East Cobb, Georgia
East Cobb, Georgia | |
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 A subdivision in East Cobb | |
  East Cobb Location within Metro Atlanta | |
| Coordinates: 33°57′58″N 84°24′41″W / 33.96611°N 84.41139°WCoordinates: 33°57′58″N 84°24′41″W / 33.96611°N 84.41139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Cobb |
| Elevation | 1,056 ft (322 m) |
| Population (2007)[1] | |
| • Total | 169,756 (Northeast Cobb CCD) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 30062, 30066, 30068, 30067, 30075 |
| Area code(s) | 770/678/470/404 |
East Cobb is an unincorporated community in Cobb County, Georgia, United States, with a population of about 175,890 people. It is a northern suburb of Atlanta.[2]
History[]
The area was developed as a suburb of Atlanta beginning in the 1960s.[citation needed] In contrast to other northern suburbs of Atlanta, East Cobb has remained unincorporated. The idea of incorporating East Cobb as a city was suggested in 2009 by the organization "Citizens for the City of East Cobb".[3] Yet the first serious discussion of incorporating East Cobb was initiated in 1998 by then Cobb County chairman Bill Byrne.[4] Under Byrne's proposal, the city's boundary lines would be drawn by the Cobb Legislative Delegation, the county government would continue to provide water, sewer, police and fire services to the city for a nominal fee of one dollar per year, and the city would be governed by an elected mayor and five City Council members, with wards drawn by the Cobb Delegation.[5] However, Byrne was defeated by Cobb County Chairman Incumbent Tim Lee, who dismissed the idea of incorporating East Cobb as "solution looking for a problem."[6] In March 2019, Matt Dollar, a local representative in the Georgia House of Representatives announced that he would be submitting a bill to create the legislation necessary for East Cobb cityhood. The bill could not be approved by the legislature or by referendum until 2020.[7] 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.[8]
Geography[]
East Cobb is roughly bounded by:
- Cherokee County to the north
- Willeo Creek and Roswell in Fulton County to the northeast
- the Chattahoochee River and Sandy Springs in Fulton County to the southeast
- Bell's Ferry Road, I-575, and the Marietta city limits to the west, and
- Interstate 285 and the Cumberland/Galleria edge city at the southern tip.
East Cobb is within the Northeast Cobb census county division.[9]
Climate[]
East Cobb has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The climate is slightly cooler than other areas of the metro with a higher elevation, predominately above 1000 feet in most areas. Sweat Mountain is the highest elevation in the East Cobb area at 1688 feet above sea level. East Cobb receives in excess of 50 inches of rain and roughly 3 inches of snow annually. Two of the largest snowfalls historically in East Cobb were the 1993 Storm of the Century and the storm on December 7 and 8 in 2017. Both storms dropped anywhere from 6-12 inches of snow on East Cobb.
| hideClimate data for Allatoona Dam, Georgia 1990-2020 Normals | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °F (°C) | 50.9 (10.5) |
55.3 (12.9) |
63.4 (17.4) |
72.2 (22.3) |
78.8 (26.0) |
84.9 (29.4) |
88.0 (31.1) |
87.4 (30.8) |
82.2 (27.9) |
72.6 (22.6) |
61.6 (16.4) |
53.6 (12.0) |
70.9 (21.6) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 29.0 (−1.7) |
31.6 (−0.2) |
38.6 (3.7) |
46.4 (8.0) |
56.0 (13.3) |
63.9 (17.7) |
67.3 (19.6) |
67.0 (19.4) |
61.0 (16.1) |
49.1 (9.5) |
37.9 (3.3) |
32.4 (0.2) |
48.4 (9.1) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 4.92 (125) |
4.43 (113) |
4.97 (126) |
4.53 (115) |
3.90 (99) |
4.01 (102) |
4.90 (124) |
4.13 (105) |
3.94 (100) |
3.42 (87) |
3.94 (100) |
4.69 (119) |
51.78 (1,315) |
| Source: NOAA[10] | |||||||||||||
Economy[]
Shopping[]
Merchant's Walk is a 367,600-square-foot (34,150 m2) open-air shopping center with retailers, restaurants, and a movie theater originally built in 1976 and since expanded and twice renovated, once in the early 1990s and again in 2008–2011.[11]
The Avenue East Cobb is a 236,189-square-foot (21,943 m2) open-air shopping center. It has a horseshoe-shaped form and a "period-style Main Street design"[12] and "town square" concepts,[13] according to its designers.[14][15]
Paper Mill Village is a collection of 33 buildings linked by over a mile of pedestrian walkways. The Village includes retail tenants, restaurant tenants, and service provider tenants.[citation needed]
Arts and culture[]
Taste of East Cobb is an annual event.
