Kennesaw is a suburban city northwest of
Atlanta
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in
Cobb County
Cobb County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia, located in the Atlanta metropolitan area in the north central portion of the state. As of 2020 Census, the population was 766,149. Its county seat and largest city is Marietta.
Along with ...
,
Georgia
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* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
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* Related to the ...
, United States, located within the greater
Atlanta metropolitan area
Metro Atlanta, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Alpharetta, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Georgia and the ...
. Known from its original settlement in the 1830s until 1887 as Big Shanty, it became Kennesaw under its 1887 charter. According to the
2010 census, Kennesaw had a population of 29,783, but in 2019 it had a population of 34,077 showing a 14.4% increase in population over the past decade. Kennesaw has an important place in railroad history. During the
Civil War
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The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
, Kennesaw was the staging ground for the
Great Locomotive Chase
The Great Locomotive Chase (also known as Andrews' Raid or the Mitchel Raid) was a military raid that occurred April 12, 1862, in northern Georgia during the American Civil War. Volunteers from the Union Army, led by civilian scout James J. And ...
on April 12, 1862. Today, the city is perhaps best known nationally for its mandatory gun-possession ordinance requiring all households in Kennesaw to have a gun, with certain exceptions.
Etymology
The name "Kennesaw" is derived from the
Cherokee
The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, t ...
word ''gah-nee-sah'', meaning 'cemetery' or 'burial ground'.
History
As the
Western and Atlantic Railroad
The Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia (W&A) is a railroad owned by the State of Georgia and currently leased by CSX, which CSX operates in the Southeastern United States from Atlanta, Georgia, to Chattanooga, Tennessee.
It was fo ...
was being built in the late 1830s,
shanty towns arose to house the workers. These were near a big spring. A grade up from the
Etowah River
The Etowah River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 27, 2011 waterway that rises northwest of Dahlonega, Georgia, north of Atlanta. On Matthew Carey's 1795 ...
became known as "the big grade to the shanties", then "Big Shanty Grade", and finally "Big Shanty".
Civil War
Camp MacDonald, a
training camp A training camp is an organized period in which military personnel or athletes participate in a rigorous and focused schedule of training in order to learn or improve skills. Athletes typically utilise training camps to prepare for upcoming events, ...
, was located there from 1861 to 1863.
During the
Civil War
A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).
The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
, Big Shanty was the site of major fighting in 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 Tennes ...
, part of the larger
Atlanta Campaign.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kennesaw Battlefield Park preserves a Civil War battleground of the Atlanta Campaign, and also contains Kennesaw Mountain. It is located at 900 Kennesaw Mountain Drive, between Marietta and Kennesaw, Georgia. The name "Kennesaw" derives from ...
, located southeast of the city limits, now contains many of these historic areas. Much of the surrounding land has been
developed, and many of the buried
artifacts have been searched for and taken by people with
metal detector
A metal detector is an instrument that detects the nearby presence of metal. Metal detectors are useful for finding metal objects on the surface, underground, and under water. The unit itself, consist of a control box, and an adjustable shaft, ...
s. Some artifacts of the Civil War are still on display in the visitor center of Kennesaw Mountain.
Later history
L.C. Chalker purchased a tract of land adjacent to the Kennesaw Cemetery from J.W. Ellis in 1934, which was sold for burial purposes. Chalker purchased another adjacent to the first parcel in 1948, which was also to be used for a cemetery. The Chalker family managed these portions of the cemetery until they were sold to the City of Kennesaw in the mid-1950s. The earliest known burial is the infant Lucius B. Summers, who was interred in 1863. Other
grave markers date as far back as the 1860s to the 1890s. Civil War veterans are buried here. The Kennesaw Cemetery is still in use.
In March 2004, First Lady
Laura Bush
Laura Lane Welch Bush (''née'' Welch; born November 4, 1946) is an American teacher, librarian, memoirist and author who was First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009. Bush previously served as First Lady of Texas from 1995 to 2000. ...
designated Kennesaw a
Preserve America Community
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.
Geography
Kennesaw is located in northwestern Cobb County, bordered by the city of
Acworth to the northwest.
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 ...
is located southeast of the city limits in the battlefield park. Its
summit
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The term (mountain top) is generally used ...
is the highest point in the
Atlanta metro area
Metro Atlanta, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Alpharetta, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. s ...
, at an elevation of
above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The comb ...
. The city was renamed for the mountain.
