Mountain View, Georgia

Mountain View
—  Unincorporated area  —
Mountain View Location within the state of Georgia
Coordinates: 33°38′30″N 84°23′25″W / 33.64167°N 84.39028°W / 33.64167; -84.39028Coordinates: 33°38′30″N 84°23′25″W / 33.64167°N 84.39028°W / 33.64167; -84.39028
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	Clayton
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
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For other places called "Mountain View", see Mountain View (disambiguation).

Mountain View is an unincorporated area in northwest Clayton County, Georgia, United States. It is bounded on the east and south by Forest Park, on the north by the Fulton County line, and on the west by Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Formerly a city, the area was disincorporated and most of the population moved because its residential property was purchased by the city of Atlanta as part of the Atlanta Airport's noise abatement program and Clayton County's desire to reclaim the land for commercial development. Many residents did not want to leave and some homes were taken by Eminent Domain. Past population estimates were between 1,000 and 1,500 persons. The current population is unknown, but the land, and much of its businesses, remain.

Mountain View's African American community was located West of the railroad tracks in the Northwest corner of the city. This area was called Plunkett Town or Plunky Town. It was directly across Interstate I-75 from Ford's Atlanta assembly plant.

Mountain View was originally called Rough and Ready. The name came from a Country and Western music bar/dance hall/restaurant called the Rough and Ready Saloon that was located there^{[citation needed]}. Its name was changed when it was incorporated as a city in 1949. The name "Mountain View" came from the fact that it is possible to see Stone Mountain from there. It earned a reputation as a speed trap during the 1950s and 1960s. After investigating (and confirming) the speed trap accusations, along with the corruption of some of its local politicians, the state of Georgia revoked the city's charter. It was once known as the "Gateway to Clayton County" before the growth of the airport made it an undesirable place to live.

Plans are on the drawing board for redeveloping the area, but these plans call for no residential population due to the noise from the takeoffs and landings at one of the world's busiest airports.

Mountain View in fiction

Gone with the Wind, a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell, mentions (in Chapter XX) fighting during the Battle of Jonesborough at Rough and Ready.

Noted resident

• D.P. Spiker: alternate delegate from Georgia to the 1952 Republican National Convention.

External links

• http://web.co.clayton.ga.us/econ_dev/redevelopment_projects/mtview.htm
• http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:6E8BuaIUIDEJ:www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/m.pdf+%27Mountain+View%27%2B%27Clayton+County%27&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=5
• http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:XL_LGZsBDPUJ:politicalgraveyard.com/bio/speranza-sprafka.html+%27Mountain+View%27%2B%27Clayton+County%27&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=17