Mountain View, Georgia

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Mountain View is an unincorporated place in northwest Clayton County, Georgia. It is bounded on the east and south by Forest Park, on the north by the Fulton County line, and on the west by the airport. Formerly a city, the area was de-incorporated and most of the population moved away due to its proximity to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Past population estimates have been between 1,000 and 1,500 persons. The current population is unknown, but the land remains.

Mountain View was originally called 'Rough and Ready.' It was incorporated as a city in 1949. It was once known as the 'Gateway to Clayton County' before the growth of the airport made it an undesirable place to live (one can often see 8 planes in the sky at the same time).

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

[edit] Noted residents

Spiker, D. P. — of Mountain View, Clayton County, Ga. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1952. Still living as of 1952.

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