East Cobb, Georgia
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East Cobb is an unincorporated community
in Cobb County
, Georgia, United States. With over 169,000 people, it is one of the largest suburbs in Metro Atlanta
. East Cobb is roughly bounded by:
It is an affluent northern suburb of Atlanta
.
East Cobb consists primarily of unincorporated areas near Marietta, and a significant portion of unincorporated area near Roswell
, as defined by United States Postal Service
ZIP code
s (though Roswell itself was in Cobb until 1932). A small sliver of an unincorporated area near Atlanta is in the extreme southern tip near Vinings
, and a portion of the northwest is in an unincorporated area near Kennesaw
(30144). ZIP codes that are associated with this area are (30144), (30188), (30062), (30066), (30067), (30068), and some of (30075). No part of East Cobb technically falls within incorporated city limits.
East Cobb does not fall within any census-designated place
, but within the Northeast Cobb census county division
.
history, include Mount Bethel (located in present day central East Cobb), Shallowford Falls, Sandy Plains, Noonday
, Blackwells, and Westoak. The area was developed as a suburb of Atlanta beginning in the 1960s. The "city" of Chattahoochee Plantation, which never had a city government, was established along the river by the Georgia General Assembly
entirely to prevent Atlanta from annexation
in 1961, and was officially abolished in 1995 along with dozens of other Georgia towns with defunct governments.
To this day, the area has stayed unincorporated
to preserve the community's relatively lower taxes. An initiative was undertaken by the organization "Citizens for the City of East Cobb" in 2009 to establish a city of East Cobb. This group cites these reasons for incorporation: increasing economic development, city beautification, community events, and public safety. If East Cobb were to incorporate as a city, it would be the largest in the county and the second largest in Metro Atlanta (behind Atlanta) with around 150,000 residents.
Road is a major arterial road
between East Cobb and Sandy Springs. Its intersection
with Roswell Road (Georgia 120
) is one of the busiest and most accident-prone in the county. This area is called Merchant's Walk after its first shopping center, and is now a major retail district, likely the largest in the county after the two major shopping mall areas. It was first developed in the 1970s, in the years following the land development
of Indian Hills, the first major housing development in Cobb.
attendance districts: Sprayberry
, Wheeler
, Kell
, Walton
, Pope
, and Lassiter
. The western half of the Kell district lies outside of East Cobb. The extreme western portion of the Sprayberry district (the Town Center Mall area) also lies outside of East Cobb. The extreme southwestern and southern portions of the Wheeler district lie west of I-75 and south of I-285 respectively, thus excluding these small areas from being considered a part of East Cobb.
The area known as East Cobb comprises the following middle school
districts: Daniell, McCleskey, Simpson, Hightower Trail, Mabry, East Cobb
, Dodgen, and Dickerson
(small portions of the Daniell and East Cobb Middle School districts lie outside of East Cobb; a sliver of the eastern portion of the Palmer Middle School district can be considered a part of East Cobb).
A popular community event is the Taste of East Cobb, held annually. The YMCA operates the McKlesky Family-East Cobb YMCA at 1055 East Piedmont Road. East Cobb park is a popular recreational area for the community. The community is also home to a civic association, a Kiwanis Club, and a Rotary Club.
Media for the community include East Cobb Patch, the East Cobber and the paper-only weekly East Cobb Neighbor, with a circulation of around 44,000.
operates the East Cobb Post Office branch.
Cobb County operates the East Cobb Government Service Center. The center contains a county Police precinct, a Cobb Fire and Emergency Services station, and a Tag (license plate) Office.
East Cobb comprises districts 2 and 3 of the Cobb County Commission.
Cobb County Public Library operates the East Cobb Library (formerly the Merchant's Walk Library).
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Cobb County
Cobb County, Georgia
Cobb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its county seat and largest city is Marietta, which is located in the center of the county. The county was named for Thomas Willis Cobb, who in the early 19th century was a United States representative and senator from Georgia...
, Georgia, United States. With over 169,000 people, it is one of the largest suburbs in Metro Atlanta
Metro Atlanta
The Atlanta metropolitan area or metro Atlanta, officially designated by the US Census Bureau as the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta Metropolitan Statistical Area, is the most populous metro area in the U.S. state of Georgia and the ninth-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States...
. East Cobb is roughly bounded by:
- Cherokee CountyCherokee County, GeorgiaAs of the census of 2000, there were 141,903 people, 49,495 households, and 39,200 families residing in the county. The population density was 335 people per square mile . There were 51,937 housing units at an average density of 123 per square mile...
to the north - Willeo Creek and RoswellRoswell, GeorgiaRoswell is a city located in northern Fulton County; it is a suburb of northern Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The 2010 Census population was 88,346. It is the eighth largest city in Georgia...
in Fulton CountyFulton County, GeorgiaFulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its county seat is Atlanta, the state capital since 1868 and the principal county of the Atlanta metropolitan area...
to the northeast - the Chattahoochee RiverChattahoochee RiverThe Chattahoochee River flows through or along the borders of the U.S. states of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers and emptying into Apalachicola Bay in the Gulf of...
and Sandy SpringsSandy Springs, GeorgiaSandy Springs is a city in north Georgia, United States. It is a northern suburb of Atlanta. With a 2010 population of 93,853, Sandy Springs is the sixth-largest city in the state and the second-largest city in Metro Atlanta. Sandy Springs is located in north Fulton County, Georgia, just south of...
in Fulton County to the southeast - Bell's Ferry Road, I-575Interstate 575Interstate 575 is an Interstate Highway spur route in the United States, which branches off Interstate 75 in Kennesaw and connects the metro Atlanta area with the north Georgia mountains. I-575 is also the unsigned State Route 417 and is cosigned as SR 5...
