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	State	Georgia
	Seal	Cobb County ga sealgif
	Map	Cobb County Georgiapng
	Map Size	200
	Founded	1832
	Seat	Marietta
	Area	892 Km&2 (345 Mi&2 )
	Area Land	881 km&2 (340 mi&2)
	Area Water	11 km&2 (4 mi&2)
	Area Percentage	127%
	Census Yr	2000
	Pop	607,751
	Density	390
	Web	wwwcobbcountyorg

Part of northeastern Cobb is considered unincorporated Roswell and unincorporated Sandy Springs ; and part of southeastern Cobb (mainly Vinings) is considered unincorporated Atlanta . All three cities are in neighboring Fulton County.


NEIGHBORING COUNTIES

• Fulton County (east and southeast)


• Douglas County (southwest)


• Paulding County (west)


• Bartow County (northwest)


• Cherokee County (north)

MAJOR BUSINESSES

• The Weather Channel , Headquarter ed in Vinings


• Home Depot , also headquartered in Vinings


• Lockheed Martin , next to Dobbins in Marietta


• Georgia Northeastern Railroad , in Marietta

TRANSPORT ATION

• Interstate 75


• Interstate 285


• Interstate 20


• Interstate 575


• Cobb County Airport at McCollum Field


• Dobbins Air Reserve Base (where the U.S. President usually arrives when visiting Atlanta)


• Norfolk Southern Railyard at Austell


• CSX Transportation through Smyrna, Marietta, and Kennesaw


• Cobb Community Transit (CCT)

RECREATION

• American Adventures (Marietta)


• Six Flags White Water (Marietta)


• Six Flags Over Georgia (Austell)


• Sun Valley Beach (near Powder Springs)


• Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area


• Lake Allatoona (near Acworth)


• Lake Acworth / Acworth Beach (Acworth)


• Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (Kennesaw to Marietta)


• Marietta National Cemetery (Marietta)


• Marietta Confederate Cemetery (Marietta)


• Marietta/Cobb Museum Of Art (Marietta)


• Southern Museum Of Civil War & Locomotive History (Kennesaw)


• Mable House (Mableton)


• Silver Comet Trail (westward from Smyrna)

SCHOOL S

• Cobb County Public Schools (all except Marietta)


• Marietta City Schools


• Southern Polytechnic State University


• Kennesaw State University


• Life University


• Chattahoochee Technical College

See also: Cobb County Public Library System (CCPLS)


EXTERNAL LINKS

• Cobb County government


• Cobb County Sheriff's Office


• Cobb County Police Department


• Cobb County Board of Elections & Registration


• Cobb County business directory