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Cobb County is a
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in the U.S. state of
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, located in the
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in the north central portion of the state. As of 2020 Census, the population was 766,149. Its
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and largest city is Marietta. Along with several adjoining counties, Cobb County was created on December 3, 1832, by the
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from the large Cherokee County territory—land northwest of the
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which the state acquired from the
Cherokee Nation The Cherokee Nation ( Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ ''Tsalagihi Ayeli'' or ᏣᎳᎩᏰᎵ ''Tsalagiyehli''), also known as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States. ...
and redistributed to
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s via
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, following the passage of the federal Indian Removal Act. The county was named for Thomas Willis Cobb, a U.S. representative and
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from Georgia. It is believed that Marietta was named for his wife, Mary. Cobb County is included in the
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and is situated immediately to the northwest of Atlanta's city limits. Its Cumberland District, an
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, has over of office space.
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's
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have played at
Truist Park Truist Park (originally SunTrust Park) is a baseball stadium in the Atlanta metropolitan area, approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of downtown Atlanta in the unincorporated community of Cumberland, in Cobb County, Georgia. Opened in 2 ...
in Cumberland since 2017. In 2003, the U.S. Census Bureau ranked Cobb County as the most educated in the state of Georgia and 12th-most in the United States. It has ranked among the top 100 highest-income counties in the United States. In October 2017, Cobb was ranked as the "Least Obese County in Georgia".


History

Cobb county was one of nine Georgia counties carved out of the disputed territory of the Cherokee Nation in 1832. It was the 81st county in Georgia and named for Judge Thomas Willis Cobb, who served as a U.S. Senator, state representative, and superior court judge. It is believed that the county seat of Marietta was named for Judge Cobb's wife, Mary. The state started acquiring
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for the Western & Atlantic Railroad in 1836. A train began running between Marietta and Marthasville (now Atlanta) in 1845. During the American Civil War, some Confederate troops were trained at a camp in Big Shanty (now Kennesaw), where the Andrews Raid occurred, starting the Great Locomotive Chase. There were battles of New Hope Church May 25, 1864, Pickett's Mill May 27, and
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May 28. These were followed by the prolonged series of battles through most of June 1864 until very early July: the Battle of Marietta and the
Battle of Noonday Creek The Battle of Noonday Creek was a series of combat events in the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War that took place between June 10 and July 3 of 1864. Brigadier General Kenner Garrard was ordered by Major General William Tecumseh She ...
. c The Battle of Allatoona Pass on October 5, 1864, occurred as Sherman was starting his march through Georgia. Union forces burnt most houses and confiscated or burnt crops. The
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was fought on June 27, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the most significant frontal assault launched by Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman against the Confederate Army of Ten ...
June 27, 1864, was the site of the only major Confederate victory in General William T. Sherman's invasion of Georgia. Despite the victory, Union forces outflanked the Confederates. In 1915, Leo Frank, the Jewish supervisor of an Atlanta pencil factory who was convicted of murdering one of his workers, thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan, was kidnapped from his jail cell and brought to Frey's Gin, two miles (3 km) east of Marietta, where he was lynched. Cotton farming in the area peaked from the 1890s through the 1920s. Low prices during the
