RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Georgia >> Cherokee County >> Mountain RidgeIndex...

Welcome to Mountain Ridge ...

Mountain Ridge is located in Cherokee County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Mountain Ridge: Mtn. Rdg. (or less commonly used: Mtn. Rdge. or Mtn. Ridg.)

Mountain Ridge is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mountain Ridge lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Mountain Ridge, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Mountain Ridge: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Communities Also Named Mountain Ridge ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Mountain Ridge - they are located in Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mountain Ridge.

Websites for Mountain Ridge ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cherokee-chamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Mountain Ridge, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Mountain Ridge ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mountain Ridge.

  • Roswell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Johns Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Alpharetta
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Marietta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Smyrna
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Brookhaven
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Brookhaven is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
  • Dunwoody West
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dunwoody West is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoody West
    • Estimated population in 2015: 48,733 people
  • Peachtree Corners
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Milton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Kennesaw
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mountain Ridge. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mountain Ridge.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mountain Ridge. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mountain Ridge.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mountain Ridge. See our Newspapers Page for Mountain Ridge.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mountain Ridge ...

Looking for more information about Mountain Ridge? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Mountain Ridge, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mountain Ridge.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Cherokee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mountain Ridge - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Mountain Ridge area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Mountain Ridge area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.