The YMCA operates the McKlesky Family-East Cobb YMCA, a recreational area for the community.
Civic associations include a Kiwanis Club and a Rotary Club.[16][17][18][19][20]
Cobb County Public Library operates the East Cobb Library.[21]
Parks and recreation[]
- East Cobb Park, established in 2001, East Cobb Parks hosts two playgrounds, walking trails, a bandstand, picnic pavilions, and stream overlooks.[22]
- Fuller's Park, which hosts baseball fields, a football field, a playground, and an indoor gymnasium used for recreational activities.[23]
Government[]
East Cobb comprises districts 2 and 3 of the Cobb County Commission.[24]
Education[]
Public schools in East Cobb are part of the Cobb County School District. The area comprises several high school attendance districts: Pope, Sprayberry, Wheeler, Kell, Walton, 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).[25]
Media[]
The paper-only weekly East Cobb Neighbor has a circulation of around 44,000.[26][27]
Infrastructure[]
Cobb County operates the East Cobb Government Service Center, which contains a county police precinct, a Cobb Fire and Emergency Services station, and a license plate Office.[citation needed]
Notable people[]
- Alton Brown, food and media personality
- Blaine Boyer, professional baseball player
- Brett Butler, comedian
- Bobby Cox, former manager of the Atlanta Braves
- Missy Elliott, musician
- Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, 2012 Republican presidential candidate
- , former news anchor for The Onion, former WAGA Fox 5 News reporter[28][29][30]
- Johnny Isakson, United States Senator
- Lester Maddox, former restaurant owner and governor of Georgia; resided in East Cobb before his death
- Ty Pennington, Sprayberry High graduate, Extreme Home Makeover and Trading Spaces
- Cody Rhodes, professional wrestler
- Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes
- Tony Schiavone, former announcer for WCW, radio sports announcer, producer, engineer, currently announcer for All Elite Wrestling
- Travis Tritt, country music star
- Lawson Vaughn, professional soccer player
- T. J. Yates, NFL quarterback
References[]
- ^ "Northeast Cobb, Georgia (GA 30062) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders". City-data.com. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Home". realtytimes.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Lutz, Meris (20 March 2019). "Marietta lawmaker to file bill for city of East Cobb". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ Paden, Rebecca Nash; McTyre, Joe (11 July 2018). Cobb County. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738541648.
- ^ ""Census 2000 Block Map, Cobb County", US Census Bureau" (PDF). 2.census.gov. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Station Name: GA Allatoona Dam". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "Merchant's Walk makes changes" Archived 26 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, East Cobber, 2012-01-19
- ^ "Page at CMH Architects". Cmharch.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ Consulting, Dougherty Architectural. "Dougherty Architectural Consulting > Portfolio > Completed Portfolio > Lifestyle Centers > The Avenue East Cobb". Dougharch.com. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Avenue East Cobb - Marietta (Atlanta), Georgia - Open-Air Retail Shopping Center with Dining and Entertainment". City-data.com. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ ""Stores", The Avenue East Cobb website". Eastcobb.shoptheavenue.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Home Page - Rotary Club of East Cobb". Clubrunner.ca. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Taste of East Cobb". Tasteofeastcobb.com. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ https://www.eastcobbpark.org/pages/friends-history/
- ^ https://www.cobbcounty.org/parks/parks-and-nature/locations/fullers-park
- ^ "East Cobb Civic Association". Eastcobb.net. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Planning". Cobbk12.org. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "Echo Media V3 Print Media Experts". Echo Media V3. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "East Cobb Neighbor newspaper - MondoTimes.com". Mondotimes.com. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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