporary headquarters for Confederate Lieutenant-General William J. Hardee during the Atlanta Campaign (1864).
Its name was changed when it was incorporated as a city in 1956. The name "Mountain View" refers to the fact that, on a clear day, one can see Stone Mountain 20 miles to the east. The slogan, "Gateway to Clayton County," was featured on the city seal.
Mountain View was a city from 1956 to January 1978, when the Georgia General Assembly voted to repeal the city charter. A five-member delegation of Clayton County legislators proposed a bill to abolish the city in order to clean up corruption in the city government. During his four terms in office (1972-1977) Mayor Ray King, though popular with his constituents, was charged with bribery, nepotism, conspiracy, assault, and violating the city charter by accepting an illegal salary. Rather than reform the city leadership, Clayton County sought to dissolve Mountain View entirely. State Representative Rudolph Johnson of Morrow, chair of the delegation said, “They’ve had controversy out there for 20 years. It’s an accumulation of things, really.”
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