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resulted in the cessation of cotton farming throughout Cobb County. The price of cotton went from 16¢ per pound (35¢/kg) in 1920 to 9½¢ (21¢/kg) in 1930. This resulted in a cotton bust for the county, which had stopped growing the product but was milling it. This bust was in turn, followed by the
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. To help combat the bust, the state started work on a road in 1922 that would later become U.S. 41, later replaced by Cobb Parkway in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In 1942, Bell Aircraft opened a Marietta plant to manufacture B-29 bombers and Marietta Army Airfield was founded. Both were closed after World War II, but reopened during the
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, when the air field was acquired by the Air Force, renamed Dobbins AFB, and the plant by Lockheed. During the Korean and
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s, Lockheed Marietta was the leading manufacturer of military transport planes, including the
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and the C-5 Galaxy. "In Cobb County and other sprawling Cold War suburbs from Orange County to
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, the direct link between federal defense spending and local economic prosperity structured a bipartisan political culture of hawkish conservatism and material self-interest on issues of national security." When county
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was enacted statewide by
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to the Georgia state constitution in the early 1960s, Ernest W. Barrett became the first chairman of the new
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. The county
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, built in 1888, was demolished, spurring a law that now prevents counties from doing so without a
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. In the 1960s and 1970s, Cobb transformed from rural to suburban, as integration spurred
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from the city of Atlanta, which by 1970 was majority-African-American. Real-estate booms drew rural white southerners and
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transplants, both groups mostly first-generation
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s. Cobb County was the home of former segregationist and Georgia governor Lester Maddox (1966–71). In 1975, Cobb voters elected
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leader Larry McDonald to Congress, running in opposition to
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. A
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, McDonald called for investigations into alleged plots by the Rockefellers and the
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to impose "socialist-one-world-government" and co-founded the
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. In 1983, McDonald died aboard Korean Air Lines Flight 007, shot down by a Soviet fighter jet over restricted airspace. I-75 through the county is now named for him. In 1990, Republican Congressmen
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became Representative of a new district centered around Cobb County. In 1994, as Republicans took control of the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time in almost fifty years, Gingrich became
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, thrusting Cobb County into the national spotlight. In 1993, county commissioners passed a resolution condemning homosexuality and cut off funding for the arts after complaints about a community theater. After protests from gay rights organizations, organizers of the
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pulled events out of Cobb County, including the
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. The county's inns were nevertheless filled at 100% of capacity for two months during the event. In the 1990s and 2000s, Cobb's demographics changed. As Atlanta's
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reversed decades of white flight, middle-class African-Americans and Russian, Bosnian, Chinese, Indian, Brazilian, Mexican and Central American immigrants moved to older suburbs in south and southwest Cobb. In 2010, African-American Democrat
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was elected to
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, which included many of those suburbs. Cobb became the first Georgia county to participate in the
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enabling local law officers to enforce immigration law.


