Cobb County, Georgia

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Cobb Countyis acountyin theU.S. stateofGeorgia,located in theAtlanta metropolitan areain the north central portion of the state. As of 2020 Census, the population was 766,149. It is the state's third most populous county, afterFultonandGwinnettcounties.[1]Itscounty seatisMarietta;its largest city isMableton.[2]

Cobb County
From top: Blackjack Mountain
Official seal of Cobb County
Map of Georgia highlighting Cobb County
Location within the U.S. state ofGeorgia
Map of the United States highlighting Georgia
Georgia's location within theU.S.
Coordinates:33°56′N84°35′W/ 33.94°N 84.58°W/33.94; -84.58
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
FoundedDecember 2, 1832;192 years ago(1832)
Named forThomas W. Cobb
SeatMarietta
Largest cityMableton
Area
• Total345 sq mi (890 km2)
• Land340 sq mi (900 km2)
• Water5.0 sq mi (13 km2) 1.4%
Population
• Estimate
(2023)
776,743
• Density2,203/sq mi (851/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5(Eastern)
• Summer (DST)UTC−4(EDT)
Congressional districts6th,11th,13th,14th
Websitecobbcounty.org

Along with several adjoining counties, Cobb County was established on December 3, 1832, by theGeorgia General Assemblyfrom the largeCherokee Countyterritory—land northwest of theChattahoochee Riverwhich the state acquired from theCherokee Nationand redistributed tosettlersvialottery,following the passage of the federalIndian Removal Act.[3]The county was named forThomas Willis Cobb,aU.S. representativeandsenatorfrom Georgia. It is believed that Marietta was named for his wife, Mary.[4]Cobb County is included in theAtlanta metropolitan areaand is situated immediately to the northwest of Atlanta's city limits. ItsCumberland District,anedge city,has over 24 million square feet (2,200,000 m2) of office space.Major League Baseball'sAtlanta Braveshave played home games atTruist Parkin Cumberland since 2017.[5]

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.[6]It has ranked among the top 100 highest-income counties in the United States.[7]In October 2017, Cobb was ranked as the "Least Obese County in Georgia." Cobb County is one of the fastest growing counties in Georgia according to the 2020 US Census.[8]

History

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Cobb County was one of nine Georgia counties carved out of the disputed territory of the Cherokee Nation in 1832.[9]It was the 81st county in Georgia and named for JudgeThomas 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.[10]The state started acquiringright-of-wayfor theWestern & Atlantic Railroadin 1836. A train began running between Marietta andMarthasville(modern day Atlanta) in 1845.[11]

An 1891 lithograph of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain by Kurz & Allison

During the American Civil War, some Confederate troops were trained at a camp in Big Shanty (now Kennesaw), where theAndrews Raidoccurred, starting theGreat Locomotive Chase.[11]There were battles ofNew Hope ChurchMay 25, 1864,Pickett's MillMay 27, andDallasMay 28. These were followed by the prolonged series of battles through most of June 1864 until very early July: theBattle of Mariettaand theBattle of Noonday Creek.[12]TheBattle of Allatoona Passon October 5, 1864, occurred as Sherman was starting hismarch through Georgia.Union forces burnt most houses and confiscated or burnt crops.[13]TheBattle of Kennesaw Mountainon June 27, 1864, was the site of the only major Confederate victory in GeneralWilliam T. Sherman's invasion of Georgia. Despite the victory, Union forces outflanked the Confederates.[citation needed]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 (3.2 km) east of Marietta, where he was lynched.

Cotton workers in Mableton, around 1900

Cotton farming in the area peaked from the 1890s through the 1920s. Low prices during theGreat Depressionresulted in the cessation of cotton farming throughout Cobb County.[14]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 followed by theGreat Depression.[11][15][clarification needed]To help combat the bust, the state started work on a road in 1922 that would later becomeU.S. 41,later replaced byCobb Parkwayin the late 1940s and early 1950s.

