Mt. Zion Methodist Church

Historical marker location:

2840 Metropolitan Parkway SW, Atlanta, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of Metropolitan Parkway SW (U.S. 41) and Old Jonesboro Road, on the left when traveling south on Metropolitan Parkway SW.)

Marker installed: 1958

Georgia was the site of the first American gold rush, but it was also the site of the first American oil rush. In 1905, oil was discovered in Bibb County, and the state's oil industry began to grow rapidly.