Geography

According to the
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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.4%) is water. The county is located in the upper
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region of the state, with a few mountains located within the county, considered to be part of the southernmost extensions of the
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. The county is divided between two major
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. Most
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flows into the Middle
Chattahoochee The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the con ...
-
Lake Harding Lake Harding, also known as ''Bartlett's Ferry Lake,'' is a reservoir on the Chattahoochee River. The lake is formed by Bartlett's Ferry Dam, and the lake is located in Harris County, Georgia with some portions of the lake going into Alabama. L ...
and Upper
Chattahoochee River The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chatt ...
sub-basins of the
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(Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin) along the southeastern border, directly via
Willeo Creek Willeo Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 15, 2011 stream in the U.S. state of Georgia, and is located in the north-northwestern part of metro Atlanta. It i ...
,
Sope Creek Sope Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 15, 2011 stream located in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. It is a significant tributary of the Chattahooc ...
(Sewell Creek), Rottenwood Creek (Powers Creek, Poorhouse Creek, Poplar Creek),
Nickajack Creek Nickajack Creek is a stream in Cobb and Fulton counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a tributary to the Chattahoochee River. Groundwater serves as the water source, with the creek beginning in Marietta, Georgia. The creek runs through the ...
and others. The large Sweetwater Creek is the other major stream, carrying the waters of
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(Ward Creek, Olley Creek, Mud Creek), Powder Springs Creek (Rakestraw Creek, Mill Creek) and others into the Chattahoochee. A
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from
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in the west, to
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in the north-central, to
Sweat Mountain Sweat Mountain is a mountain in far northeastern Cobb County, Georgia, in the suburbs north of Atlanta. The exact GNIS location of its summit is , and it has an official (USGS) elevation of above mean sea level. It is the second-highest point i ...
in the extreme northeast, divides the far north-northwest of the county into the
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sub-basin of the
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(Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin), which includes
Lake Allatoona Lake Allatoona (officially called Allatoona Lake) is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Etowah River in northwestern part of the State of Georgia. This reservoir is mostly in southeastern Bartow County and southwestern Cherokee Coun ...
.
Noonday Creek Noonday Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 27, 2011 stream in Cobb and Cherokee counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. The stream begins near Kennesaw Mounta ...
(Little Noonday Creek) flows northward into the lake, as does
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, which forms a major arm of the lake. Proctor Creek forms the much older
Lake Acworth Lake Acworth is a artificial lake southwest of the city of Acworth, Georgia. It is in the extreme northwestern part of Cobb County. The lake impounds Proctor Creek (not the same as Proctor Creek in nearby Atlanta), and outflows into Lake Allato ...
, which in turn empties directly into Lake Allatoona under the Lake Acworth Drive (
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) bridge. North Cobb is in the
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basin. There are several high points in Cobb County. *
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: in the extreme northeast portion, runs along the border with Cherokee County, and is the metro area's major
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* Blackjack Mountain: a low ridge between central and
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*
Kennesaw Mountain Kennesaw Mountain is a mountain between Marietta and Kennesaw, Georgia in the United States with a summit elevation of . It is the highest point in the core (urban and suburban) metro Atlanta area, and fifth after further-north exurban counties ...
: the highest point in the county and in the entire suburban area of metro Atlanta, located in the north-northwest between Kennesaw and Marietta *
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: an offshoot of Kennesaw *
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: in western Cobb * Pine Mountain: west-northwest of Kennesaw Mountain, between Kennesaw and Due West * Brushy Mountain: near Kennesaw Mountain, just southeast of
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at Cobb Parkway *
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or
Mount Wilkinson Mount Wilkinson is a low mountain immediately north-northwest of and directly overlooking downtown Vinings, in southeast Cobb County, Georgia, USA. Although it rises significantly from the surrounding terrain, it is actually at or slightly belo ...
: overlooks the town of Vinings


Adjacent counties

* Cherokee County – north *
Fulton County Fulton County is the name of eight counties in the United States of America. Most are named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the first practical steamboat: *Fulton County, Arkansas, named after Governor William Savin Fulton *Fulton County, Georgia *F ...
– southeast * Douglas County – southwest *
Paulding County Paulding County is the name of two counties in the United States of America: * Paulding County, Georgia * Paulding County, Ohio Paulding County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was about 18 ...
– west *
Bartow County Bartow County is located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 108,901, up from 100,157 in 2010. The county seat is Cartersville. Traditionally considered part of northwest Georgia, B ...
– northwest


Addressing

Despite the lack of a grid system of
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s though the county, all
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es have their numeric
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at the southwest corner of the
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in Marietta.


Geocodes and world's largest toll-free calling area

Originally in
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, the county was moved into
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in 1995, and overlaid by
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in 1998. Prior to 1995, those with phones tied to the Woodstock
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(prefixes 924, 926, 928, later 516 and 591) could also call the Canton exchange (479, later 445, then 704) as a local call. This became moot, along with other dual-zone exchanges in metro Atlanta, when the
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an exchanges (including Canton) were fully made a part of what was already the world's largest toll-free calling zone. It is a zone spanning , with four active telephone
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, and local calling extending into portions of two others. Cobb's
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is 13067. Because the
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has not subdivided the county, its
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code is 013067, for receiving targeted
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s from
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. The county is primarily within the
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of one weather radio station: KEC80, on 162.550 MHz, transmitted to all of metro Atlanta and broadcast from NWSFO Peachtree City. The secondary station is the much newer WWH23 on 162.425 from Buchanan, which also transmits warnings for Cobb but has reception mainly in the western part of the county.


Demographics


2020 census

As of the
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, there were 766,149 people, 286,952 households, and 191,533 families residing in the county.