F-47 Thunderbolt128th Fighter SquadronMarietta Army Airfield,1946

In 1942, Bell Aircraft opened a Marietta plant to manufactureB-29 bombersandMarietta Army Airfieldwas founded. Both were closed after World War II, but reopened during theKorean War,when the air field was acquired by the Air Force, renamed Dobbins AFB, and the plant byLockheed.During the Korean andVietnam Wars,Lockheed Marietta was the leading manufacturer of military transport planes, including theC-130 Herculesand theC-5 Galaxy."In Cobb County and other sprawling Cold War suburbs fromOrange CountytoNorfolk/Hampton Roads,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. "[16]

Kennesaw State University

When countyhome rulewas enacted statewide byamendmentto theGeorgia state constitutionin the early 1960s,Ernest W. Barrettbecame the first chairman of the newcounty commission.The countycourthouse,built in 1888, was demolished, spurring a law that now prevents counties from doing so without areferendum.In the 1960s and 1970s, Cobbtransformed from rural to suburban,as integration spurredwhite flightfrom the city of Atlanta, which by 1970 was majority-African-American. Real-estate booms drew rural white southerners andRust Belttransplants, both groups mostly first-generationwhite-collar workers.Cobb County was the home of former segregationist and Georgia governorLester Maddox(1966–71). In 1975, Cobb voters electedJohn Birch SocietyleaderLarry McDonaldto Congress, running in opposition todesegregation busing.Aconservative Democrat,McDonald called for investigations into alleged plots by theRockefellersand theSoviet Unionto impose "socialist-one-world-government" and co-founded theWestern Goals Foundation.In 1983, McDonald died aboardKorean Air Lines Flight 007,shot down by a Soviet fighter jet over restricted airspace. I-75 through the county is now named for him.

Glover Park Bell, on the square in Marietta

In 1990, Republican CongressmenNewt Gingrichbecame 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 becameSpeaker of the House,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.[17]After protests from gay rights organizations, organizers of the1996 Summer Olympicspulled events out of Cobb County, including theOlympic Torch Relay.The county's inns were nevertheless filled at 100% of capacity for two months during the event.[11]

In the 1990s and 2000s, Cobb's demographics changed. As Atlanta'sgentrificationreversed 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 DemocratDavid Scottwas elected toGeorgia's 13th congressional district,which included many of those suburbs. Cobb became the first Georgia county to participate in theImmigration and Nationality Act Section 287(g)enabling local law officers to enforce immigration law.[citation needed]

Geography

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Union Trenches at Kennesaw Mountain,1864
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

According to theU.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.[18]The county is located in the upperPiedmontregion of the state, with a few mountains located within the county, considered to be part of the southernmost extensions of theAppalachian Mountains.

The county is divided between two majorbasins.Mostrunoffflows into the MiddleChattahoochee-Lake Hardingand UpperChattahoochee Riversub-basins of theACF River Basin(Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin) along the southeastern border, directly viaWilleo Creek,Sope Creek(Sewell Creek),Rottenwood Creek(Powers Creek, Poorhouse Creek, Poplar Creek),Nickajack Creekand others.[citation needed]The largeSweetwater Creekis the other major stream, carrying the waters ofNoses Creek(Ward Creek, Olley Creek, Mud Creek),Powder Springs Creek(Rakestraw Creek, Mill Creek) and others into the Chattahoochee. AridgefromLost Mountainin the west, toKennesaw Mountainin the north-central, toSweat Mountainin the extreme northeast, divides the far north-northwest of the county into theEtowah Riversub-basin of theACT River Basin(Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin), which includesLake Allatoona.Noonday Creek(Little Noonday Creek) flows northward into the lake, as doesAllatoona Creek,which forms a major arm of the lake. Proctor Creek forms the much olderLake Acworth,which in turn empties directly into Lake Allatoona under the Lake Acworth Drive (Georgia 92) bridge.[citation needed]North Cobb is in theCoosa Riverbasin.[citation needed]

There are several high points in Cobb County.

