Mount Zion is a city in Carroll County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,696 at the 2010 census. History The City of Mount Zion was established in 1852 by Reverend Thomas Hicks Martin (March 10, 1822 - June 14, 1914), after his family had settled on land that had once been owned by the Creek Confederacy. It became known as Turkey Creek Mills, the name derived from a large wild turkey population found in the area. The city's name was later adopted from the local Mount Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, established 1865, which had soon became the center point of the community, and in 1878 the name Turkey Creek Mills was changed to Mount Zion. In 1877, Reverend James Mitchell took his ministry to Mount Zion and founded the Mount Zion Seminary, the predecessor institution of the current Mount Zion High School. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Mount Zion as a town in 1912 and re-chartered in 1953 and again in 1978. Mount Zion is one of the few cities in Georgia with the Confederate Flag incorporated in its city flag, which is based on the 1956 Georgia state flag and inspired by the Trenton, Georgia city flag that began flying in 2002. The Mount Zion city flag began flying April 10, 2007. Geography Mount Zion is located in northern Carroll County at (33.631113, -85.179868). It is northwest of Carrollton, the county seat, and southwest of Interstate 20 in Bremen. John Tanner Park is just south of the city limits off of Highway 16. According to the United States Census Bureau, Mount Zion has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.71%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,275 people, 434 households, and 351 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 467 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 94.12% White, 3.76% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.94% Asian, 0.24% from other races, and 0.71% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.31% of the population. There were 434 households, out of which 44.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.6% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.9% were non-families. 15.7% of all households were made up of