2010 Census

As of the
2010 United States Census The United States census of 2010 was the twenty-third United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators servin ...
, there were 688,078 people, 260,056 households, and 175,357 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 286,490 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 62.21% white, 24.96% black or African American, 4.46% Asian, 0.34% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 5.28% from other races, and 2.71% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 12.26% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 10.4% were German, 10.0% were English, 9.3% were Irish, and 8.6% were American. Of the 260,056 households, 36.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 32.6% were non-families, and 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.17. The median age was 35.4 years. The median income for a household in the county was $65,522 and the median income for a family was $78,920. Males had a median income of $55,200 versus $43,367 for females. The per capita income for the county was $33,110. About 7.6% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.5% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.


2000 Census

As of 2000, there were 697,553 people, 248,303 households, and 169,178 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 261,659 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county in 2000 72.4%
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, 18.8%
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, 0.3% Native American, 3.06%
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, 0.0%
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, 5.3% from
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, and 1.87% from two or more races. 7.73% of the population was
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or
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of any race. There were 248,303 households, out of which 35.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.30% were married couples living together, 10.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.20% were non-families. 23.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.25. In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.10% under the age of 18, 9.00% from 18 to 24, 36.50% from 25 to 44, 21.50% from 45 to 64, and 6.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.90 males. As of 2007, the median income was $70,472. The per capita income for the county was $32,740. About 6.0% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.1% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.


Education


Public schools

*
Cobb County School District The Cobb County School District (CCSD) is the county government agency which operates public schools in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. The school district includes all of Cobb County except for the Marietta City Schools, though a number o ...
(serves all county locations except the city of Marietta) * Marietta City Schools (serves city of Marietta locations)


Private schools

* Cumberland Christian Academy, Austell (K–12) * Dominion Christian School, Marietta (middle school–12) * Midway Covenant Christian School, Powder Springs (preK–12) * Mount Paran Christian School, Kennesaw (preK–12) * North Cobb Christian School, Kennesaw (K–12) * The Walker School, Marietta (preK–12) * Whitefield Academy, Mableton (preK–12) * East Cobb Christian School, Marietta (K–8)


Colleges and universities

*
Chattahoochee Technical College Chattahoochee Technical College (Chattahoochee Tech, CTC, or Chatt Tech) is a public technical college in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is governed by the Technical College System of Georgia and has eight campuses in the north-northwest metro-A ...
*
Kennesaw State University Kennesaw State University (KSU) is a public research university located in the state of Georgia with two different campuses in the Atlanta metropolitan area, one in Kennesaw and the other in Marietta on a combined of land. The school was fou ...
*
Life University Life University is a private university focused on training chiropractors and located in Marietta, Georgia, USA. It was established in 1974 by a chiropractor, Sid E. Williams. History The university was founded in 1974 by Williams as "Life C ...


Libraries

Cobb County maintains the Cobb County Public Library System. The libraries provide resources such as books, videos, internet access, printing, and computer classes. The libraries in the CCPLS are: * Acworth Library * East Cobb Library * East Marietta Library * Gritters Library * Kemp Memorial Library * Kennesaw Library * Lewis A. Ray Library * Mountain View Regional Library * Powder Springs Library * Sibley Library * South Cobb Regional Library * Stratton Library * Sweetwater Valley Library * Switzer Library * Vinings Library * West Cobb Regional Library The Smyrna Public Library is a city-owned library in Smyrna, and is not part of the county system.


Government and elections

Under Georgia's
home rule Home rule is government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens. It is thus the power of a part (administrative division) of a state or an external dependent country to exercise such of the state's powers of governance wi ...
provision, county governments have free rein to legislate on all matters within the county, provided that such legislation does not conflict with state or federal laws or constitutions. Cobb County is governed by a five-member
board of commissioners A county commission (or a board of county commissioners) is a group of elected officials (county commissioners) collectively charged with administering the county government in some states of the United States; such commissions usually comprise ...
, which has both
legislative A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as p ...
and
executive Executive ( exe., exec., execu.) may refer to: Role or title * Executive, a senior management role in an organization ** Chief executive officer (CEO), one of the highest-ranking corporate officers (executives) or administrators ** Executive dire ...
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within the county. The chairman of the board is elected county-wide. The other four commissioners are elected from single-member districts. The board hires a county
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who oversees day-to-day operations of the county's
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s.