Adjacent counties

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Metro Atlanta

Addressing

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Despite the lack of a grid system ofcity blocksthough the county, allstreet addresseshave their numericoriginat the southwest corner of thetown squarein Marietta.[citation needed]

Geocodes and world's largest toll-free calling area

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Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center

Originally inarea code 404,the county was moved intoarea code 770in 1995, and overlaid byarea code 678in 1998. Prior to 1995, those with phones tied to the Woodstocktelephone exchange(prefixes 924, 926, 928, later 516 and 591) could also call theCantonexchange (479, later 445, then 704) as a local call. This became moot, along with other dual-zone exchanges in metro Atlanta, when theexurbanexchanges (including Canton) were fully made a part of what was already the world's largest toll-free calling zone. It is a zone spanning 7,162 square miles (18,549 km2),[19]with four active telephonearea codes,and local calling extending into portions of two others.

Cobb'sFIPS county codeis 13067. Because theNational Weather Servicehas not subdivided the county, itsWRSAMEcode is 013067, for receiving targetedweather warningsfromNOAA Weather Radio.The county is primarily within thebroadcast rangeof one weather radio station: KEC80, on 162.550 MHz,[20]transmitted to all of metro Atlanta and broadcast fromNWSFO Peachtree City.The secondary station is the much newer WWH23 on 162.425 fromBuchanan,which also transmits warnings for Cobb but has reception mainly in the western part of the county.[21]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note
18407,539
185013,84383.6%
186014,2422.9%
187013,814−3.0%
188020,74850.2%
189022,2867.4%
190024,66410.7%
191028,39715.1%
192030,4377.2%
193035,40816.3%
194038,2728.1%
195061,83061.6%
1960114,17484.7%
1970196,79372.4%
1980297,71851.3%
1990447,74550.4%
2000607,75135.7%
2010688,07813.2%
2020766,14911.3%
2023 (est.)776,743[22]1.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[23]
1790-1880[24]1890-1910[25]
1920-1930[26]1930-1940[27]
1940-1950[28]1960-1980[29]
1980-2000[30]2010[31]2020[31]

2020 census

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Cobb County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2000[32] Pop 2010[31] Pop 2020[33] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
Whitealone (NH) 417,947 387,438 369,182 68.77% 56.31% 48.19%
Black or African Americanalone (NH) 112,924 168,053 200,072 18.58% 24.42% 26.11%
Native AmericanorAlaska Nativealone (NH) 1,156 1,332 1,289 0.19% 0.19% 0.17%
Asianalone (NH) 18,417 30,432 42,533 3.03% 4.42% 5.55%
Pacific Islanderalone (NH) 192 267 293 0.03% 0.04% 0.04%
Other racealone (NH) 1,706 2,961 7,382 0.28% 0.43% 0.96%
Mixed race or Multiracial(NH) 8,445 13,265 34,158 1.39% 1.93% 4.46%
Hispanic or Latino(any race) 46,964 84,330 111,240 7.73% 12.26% 14.52%
Total 607,751 688,078 766,149 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

As of the2020 United States census,there were 766,149 people, 286,952 households, and 191,533 families residing in the county.

2010 Census

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As of the2010 United States Census,there were 688,078 people, 260,056 households, and 175,357 families residing in the county.[34]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).[35]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.[34]Regarding specific ethnic origins, 10.4% cited German, 10.0% English, 9.3% Irish, and 8.6% American ancestry.[36]

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.[34]

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.[37]

2000 Census

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As of 2000, there were 697,553 people, 248,303 households, and 169,178 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,998 inhabitants per square mile (771/km2). There were 261,659 housing units at an average density of 770 per square mile (300/km2). The racial makeup of the county in 2000 was 72.4%White,18.8%Black,[38]0.3%Native American,3.06%Asian,0.0%Pacific Islander,5.3% fromother races,and 1.87% from two or more races. 7.73% of the population wasHispanicorLatinoof any race.[39]

