Overview
- State Rep. David Clark introduced HR 1053, a non-binding resolution urging officials to consider renaming Sawnee Mountain to honor President Donald Trump.
- The measure lists House sponsors Mitchell Horner, Reynaldo Martinez and Josh Bonner and frames the change as recognition of Trump’s leadership and a 2024 Forsyth County town hall.
- Forsyth County Manager David McKee said local leadership was not consulted and would oppose a change, emphasizing preservation of the Sawnee name.
- Sawnee Mountain and the surrounding preserve honor a Cherokee chief, with on-site historical markers underscoring the landmark’s Indigenous significance.
- Clark is running for lieutenant governor, and the proposal has drawn mixed public reaction, highlighting its role as a symbolic political gesture rather than an imminent name change.