Cobb County Board of Commissioners

County residents also elect a sheriff, district attorney, probate court judge, clerk of superior court, clerk of the state court, state court solicitor, chief magistrate judge (who then appoints other magistrate court judges), superior court judges, state court judges, tax commissioner, surveyor, and a seven-member board of education. In addition to the county sheriff, the constitutional chief
law enforcement Law enforcement is the activity of some members of government who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by discovering, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms governing that society. The term en ...
officer of the county, Cobb County has a separate police department under the authority of the Board of Commissioners. The sheriff oversees the
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, to which everyone arrested under state law is taken, regardless of the city or other area of the county where it happens, or which police department makes the arrest. Each city has a separate police department, answerable to its governing council. Marietta, Smyrna, and Austell have separate
fire department A fire department (American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression se ...
s, with the Cobb County Fire Department being the authority having jurisdiction over Kennesaw, Acworth, Powder Springs, and unincorporated areas. Cobb
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covers unincorporated areas and the city of Marietta. Kennesaw and Acworth jointly operate a small 911
call center A call centre ( Commonwealth spelling) or call center (American spelling; see spelling differences) is a managed capability that can be centralised or remote that is used for receiving or transmitting a large volume of enquiries by telephone. ...
( PSAP) upstairs in Kennesaw
city hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...
,
dispatching Dispatch is a procedure for assigning employees (workers) or vehicles to customers. Industries that dispatch include taxicabs, couriers, emergency services, as well as home and commercial services such as maid services, plumbing, HVAC, pest contro ...
the police departments in both cities, and forwarding fire calls to Cobb. Smyrna operates a separate PSAP while offering dispatch services to the city of Powder Springs. Austell operates its own separate 911 system. The county retails potable water to much of the county, and wholesales it to various cities. The current County Manager is Dr. Jackie R. McMorris.


Politics

From
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until
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, the county was a Republican stronghold in presidential elections. The only time during this period that the county supported a Democrat was in
1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
, when native son
Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously served as th ...
swept every county in the state. Before
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, it was a typical "
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" Democratic county, except when
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came close to carrying it in
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, and when
Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Gr ...
won it by nine points due to anti-Catholic voting against
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in
1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...
. In the latter 20th century, the county developed a reputation as a
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stronghold. However, due to rapid racial and ethnic demographic changes since the 1990s, the county has increasingly supported the Democratic Party. In
2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
, when
Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...
became the first Democrat to win Cobb County since Carter, and the first non-Georgian Democrat since
John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination ...
in 1960. The county then supported Joe Biden in 2020 United States presidential election in Georgia, 2020 by 14 points–the best showing for a Democrat since Carter's 17-point win in 1976, and the best for a non-Georgian Democrat since Kennedy. This was crucial to Biden winning the state for the Democrats for the first time since 1992 United States presidential election in Georgia, 1992. In 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election, 2018, Stacey Abrams became the first Democrat to win Cobb County in a gubernatorial election since 1986 Georgia gubernatorial election, 1986, when Joe Frank Harris swept every county statewide.


2020 voter suppression controversy

In 2020, in the turmoil surrounding the election defeat of Donald Trump, the chairman of the Cobb County Republicans and another person challenged the election results in an attempt to remove 16,024 Cobb County voters from eligibility to vote in the runoff election for both Georgia senators, scheduled for January 5, 2021. The county Board of Elections held a hearing to decide whether there was probable cause to move forward with hearings for each name on the list. The Board's attorney stated that there was not probable cause and gave reasons. After a brief discussion, the board voted unanimously to deny the challenge.


