Mount Berry, Georgia
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Unincorporated area
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contiguous with the main campus of Berry College
Berry College
Berry College is an American accredited, private, four-year liberal arts college located in Mount Berry, unincorporated Floyd County, Georgia, north of Rome. It was founded in 1902 by Martha Berry.-Location:Berry College is located on U.S...
in Floyd County
Floyd County, Georgia
Floyd County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 90,565. Census estimates for 2007 show a population of 95,618...
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
, United States
United States
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, bordering the city of Rome
Rome, Georgia
Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Rome is the largest city and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States. It is the principal city of the Rome, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Floyd County...
. Mount Berry was named after Berry College founder Martha Berry
Martha Berry
For the Cherokee bead artist, see Martha Berry Martha McChesney Berry was an United States educator and the founder of Berry College in Rome, Georgia.-Early years:...
. It is part of the 'Rome, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area
Rome, Georgia metropolitan area
The Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of one county – Floyd – in northwest Georgia...
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The ZIP Code
ZIP Code
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for Mount Berry is 30149.
Mount Berry Square Mall
Mount Berry Square Mall is a second one-level enclosed shopping mallShopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
(Riverbend Mall
Riverbend Mall
Riverbend Mall was a shopping mall located in Rome, Georgia. It was open from 1975 to 2002, when it was demolished and replaced with a strip mall...
was first shopping mall in Rome, Georgia.) The mall originally opened in 1990 with anchors Belk Rhodes
Belk
Belk is a department store chain founded in 1888 in Monroe, North Carolina, today part of the Charlotte metropolitan area. After the founding of the first Belk store, the company grew in size and influence throughout the South via the chain in the USA, with its stores primarily located in the...
, Hess's
Hess's
Hess's was a department store chain based in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania in the United States.- History :The department store known as Hess Brothers was founded on February 19, 1897, by Charles and Max Hess. Max Hess came to Allentown in 1896 on a business trip and envisioned a...
, JCPenney and Sears. The Hess's was very quickly converted to Proffitt's
Proffitt's
Proffitt's was a department store chain based in Alcoa, Tennessee. On March 8, 2006, the Proffitt's and McRae's stores were converted into Belk stores. Belk acquired the two chains in July 2005 from Saks Incorporated.-Beginnings:...
after opening when the chain was bought out the same year. The movie theater
Movie theater
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building has built on a left side of the mall called Movies At Mount Berry Square also. Next Toys R Us, Landmark Restaurant, Circuit City, and Zaxby's
Zaxby's
Zaxby's is a franchised chain of fast casual restaurants that operates primarily in the Southeastern United States with 500 locations. Zaxby's 500th location opened in Tifton, Georgia the summer of 2010. The first Zaxby's was opened in Statesboro, Georgia, near the Georgia Southern University...
were added to be on a front side of the mall.
In 2005, Proffitt's was bought by Belk, which already had a location at the mall. Today, the mall features two Belk stores (no longer Belk Rhodes), JCPenney and Sears.