, and the MariettaMarietta, GeorgiaMarietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat.As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 56,579, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs...
city limits to the west, and - Interstate 285Interstate 285Interstate 285 is an Interstate Highway loop encircling Atlanta, Georgia, for . I-285 is also known as unsigned State Route 407 and is colloquially referred to as the Perimeter. Suburban sprawl has made it one of the most heavily traveled roadways in the United States, and portions of the highway...
and the Cumberland/Galleria edge cityEdge city"Edge city" is an American term for a concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside a traditional urban area in what had recently been a residential suburb or semi-rural community...
at the southern tip.
It is an affluent northern suburb of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
.
East Cobb consists primarily of unincorporated areas near Marietta, and a significant portion of unincorporated area near Roswell
Roswell, Georgia
Roswell is a city located in northern Fulton County; it is a suburb of northern Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The 2010 Census population was 88,346. It is the eighth largest city in Georgia...
, as defined by United States Postal Service
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...
ZIP code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
s (though Roswell itself was in Cobb until 1932). A small sliver of an unincorporated area near Atlanta is in the extreme southern tip near Vinings
Vinings, Georgia
Vinings is a census-designated place and an unincorporated town in Cobb County, Georgia, just across the Chattahoochee River from Atlanta. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 9,734. It is located between the affluent West Paces Ferry section of Buckhead in northwest Atlanta,...
, and a portion of the northwest is in an unincorporated area near Kennesaw
Kennesaw, Georgia
Kennesaw is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. It had a population of 29,783 according to the 2010 census. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Founded in 1887, Kennesaw has a past surrounded with railroad history...
(30144). ZIP codes that are associated with this area are (30144), (30188), (30062), (30066), (30067), (30068), and some of (30075). No part of East Cobb technically falls within incorporated city limits.
East Cobb does not fall within any census-designated place
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
, but within the Northeast Cobb census county division
Census County Division
A Census County Division is a subdivision of a county used by the United States Census Bureau for the purpose of presenting statistical data. A CCD is a relatively permanent statistical area delineated cooperatively by the Census Bureau and state and local government authorities...
.
History
Small communities, many established early in the area's post-CherokeeCherokee
The Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States . Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family...
history, include Mount Bethel (located in present day central East Cobb), Shallowford Falls, Sandy Plains, Noonday
Noonday, Georgia
Noonday was an unincorporated community located in far north-central Cobb County, Georgia. It was centered at 34°03'43"N, 84°31'16"W , along former Georgia highway 5, around the Noonday Baptist Church. This Baptist church is still active today...
, Blackwells, and Westoak. The area was developed as a suburb of Atlanta beginning in the 1960s. The "city" of Chattahoochee Plantation, which never had a city government, was established along the river by the Georgia General Assembly
Georgia General Assembly
The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is bicameral, being composed of the Georgia House of Representatives and the Georgia Senate....
entirely to prevent Atlanta from annexation
Annexation
Annexation is the de jure incorporation of some territory into another geo-political entity . Usually, it is implied that the territory and population being annexed is the smaller, more peripheral, and weaker of the two merging entities, barring physical size...
in 1961, and was officially abolished in 1995 along with dozens of other Georgia towns with defunct governments.
To this day, the area has stayed unincorporated
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
to preserve the community's relatively lower taxes. An initiative was undertaken by the organization "Citizens for the City of East Cobb" in 2009 to establish a city of East Cobb. This group cites these reasons for incorporation: increasing economic development, city beautification, community events, and public safety. If East Cobb were to incorporate as a city, it would be the largest in the county and the second largest in Metro Atlanta (behind Atlanta) with around 150,000 residents.
Merchant's Walk
Johnson FerryJohnson Ferry
Johnson's Ferry or the Johnson Ferry was an important ferry built and operated by Johnson Garwood, and like most of the historic ferries of the Atlanta area, dates back to the 1830s...
Road is a major arterial road
Arterial road
An arterial road, or arterial thoroughfare, is a high-capacity urban road. The primary function of an arterial road is to deliver traffic from collector roads to freeways, and between urban centres at the highest level of service possible. As such, many arteries are limited-access roads, or feature...
between East Cobb and Sandy Springs. Its intersection
Intersection (road)
An intersection is a road junction where two or more roads either meet or cross at grade . An intersection may be 3-way - a T junction or fork, 4-way - a crossroads, or 5-way or more...
with Roswell Road (Georgia 120
Georgia State Route 120
State Route 120 begins at SR 100 near Tallapoosa and ends at West Crogan Street in Lawrenceville.In Marietta, SR 120 has a spur route , which acts as a perimeter for the northern part city. In Paulding County, the highway cosigns with the following highways . Then it cosigns with through Dallas...