Taxes

In addition to the 4% statewide sales tax, Cobb County levies an additional 2% for special projects, each 1% subject to separate renewal every few years by countywide
referendum A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a Direct democracy, direct vote by the Constituency, electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a Representative democr ...
(including within its cities). This funds mainly transportation and parks. Cobb levies a 1% tax to lower property taxes, but only for the public school budget, and not the additional 1% HOST homestead exemption for general funds. The county has also voted not to pay the extra 1% to join Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, MARTA. At the beginning of 2006, Cobb became the last county in the state to raise the tax to 6%, which also doubled the tax on food to 2%. The SPLOST barely passed by a 114 vote margin, or less than one-quarter of a percent, in a September 2005
referendum A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a Direct democracy, direct vote by the Constituency, electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a Representative democr ...
. The revenue was to go to a new county
courthouse A courthouse or court house is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English-spe ...
, expanded jail, various transportation projects, and the purchasing of property for parks and green space. In 2008, the school tax was renewed for a third term, funding the Marietta and Cobb school systems.


Economy

The
Cobb County School District The Cobb County School District (CCSD) is the county government agency which operates public schools in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. The school district includes all of Cobb County except for the Marietta City Schools, though a number o ...
is Cobb County's largest employer, employing over 15,000 people. Private corporations include: * The Home Depot Atlanta Store Support Center, world headquarters * The Weather Channel headquarters * InTown Suites headquarters * Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Plant, located next to Dobbins Air Reserve Base in unincorporated Cobb * Kool Smiles ( Marietta) * GE Power headquarters * Papa John's, Papa Johns "additional" headquarters


Retail

Shopping centers in the county include: *Cobb Center *Cobb Place - 335,000 sq. ft., opened 1987, original anchors Uptons, Service Merchandise, Lechmere. Now anchors include Designer Brands, DSW and the largest concentration of furniture and home retailers in Metro Atlanta including Bassett Furniture, American Signature Furniture, Ashley Furniture, Bed Bath & Beyond, Cost Plus World Market and Hobbytown USA. *Cumberland Mall (Georgia), Cumberland Mall *Town Center at Cobb


Diplomatic missions

The Diplomatic missions of Costa Rica, Consulate-General of Costa Rica in Atlanta is located in Suite 100 at 1870 The Exchange in an Unincorporated area, unincorporated section of Cobb County.


Transportation


Major highways

* Interstate 20 in Georgia, Interstate 20 * Interstate 75 in Georgia, Interstate 75 * Interstate 285 (Georgia), Interstate 285 * Interstate 575 (Georgia), Interstate 575 * U.S. Route 41 in Georgia, U.S. Route 41 * U.S. Route 78 in Georgia, U.S. Route 78 * U.S. Route 278 in Georgia, U.S. Route 278 * Georgia State Route 3, State Route 3 * Georgia State Route 5, State Route 5 * Georgia State Route 5 Connector (Kennesaw), State Route 5 Connector * Georgia State Route 6, State Route 6 * Georgia State Route 6 Business (Powder Springs), State Route 6 Business * Georgia State Route 6 Spur (Austell), State Route 6 Spur * Georgia State Route 8, State Route 8 * Georgia State Route 92, State Route 92 * Georgia State Route 120, State Route 120 * Georgia State Route 120 Alternate (Marietta), State Route 120 Alternate * Georgia State Route 139, State Route 139 * Georgia State Route 280, State Route 280 * Georgia State Route 360, State Route 360 * Georgia State Route 401, State Route 401 (unsigned designation for I-75) * Georgia State Route 402, State Route 402 (unsigned designation for I-20) * Georgia State Route 407, State Route 407 (unsigned designation for I-285) * Georgia State Route 417, State Route 417 (unsigned designation for I-575)


Airports

* Cobb County International Airport at McCollum Field * Dobbins Air Reserve Base (where the U.S. president usually arrives when visiting Atlanta)


Rail

* Norfolk Southern through Mableton, Austell , Powder Springs * CSX Transportation through Acworth, Kennesaw, Marietta, Smyrna, and Vinings * Georgia Northeastern Railroad A Shortline Line north from Marietta Until 1971, the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, running on tracks now owned by CSX, operated passenger trains through Marietta depot.


