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| | | Located about 15 miles North West of Atlanta, Cobb County was officially organized in 1832 and named for Thomas Willis Cobb, a United States Senator, Congressman and Superior Court Judge. Now Cobb County is the most dynamic and successful community in Georgia. In Cobb we have the best of all worlds, an ideal atmosphere in
which to live, work and play. Cobb County has the lowest tax rate in the metro Atlanta region, a highly trained workforce and the most sophisticated and up-to-date infrastructure. Cobb has one of the best education systems in the southeast United States with two excellent public school systems, two progressive technical colleges, two outstanding public universities and numerous private institutions at all levels. We also are the headquarters for many thriving local, national and international
companies.The early years of the area were marked by successive waves of Indians being displaced by new arrivals. First, the Creeks were driven south by the arrival of the Cherokees. Then the North Georgia Gold Rush of the 1820s and 1830s brought English and Scotch-Irish settlers who encroached on Cherokee lands in their search for riches and farmland. In the conflict that resulted, a lottery system was devised by the state in 1832 to divide the
Indian territory among white Georgians. With the odds stacked against them, the Cherokees finally agreed in 1835 to give up their lands. More than 17,000 were relocated by the federal government to Oklahoma by way of the infamous "Trail of Tears." During the Civil War, as the North advanced toward Atlanta, Cobb County became a last line of defense. Several major battles were waged. After occupying Marietta from July to November 1864,
Sherman's troops burned every public building on the square. One building that escaped intact was the Bushy Park Plantation (it is now the 1848 House Restaurant) which was used by Sherman as a Union hospital. Battle fortifications and trenches can still be seen at historic sites throughout the area. Cobb County boasts 27 sites that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.. |
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