In a message dated 12/10/02 10:44:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, glparks@frontiernet.net writes: > How the the Coal Mountain area get its name? Coal Mountain is the hill that Hwy 369 cuts at the Richard Neville Bridge at Six Mile Creek. see 1839 map http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/histcountymaps/forsyth1839map.htm It appears that when George Kellogg had the post office in that area, where he lived (near present Ebenezer Church), they named the post office that (some say because there was a coal deposit in the hill). As the postoffice changed from Postmaster to Postmaster, it migrated further west to its current position. Watch its position in regard to the creeks. see http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/histcountymaps/forsyth1865map.htm The current community appears to have taken its name from the Post Office. Donna Parrish