U.S. Route 41
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and
State Route 3 pass through the city as Cobb Parkway, leading southeast to
Marietta
Marietta may refer to:
Places in the United States
*Marietta, Jacksonville, Florida
*Marietta, Georgia, the largest US city named Marietta
*Marietta, Illinois
*Marietta, Indiana
*Marietta, Kansas
*Marietta, Minnesota
*Marietta, Mississippi
*Mar ...
and northwest to
Cartersville
Cartersville is a city in Bartow County, Georgia, United States; it is located within the northwest edge of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 23,187. Cartersville is the county seat of Bartow Cou ...
.
Interstate 75
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passes just northeast of the city limits, with access from exits 269, 271, and 273. Via I-75, downtown
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
is to the southeast, and
Chattanooga
Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, ...
,
Tennessee
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, is northwest.
The iconic peaks of Kennesaw Mountain are visible from the bridge over Interstate 75 that crosses over the city limits of Kennesaw.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, Kennesaw has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.08%, is water.
Climate
Kennesaw has a
humid subtropical climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''Cfa''). On November 22, 1992, an F-4 tornado caused 34 injuries.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the
2020 United States census
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, there were 33,036 people, 12,803 households, and 8,250 families residing in the city.
2010 census
As of the
census
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of 2010, there were 29,783 people, 11,413 households, and 7,375 families residing in the city. There were 12,328 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 58.9% White, 22.3% Black, 10.8%
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to Vic ...
or
Latino
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* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race, 5.3%
Asian
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* Items from or related to the continent of Asia:
** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, 0.4%
Native American, 0.02%
Pacific Islander
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(U.S. Census), 4.7% of other races, and 3.0% non-Hispanic mixed of two or more races.
There were 11,413 households, out of which 38.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were married couples living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. 26.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.18.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.0% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.7 males.
Economy
Personal income
The median income for a household in the city was $61,355 and the median income for a family was $75,465. Males had a median income of $46,953, versus $42,809 for females. The
per capita income
Per capita income (PCI) or total income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. It is calculated by dividing the area's total income by its total population.
Per capita i ...
for the city was $27,165. About 8.2% of families and 11.1% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 13.1% of those under age 18 and 13.3% of those age 65 or over.
Tourism
Several festivals are held annually. Every April the annual Big Shanty Festival displays over 200 arts and crafts booths along with 20 food booths downtown featuring several local businesses and entrepreneurs. Over 60,000 people from around North Georgia attend the festival. The festival begins with a parade through downtown.
Government
The
city hall
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is located downtown, just off Main Street (old
U.S. 41 and
State Route 3, later
State Route 293). It contains the offices of
mayor
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and
city council
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, a basement jail, a municipal
9-1-1
, usually written 911, is an emergency telephone number for the United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Palau, Argentina, Philippines, Jordan, as well as the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), one of eight N11 codes. Like other emergency nu ...
call center and other offices. It is the
public-safety answering point
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for the city of Kennesaw and the neighboring city of
Acworth, and
dispatches the separate
police department
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s of both cities. Calls for fire services are relayed to and dispatched from Cobb County's 911 center, and serviced by the Cobb County Fire Department, as neither city has its own
fire department
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.
Wireless Internet in city parks
In 2008, the city of Kennesaw awarded a bid to
Digitel Wireless
Digitel Wireless is a wireless broadband integrator associated with primarily rural and agricultural projects in the Southeastern United States. It is best known for involvement in public and private funded projects that have compound results suc ...
for the implementation of city
wireless Internet
Wireless communication (or just wireless, when the context allows) is the transfer of information between two or more points without the use of an electrical conductor, optical fiber or other continuous guided medium for the transfer. The most ...
. In March 2008, the city of Kennesaw announced the grand opening of four new wireless areas: Swift-Cantrell Park and Adams Park, and the train depot area across from the
Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History is a museum in Kennesaw, Georgia, that contains a collection of artifacts and relics from the American Civil War, as well as from railroads of the state of Georgia and surrounding regions. Th ...
. The city has also provided
Wi-Fi
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in the Ben Robertson Community Center.
Crime statistics
In 2001,
violent crime
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rates were about 60% below national and state rates. Property crime rates were from 46–56% below national and state rates. From 1999 to 2011, Kennesaw crime statistics reported that both property and violent crimes had decreased, though from 2003 to 2008 the trend in both violent and property crime rates slightly increased. The increase in crime rate overall is attributed to the population growth rate of 37.41%. The population growth rate is much higher than the state average rate of 18.34% and is much higher than the national average rate of 9.71%.
County services
The
Cobb County Public Library System
The Cobb County Public Library System (CCPLS) is a library system, system of 16 public library, public libraries in Cobb County, Georgia, Cobb County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States, excluding its second-largest city of Smyrna, Georg ...
operates a Kennesaw branch library. The Cobb County Police Department serves unincorporated areas, including the
Town Center Area Community Improvement District
Town Center Community Improvement District (Town Center CID) is a self-taxing district in unincorporated Cobb, the Town Center CID region is an area of 6.25 square miles, lying roughly within Cobb Parkway to the west, Chastain Road and McCollum Pa ...
and
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 ...