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, 26.10% of the population was 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% was 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.[40]

Education

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Public schools

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Private schools

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Colleges and universities

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Libraries

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Cobb County maintains theCobb County Public Library System.[49]The libraries provide resources such as books, videos, internet access, printing, and computer classes. The libraries in the CCPLS are:

  • East Cobb Library
  • Gritters Library
  • Kemp Memorial Library
  • Lewis A. Ray Library
  • Mountain View Regional Library
  • North Cobb Regional Library
  • Powder Springs Library
  • Sewell Mill Library & Cultural Center
  • Sibley Library
  • South Cobb Regional Library
  • Joanne P. Stratton Library
  • Sweetwater Valley Library
  • Charles D. Switzer Library
  • Vinings Library
  • West Cobb Regional Library
  • Bookmobile

TheSmyrna Public Libraryis a city-owned library in Smyrna, and is not part of the county system.

Government and elections

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Under Georgia'shome ruleprovision, 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-memberboard of commissioners,which has bothlegislativeandexecutiveauthoritywithin 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 countymanagerwho oversees day-to-day operations of the county'sexecutive departments.

Cobb County Board of Commissioners

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District Name Party First elected Region Represented[50]
At-Large (chair) Lisa Cupid Democratic 2020 All
1 Keli Gambrill Republican 2018 Northwest Cobb
2 Jerica Richardson Democratic 2020 Southeast Cobb
3 JoAnn Birrell Republican 2010 Northeast Cobb
4 Monique Sheffield Democratic 2020 Southwest Cobb
Cobb County Government Building

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 chieflaw enforcementofficer of the county, Cobb County has a separate police department under the authority of the Board of Commissioners. The sheriff oversees thejail,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 separatefire departments,with the Cobb County Fire Department being the authority having jurisdiction over Kennesaw, Acworth, Powder Springs, and unincorporated areas. Cobb911covers unincorporated areas and the city of Marietta. Kennesaw and Acworth jointly operate a small 911call center(PSAP) upstairs in Kennesawcity hall,dispatchingthe police departments in both cities, andforwardingfire 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.[51]

The current County Manager is Jackie R. McMorris.[52]

Politics

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From1964until2012,the county was a Republican stronghold in presidential elections. The only time during this period that the county supported a Democrat was in1976,when native sonJimmy Carterswept every county in the state. Before1960,it was a typical "Solid South"Democratic county, except whenWarren G. Hardingcame close to carrying it in1920,and whenHerbert Hooverwon it by nine points due to anti-Catholic voting againstAl Smithin1928.

In the late 20th century, the county developed a reputation as aconservativestronghold.[53]However, due to rapid racial and ethnic demographic changes since the 1990s, along with population growth coming from blue northern states, the county has increasingly supported the Democratic Party. In2016,whenHillary Clintonbecame the first Democrat to win Cobb County sinceJimmy Carterin1976,and the first non-Georgian Democrat sinceJohn F. Kennedyin 1960. The county then supportedJoe Bidenin2020by 14 points–the best showing for a Democrat since Kennedy in 1960. This was crucial to Biden winning the state for the Democrats for the first time since1992.

In2018,Stacey Abramsbecame the first Democrat to win Cobb County[54][55]in a gubernatorial election since1986,whenJoe Frank Harrisswept every county statewide.

