Lithonia Georgia Map

About Lithonia, Georgia

Lithonia is a locality in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,662. The population density is 1107.5 people per km². Lithonia is located at 33.7123°N, 84.1052°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Lithonia is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 30058, 30038.

Lithonia reveals itself through the deep, rust-colored pigment of the piedmont soil, a landscape defined by the steady, rhythmic passage of Pine Mountain Creek as it carves through the earth. It lies 2.7 miles south-southeast of Redan, GA (from Redan, GA: bearing 146°T), and is situated 3.9 miles east-northeast of Stonecrest. The air here holds a distinct weight, thick with the scent of pine needles and the damp, cool breath rising from the nearby Mangham Lake West, which sits a mile away, reflecting the shifting Georgia sky in its quiet basin. On the distant horizon, the faint, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains trace a jagged line against the ether, suggesting a vastness that grounds the immediate surroundings in a ancient, geological permanence. Within the local borders, Bruce Street Park offers a sanctuary where the land remains unburdened, allowing the raw texture of the terrain—the exposed outcrops and stubborn, enduring flora—to dictate the pace of the day.

Economic life in Lithonia has long been tethered to the very stone beneath its feet, as the massive granite deposits that define the regional bedrock once fueled a bustling industry of quarries, carving the town’s identity out of solid rock. This history of extraction persists in the architecture and the deliberate, measured character of the streets, where the labor of previous generations remains embedded in the foundations of the local storefronts. While the rhythm of commerce has modernized, the legacy of the granite trade lingers in the physical resilience of the locality, creating a contrast between the enduring stone and the delicate, seasonal grace of peach blossoms that appear when the winter chill retreats. Lithonia maintains a quiet gravity, a place where the stillness of the afternoon is interrupted only by the rustle of kudzu reclaiming the edges of the woods and the persistent, low hum of a community that understands its own roots are anchored in the hard, unyielding earth.

About This Lithonia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lithonia, Georgia. Coordinates: 33.71233, -84.105194. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Lithonia includes the ZIP code (30058, 30038), telephone area code (404, 470, 678), county seat of DeKalb County (Decatur), and school district assignment (DeKalb County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.