During the American Civil War, it was the site of the Battle of Lovejoy's Station during the Atlanta Campaign of 1864.

Lovejoy is proposed by the Georgia Department of Transportation and MARTA to be the endpoint of metro Atlanta's first commuter rail line.

"[5] It became known as Lovejoy's Station by 1864, where it was the setting of a civil war battle during Sherman's campaign through Georgia.

[7] In 1979, Betty Talmadge, former first-lady of Georgia, purchased the remnants of the Hollywood set "Tara," the fictional plantation featured in Gone With the Wind, and brought them to Lovejoy.

In 1989, professional wrestler Jody Hamilton opened a school and training facility in Lovejoy.