) is one of the busiest and most accident-prone in the county. This area is called Merchant's Walk after its first shopping center, and is now a major retail district, likely the largest in the county after the two major shopping mall areas. It was first developed in the 1970s, in the years following the land development
Land development
Land development refers to altering the landscape in any number of ways such as:* changing landforms from a natural or semi-natural state for a purpose such as agriculture or housing...
of Indian Hills, the first major housing development in Cobb.
Education
The area known as East Cobb comprises several high schoolHigh school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
attendance districts: Sprayberry
Sprayberry High School
Sprayberry High School is a public high school located in eastern Cobb County in Georgia. Middle schools feeding upcoming students into Sprayberry are McCleskey, Daniell, and Simpson Middle School...
, Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler High School
Wheeler High School is located in northeast Cobb County, Georgia, USA. It is near the city of Marietta, about northwest of downtown Atlanta. Wheeler has been in operation since 1965...
, Kell
Kell High School
Carlton J. Kell High School is a public high school in the Cobb County School District in Georgia. The school is located in Marietta, Georgia, just northwest of Atlanta. The school was founded in 2002 and serves 1,818 students in the Cobb County area. It is also an Advanced Placement Certified...
, Walton
George Walton Comprehensive High School
George Walton Comprehensive High School, usually referred to simply as "Walton High School," is public high school located in suburban Marietta, Georgia in the United States. It resides in eastern Cobb County and is a charter school in the Cobb County School District. It is a School of Excellence...
, Pope
Pope High School
Alan C. Pope High School is a public high school located north of Atlanta in East Cobb, Georgia, within unincorporated Cobb County. The school was founded in 1987 and serves approximately 1,888 students in grades 9-12. The school mascot is the greyhound, and the school colors are Carolina blue,...
, and Lassiter
Lassiter High School
Lassiter High School is a public high school located north of Atlanta in Marietta, Georgia, United States.- History :Lassiter High School was established in 1981. It was awarded the Georgia Public School of Excellence in 1992, 1999, 2008, and 2010. Lassiter's principal was Chris Shaw in 2008 and...
. The western half of the Kell district lies outside of East Cobb. The extreme western portion of the Sprayberry district (the Town Center Mall area) also lies outside of East Cobb. The extreme southwestern and southern portions of the Wheeler district lie west of I-75 and south of I-285 respectively, thus excluding these small areas from being considered a part of East Cobb.
The area known as East Cobb comprises the following middle school
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
districts: Daniell, McCleskey, Simpson, Hightower Trail, Mabry, East Cobb
East Cobb Middle School
East Cobb Middle School is located in Marietta, Georgia. East Cobb serves grades 6-8. It is part of the Cobb County School District. The feeder elementary schools are Brumby, Eastvalley, Powers Ferry, Sedalia Park, and Sope Creek...
, Dodgen, and Dickerson
Dickerson Middle School
Dickerson Middle School is a Blue Ribbon middle school in Marietta, Georgia, United States, as part of the Cobb County School District. Its feeder schools are Mt. Bethel, Sope Creek, Timber Ridge, and East Side Elementary Schools...
(small portions of the Daniell and East Cobb Middle School districts lie outside of East Cobb; a sliver of the eastern portion of the Palmer Middle School district can be considered a part of East Cobb).
Community
Various neighborhood and subdivision community associations are represented within the overall East Cobb Civic Association, which promotes dialog between government and community organizations and seeks to shape county government policy and improve the community's quality of life.A popular community event is the Taste of East Cobb, held annually. The YMCA operates the McKlesky Family-East Cobb YMCA at 1055 East Piedmont Road. East Cobb park is a popular recreational area for the community. The community is also home to a civic association, a Kiwanis Club, and a Rotary Club.
Media for the community include East Cobb Patch, the East Cobber and the paper-only weekly East Cobb Neighbor, with a circulation of around 44,000.
Churches
East Cobb is home to some of Atlanta's biggest Churches. Johnson Ferry Baptist Church has roughly 7500 members and is a growing church located off Johnson Ferry Road between Lower Roswell Rd and Roswell Rd (SR 120). Mt Bethel United Methodist has around 5000 members and is located off of Lower Roswell Road by the government center. Catholic Church of St. Ann is another mega church that is located at the corner of Bishop Lake Road and Roswell Road (SR 120).Government facilities
The United States Postal ServiceUnited States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...
operates the East Cobb Post Office branch.
Cobb County operates the East Cobb Government Service Center. The center contains a county Police precinct, a Cobb Fire and Emergency Services station, and a Tag (license plate) Office.
East Cobb comprises districts 2 and 3 of the Cobb County Commission.
Cobb County Public Library operates the East Cobb Library (formerly the Merchant's Walk Library).
Notable residents
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