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- The county was named for Thomas Willis Cobb, a U.S. representative and senator from Georgia.
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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.
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 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 (southwest of Marietta), Big ...
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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The county is named for Judge Thomas Willis Cobb of Virginia, who served as a US Senator, state congressman and Superior Court Judge.
Cobb County was created from Cherokee County, originally part of the Cherokee Indian Nation. It was the 81st county in Georgia and named for Judge Thomas Willis Cobb of Virginia, who served as a US Senator, state congressman and Superior Court Judge. Marietta was named for Judge Cobb's wife. The city's downtown was destroyed by Sherman's troops in ...
There is a 23-acre National Cemetery in Marietta with more than 17,000 officers and soldiers from every US war buried in the cemetery. With 43 parks, recreation centers, and other related facilities, Cobb's park system is one of the Southeast's largest. There are also 8,800 acres of federally owned park lands in Cobb County including Kennesaw Mount...
County music star Travis Tritt was born in Marietta and Academy-award winning actress Julia Roberts was raised in Smyrna.
As reported by the 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. Cobb county is located in northwest Georgia. The county is divided between two major basins. Most runoff flows into the Chattahoochee River along the southeastern bor...
Higher Education
Kennesaw State University and Southern Polytechnic State University.
Nov 6, 2017 · By Ben Brasch. Nov 6, 2017. Three-quarters of a million people live in Cobb County, which is named after a guy who wasn’t born there and who isn’t buried there. Georgia’s third-most-populated...
Cobb County received its name from the honorable Thomas W. Cobb. Our namesake contributed greatly to the State of Georgia, serving in congress for three (3) terms, once as United States Senator for Georgia, and served as a Superior Court Judge in the Ocmulgee Circuit.
