Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, and is its county seat.
As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,748, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs. Census estimates of 2007 indicate a population of 67,021. Marietta is the third-largest of three principal cities (by population) of and is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia metropolitan statistical area, which is included in th...
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Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, and is its county seat.
As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,748, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs. Census estimates of 2007 indicate a population of 67,021. Marietta is the third-largest of three principal cities (by population) of and is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia metropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, Georgia-Alabama (part) combined statistical area.
In 2009, the mayor of Marietta was William B. (Bill) Dunaway, in his second and last four-year term as mayor.
Homes had been built by early settlers near the Cherokee town of Kennesaw by 1824.
In 1837 the Georgia Gazetteer reported that the city of Marietta was named for the wife of U.S. Senator and Supreme Court Judge Thomas Willis Cobb. The first plat was laid out in 1833. Like most towns, Marietta had a square in the center with a small courthouse. The...
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