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6th, 11th, 13th, 14th. Website. cobbcounty.org. Cobb County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia, and is a core county of the Atlanta metropolitan area in the north-central portion of the state. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 766,149. It is the state's third most populous county, after Fulton and Gwinnett counties. [1]
History of Cobb County. Cobb County was one of 10 northwest Georgia counties carved out of Cherokee Indian lands in 1832. Named in honor of former U.S. Senator, Representative and Superior Court Judge Thomas Willis Cobb of Greensboro, the land was first home to Native American settlements including Sweet Water Town on Sweetwater Creek ...
Dec 16, 2003 · Cobb was one of nine northwest Georgia counties carved out of Cherokee Indian country in 1832 and today is part of the booming Atlanta metropolitan area. It was named in memory of U.S. senator Thomas W. Cobb of Greensboro. The county seat, Marietta, was chartered in 1834.
Cobb County was established on December 3, 1832 from the Cherokee Indian country. It was part of the sixth Georgia Land Lottery; however, Georgia did not own the Cherokee Land it was giving to the settlers. It was the 84th county established out of 159 counties in Georgia.
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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 congressman and Superior Court Judge. It is believed that the county seat of Marietta was named for Judge Cobb's wife, Mary. T...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 345 square miles (890 km2), of which 340 square miles (880 km2) is land and 4.0 square miles (10 km2) (1.4%) is water. The county is divided between two major basins. Most runoff flows into the Middle Chattahoochee-Lake Harding and Upper Chattahoochee River sub-basins of the ACF Ri...
2020 census
As of the 2020 United States census, 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, there were 688,078 people, 260,056 households, and 175,357 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,026.4 inhabitants per square mile (782.4/km2). There were 286,490 housing units at an average density of 843.7 per square mile (325.8/km2). 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...
The Consulate-General of Costa Rica in Atlanta is located in Suite 100 at 1870 The Exchange in an unincorporated sectionof Cobb County.
Airports
1. Cobb County International Airport at McCollum Field 2. Dobbins Air Reserve Base(where the U.S. president usually arrives when visiting Atlanta)
Rail
1. Norfolk Southern through Mableton, Austell , Powder Springs 2. CSX Transportationthrough Acworth, Kennesaw, Marietta, Smyrna, and Vinings 3. 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
1. Xpress GA/RTA commuter buses and CobbLinc Marietta/Cobb Counties Transit System serve the county. MARTA also has connecting bus service to the Cumberland, Georgiabusiness district in the southeastern part of the county.
Lake Acworth/Acworth Beach(Acworth)Cities
1. Acworth 2. Austell 3. Kennesaw 4. Marietta 5. Powder Springs 6. Smyrna
Census-designated places
1. Fair Oaks 2. Mableton 3. Vinings
The Cobb County School District is Cobb County's largest employer, employing over 15,000 people. Private corporations include: 1. The Home DepotAtlanta Store Support Center, world headquarters 2. The Weather Channelheadquarters 3. InTown Suites headquarters 4. Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Plant, located next to Dobbins Air Reserve Basein unincorpor...
Public schools
1. Cobb County School District (serves all county locations except the city of Marietta) 2. Marietta City Schools (serves city of Marietta locations)
Private schools
1. Cumberland Christian Academy, Austell (K–12) 2. Dominion Christian School, Marietta (middle school–12) 3. Midway Covenant Christian School, Powder Springs (preK–12) 4. Mount Paran Christian School, Kennesaw (preK–12) 5. North Cobb Christian School, Kennesaw (K–12) 6. The Walker School, Marietta (preK–12) 7. Whitefield Academy, Mableton (preK–12) 8. East Cobb Christian School, Marietta (K–8)
Colleges and universities
1. Chattahoochee Technical College 2. Kennesaw State University 3. Life University
Bob Barr – politician; United States Representative, Republican Party; Libertarian Partycandidate for President of the United StatesBig Boss Man (Ray Traylor) – professional wrestler; corrections officerJames V. Carmichael – member of the Georgia General Assembly, 1935–1940; candidate for governor of Georgia, 1946HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF COBB COUNTY. The land that is now Cobb County was once part of the lands of the Cherokee Nation. Their land encompassed parts of north Georgia, north Alabama, Tennessee and part of North Carolina.
The county of Cobb was created in 1832 as the 84th county. The designated land was taken from Cherokee County. At the same time, the counties of Forsythe, Lumpkin, Union, Gilmer, Murray, Cass, Floyd, and Paulding were created.