(in addition to KSU's own police).
Gun law
Kennesaw is noted for its unique
firearms legislation, passed in response to
a handgun ban in
Morton Grove, Illinois
Morton Grove is a village in Cook County, Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 25,297.
The village is named after former United States Vice President Levi Parsons Morton, who helped finance the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railr ...
. In 1982 the city passed an ordinance ''
ec 34-21':
A similar law was passed in 2000 in the city of
Virgin, Utah
Virgin is a town in Washington County, Utah, Washington County, Utah, United States. The population was 596 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The first settlement at Virgin was made in 1858. It is located along the Virgin River (for w ...
, making it the second city in the United States to require residents to own guns. Several other cities have since followed suit.
Local attractions
*
Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History is a museum in Kennesaw, Georgia, that contains a collection of artifacts and relics from the American Civil War, as well as from railroads of the state of Georgia and surrounding regions. Th ...
*
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kennesaw Battlefield Park preserves a Civil War battleground of the Atlanta Campaign, and also contains Kennesaw Mountain. It is located at 900 Kennesaw Mountain Drive, between Marietta and Kennesaw, Georgia. The name "Kennesaw" derives from ...
consists of around of nature trails and historic Civil War battle sites.
* The
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 ...
Museum of History and Holocaust Education
* The Kennesaw State University Bentley Rare Book Room and Archives
Education
Public schools are operated by 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 ...
.
Elementary schools include Big Shanty Intermediate., Bullard, Chalker, Hayes, Kennesaw, and Lewis.
Middle schools include Awtrey, Lost Mountain, McClure, Palmer, and Pine Mountain.
High schools include
Harrison High School Harrison High School may refer to:
in the United States ''(by state)''
*Harrison High School (Harrison, Arkansas), listed on the National Register of Historic Places
* Harrison High School (Colorado Springs) — Colorado Springs, Colorado
* Har ...
,
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 ...
,
North Cobb, and Kennesaw Charter Science & Math Academy.
Private schools include Sunbrook Academy at Legacy Park, Sunbrook Academy at Stilesboro, and
Mount Paran Christian School
Mount Paran Christian School is a private Christian school located in Kennesaw, Georgia, United States. It includes pre-K through 12th grade.
Organization
Mount Paran Christian School opened in 1976 as a private independent school.
Academic ...
.
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 ...
is located within the city and is part of the
University System of Georgia
The University System of Georgia (USG) is the government agency that includes 26 public institutions of higher learning in the U.S. state of Georgia. The system is governed by the Georgia Board of Regents. It sets goals and dictates general ...
.
Sports
In
2016
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, the
Atlanta Blaze
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of
Major League Lacrosse
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spent their first year of play as an expansion franchise with home games at
Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Fifth Third Bank Stadium, known as Kennesaw State University Stadium until 2013, is a stadium near Kennesaw, Georgia, that is primarily used as the home for the Kennesaw State Owls football team as well as the KSU women's soccer and women's lacr ...
on the campus of Kennesaw State University. The team relocated in 2019.
Notable people
*
Darvin Adams
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, professional
Canadian football
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player
*
Caroline Cossey
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, English model
*
Jesse James Dupree
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As a solo performer ...
, lead singer of rock band
Jackyl
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*
Yan Kaminsky
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,
NHL
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left
winger
*
Ron Lester
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Early life
Lester was bor ...
, actor
*
Justin Fields
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,
National Football League
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quarterback playing for the
Chicago Bears
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*
Lil Yachty
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, rapper
*
Payne Lindsey
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, documentary filmmaker and podcast host of ''
Up and Vanished
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'' and ''
Atlanta Monster
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''
*
Sean O'Pry
Sean Richard O'Pry (born July 5, 1989) is an American model from Kennesaw, Georgia.
Early life
O'Pry reports having Irish and unspecified Native American heritage. He has an elder brother and a younger sister. He attended North Cobb High Schoo ...
,
model
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*
Mathew Pitsch
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,
Republican
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** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
member of the
Arkansas House of Representatives
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from
Fort Smith from 2015-2019; former resident of Kennesaw
*
Dansby Swanson
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, infielder for the
Chicago Cubs
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*
Lucas Till
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His most notabl ...
, actor
*
Brian Voss
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, professional
ten-pin bowler on the
PBA Tour
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References
External links
City of Kennesawofficial site
Municipal Code, Kennesaw, GA
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Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Cities in Cobb County, Georgia
Cities in the Atlanta metropolitan area