Mass transit

* Xpress GA/RTA commuter buses and CobbLinc Marietta/Cobb Counties Transit System serve the county. MARTA also has connecting bus service to the Cumberland, Georgia business district in the southeastern part of the county.


Recreation

* American Adventures (Marietta) * Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area * Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (Kennesaw to Marietta) *
Lake Acworth Lake Acworth is a artificial lake southwest of the city of Acworth, Georgia. It is in the extreme northwestern part of Cobb County. The lake impounds Proctor Creek (not the same as Proctor Creek in nearby Atlanta), and outflows into Lake Allato ...
/Acworth Beach (Acworth) *
Lake Allatoona Lake Allatoona (officially called Allatoona Lake) is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Etowah River in northwestern part of the State of Georgia. This reservoir is mostly in southeastern Bartow County and southwestern Cherokee Coun ...
(near Acworth) * Robert Mable House and Cemetery, Mable House (Mableton) * Marietta Confederate Cemetery (Marietta) * Marietta Museum of History (Marietta) * Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art (Marietta) * Marietta National Cemetery (Marietta) * Silver Comet Trail (Smyrna, Mableton, Powder Springs) * Six Flags Over Georgia (Austell) * Six Flags White Water (Marietta) * Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History (Kennesaw)


Venues

* Cobb County Civic Center * Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center * Mableton, Georgia, Mable House Amphitheater *
Truist Park Truist Park (originally SunTrust Park) is a baseball stadium in the Atlanta metropolitan area, approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of downtown Atlanta in the unincorporated community of Cumberland, in Cobb County, Georgia. Opened in 2 ...


Communities


Cities

* Acworth, Georgia, Acworth * Austell, Georgia, Austell * Kennesaw, Georgia, Kennesaw * Marietta * Powder Springs, Georgia, Powder Springs * Smyrna, Georgia, Smyrna


Census-designated places

* Fair Oaks, Georgia, Fair Oaks * Kennesaw State University, Georgia (CDP), Kennesaw State University * Mableton, Georgia, Mableton * Vinings, Georgia, Vinings


Unincorporated communities

* Chattahoochee Plantation, Georgia, Chattahoochee Plantation * Clarkdale, Georgia, Clarkdale * Cumberland, Georgia, Cumberland * East Cobb, Georgia, East Cobb * Lost Mountain, Georgia, Lost Mountain * Mars Hill, Georgia, Mars Hill * Noonday, Georgia, Noonday * Powers Park, Georgia, Powers Park * Spring Hill, Georgia, Spring Hill * Town Center Area Community Improvement District, Town Center * Mountain Ridge, Georgia, Mountain Ridge


Notable people

* Roy Barnes – Governor of Georgia, 1999–2003; born in Cobb County and worked there as a prosecutorCook, James F. (2005). ''The Governors of Georgia, 1754–2004, 3rd Edition, Revised and Expanded.'' Macon, GA: Mercer University Press. * Bob Barr – politician; United States Representative, Republican Party (United States), Republican Party; Libertarian Party (United States), Libertarian Party candidate for President of the United States * Big Boss Man (wrestler), Big Boss Man (Ray Traylor) – professional wrestler; corrections officer * James V. Carmichael – member of the
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, 1935–1940; candidate for governor of Georgia, 1946 * Louie Giglio – pastor, author, founder of the Passion Conferences, pastor of Passion City Church in Atlanta, head of sixstepsrecords * Lil Yachty – rapper


Sister county

* Seongdong-gu, South Korea


See also

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Cobb County, Georgia


References


External links


Cobb County government

Cobb County
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