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Welcome to Smoke Ridge ...

Smoke Ridge is located in Fulton County<1>.

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

Smoke Ridge is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Smoke Ridge (for example, toward Ranburne (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

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

Communities near Smoke Ridge ...

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

  • Atlanta
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • South Fulton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • South Fulton is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fulton
  • Peachtree City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • East Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Douglasville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Stockbridge
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Stockbridge North
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Stockbridge North is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge North
    • Estimated population in 2019: 29,904 people
  • Pontevedra
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pontevedra is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontevedra
    • Estimated population in 2019: 25,694 people
  • Decatur
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Union City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

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 Smoke Ridge. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Smoke Ridge.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Smoke 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 Smoke Ridge.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Smoke Ridge ...

Looking for more information about Smoke 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 Smoke Ridge, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Smoke Ridge.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Fulton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Smoke 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 Smoke Ridge area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Smoke 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.