United States presidential election results for Cobb County, Georgia[56]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 165,436 41.99% 221,847 56.30% 6,739 1.71%
2016 152,912 45.77% 160,121 47.93% 21,025 6.29%
2012 171,722 55.25% 133,124 42.83% 5,989 1.93%
2008 170,957 54.08% 141,216 44.67% 3,951 1.25%
2004 173,467 61.94% 103,955 37.12% 2,639 0.94%
2000 140,494 59.78% 86,676 36.88% 7,857 3.34%
1996 114,188 56.93% 73,750 36.77% 12,635 6.30%
1992 103,734 52.62% 63,960 32.45% 29,437 14.93%
1988 106,621 72.70% 39,297 26.79% 740 0.50%
1984 97,429 77.42% 28,414 22.58% 0 0.00%
1980 51,977 54.25% 39,157 40.87% 4,682 4.89%
1976 34,324 43.27% 45,002 56.73% 0 0.00%
1972 43,977 85.12% 7,688 14.88% 0 0.00%
1968 18,649 41.25% 8,755 19.37% 17,805 39.38%
1964 20,863 55.62% 16,647 44.38% 1 0.00%
1960 8,240 38.97% 12,906 61.03% 0 0.00%
1956 6,798 36.76% 11,696 63.24% 0 0.00%
1952 4,163 29.02% 10,182 70.98% 0 0.00%
1948 1,524 21.47% 4,766 67.15% 808 11.38%
1944 1,349 21.25% 5,000 78.75% 0 0.00%
1940 992 18.21% 4,447 81.63% 9 0.17%
1936 707 20.11% 2,802 79.72% 6 0.17%
1932 218 6.56% 3,079 92.71% 24 0.72%
1928 1,711 54.54% 1,426 45.46% 0 0.00%
1924 362 18.95% 1,360 71.20% 188 9.84%
1920 1,095 47.55% 1,208 52.45% 0 0.00%
1916 434 18.70% 1,750 75.40% 137 5.90%
1912 307 18.35% 1,329 79.44% 37 2.21%
1908 548 33.62% 889 54.54% 193 11.84%
1904 220 12.85% 1,171 68.40% 321 18.75%
1900 311 19.73% 1,156 73.35% 109 6.92%
1896 758 33.87% 1,387 61.97% 93 4.16%
1892 564 19.63% 1,794 62.44% 515 17.93%
1888 391 25.03% 1,143 73.18% 28 1.79%
1884 536 28.09% 1,372 71.91% 0 0.00%
1880 559 22.02% 1,980 77.98% 0 0.00%

2020 voter suppression controversy

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In 2020, in the turmoil surrounding the election defeat ofDonald 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.[57][58]

Taxes

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In addition to the 4% statewidesales tax,Cobb County levies an additional 2% for special projects, each 1% subject to separate renewal every few years by countywidereferendum(including within its cities). This funds mainly transportation and parks. Cobb levies a 1% tax to lowerproperty taxes,but only for the public school budget, and not the additional 1% HOSThomestead exemptionfor general funds. The county has also voted not to pay the extra 1% to joinMARTA.

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%. TheSPLOSTbarely passed by a 114votemargin, or less than one-quarter of a percent, in a September 2005referendum.Therevenuewas to go to a new countycourthouse,expanded jail, various transportation projects, and the purchasing of property for parks and green space.[59]In 2008, the school tax was renewed for a third term, funding the Marietta and Cobbschool systems.

Economy

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TheCobb County School Districtis Cobb County's largest employer, employing over 15,000 people.[60]

Private corporations include:

Retail

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Shopping centers in the county include:

Diplomatic missions

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TheConsulate-General of Costa Rica in Atlantais located in Suite 100 at 1870 The Exchange in anunincorporated sectionof Cobb County.[70]

Transportation

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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

Major highways

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Airports

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Rail

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Until 1971, theLouisville & Nashville Railroad,running on tracks now owned by CSX, operated passenger trains throughMarietta depot.

Mass transit

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Recreation

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Sope Creek Ruins
Silver Comet Trailand bike path

Venues

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Communities

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Cobb County landmark and reference point"The Big Chicken"
Historic DowntownMarietta

Cities

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Census-designated places

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Unincorporated communities

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Notable people

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Sister county

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See also

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References

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