Chattahoochee Plantation is an unincorporated community in Cobb County, Georgia, United States.

History

The area was previously incorporated as a city in 1961 in hopes of building a luxury housing development around a golf club. In 1968, state legislators extended the city's boundaries to cover the entire length of Cobb County as a way to prevent the

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from expanding into Cobb County. As a result of the expansion, Chattahoochee Plantation became long, with most of the city only wide. In 1989, an attempt was made by nearby Sandy Springs, in Fulton County, to have their area annexed by Chattahoochee Plantation in order to function as an independent city from Atlanta. This, like other attempts to gain city status, was defeated when Tom Murphy, speaker of the house in the

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, blocked the measure. Chattahoochee Plantation never organized a city government, and its city charter was

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in 1995. Chattahoochee Plantation includes gated communities, riverfront homes along

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and the

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, and private golf courses, including the

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. Residents of Chattahoochee Plantation have a

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address, although they are outside Marietta city limits.

References

Unincorporated communities in Cobb County, Georgia Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) Populated places established in 1961 Populated places disestablished in 1995 {{CobbCountyGA-geo-stub