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Cobb County Government
100 Cherokee Street
Marietta, GA 30090
(770) 528-1000
(770) 528-2490 fax
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Cobb County Community Development Agency
Cobb County began its life in 1832, created by the state legislature out of Cherokee and Creek Indian territory. It was named for
former U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and Georgia Superior Court Judge Thomas W. Cobb of Greensboro.
The county seat, Marietta, was chartered two years later, and is generally believed to be named for his wife, Mary Cobb. The county’s first courthouse was a one-room log structure built that same year.
Many communities were established in the area by 1838 and county officials had a new two-story courthouse built. Development of a railroad line through the county continued through the decade, culminating in trains running from Marthasville (now Atlanta) through Marietta in 1845.
The county’s courthouse was replaced by a better building in 1854, which in turn was burned down during Gen. William Tecumseh
Sherman’s Atlanta campaign. Various events during this time, including the Battle of Kennesaw, intertwine the county’s history
with the Civil War.
The abundance of railroads and early industrial development in the county helped its development. Most homes in Cobb were part of large farms up until the 1870s. The area began urbanization between the 1880s and 1940s, with the first central business districts springing up around the railroads.
The county’s total population remained at about 38,000 people, until World War II indirectly caused sudden growth in the community.
Marietta Army Airfield was built in 1943, bringing with it the opening of Bell Aircraft Corporation bomber plant and nearly 30,000
jobs.
While Bell closed the plant at the end of the war, the subsequent Korean War led Lockheed to reopen the plant in 1951. That same decade, Marietta Army Airfield became Dobbins Air Force Base and Naval Air Station Atlanta was added to the campus. The combination of the three helped drive the economic engine of the county through the present.
Today, Cobb County Government is overseen by a five-member board, including a chairman who is elected at-large. Administration of government operations is handled by the county manager who answers to the Board of Commissioners.
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