NOTE TO READERS: One thing I’ve discovered in testing the map is that if you access it via a mobile device and it takes you to the web address ending in “/amp” (for Accelerated Mobile Pages) you get a tiny version of the map which is tedious to navigate. I’m working on a solution to that, but access is better on a PC.
FURTHER NOTE: I’ve disabled the AMP version of the page so that even on mobile devices you are sent to the main web page.
Using the non-interactive map on the East Cobb Cityhood website as a guide to determine the borders, I’ve constructed an interactive map of the proposed new City of East Cobb using Open Street Maps. You can jump right to the map at the bottom of the article if you wish.
I’ve categorized this post as From the Editor since I want to write in first person about the map, and ask readers what improvements they’d like to see in future maps. And if anything doesn’t work, please contact me, either by commenting under the article, or at the contact link on our website. I consider these maps (and our charts and graphs) an important part of our mission for the future.
The map on the East Cobb Cityhood website had mislabeled one border as Joe Jerkins Blvd (which is actually in Austell, across the county). In context I assumed the actual road was Paper Mill Road.
The sloppy border termination I created at the Davis Road/Shallowford Road intersection will be corrected later, but since the map was tedious to build I didn’t want to risk deleting the whole border while trying to correct the error.
Like all interactive maps you can zoom in and out to get a better idea of the details and high level context.
Here are the borders described in a clockwise way. If this gets confusing just refer to the map below.
Starting at the intersection of Shallowford Road and Davis Road, move eastward along Shallowford Road to the Fulton County line.
Move southward and along the river until you reach the mouth of Sope Creek.
Then head up Sope Creek to Paper Mill Road.
Turn westward on Paper Mill Road.
Go northward on Shadowlawn Road to Lower Roswell Road and turn left (southwestward).
On Old Canton Road turn northward (right) a take Old Canton to Sewell Mill Road where you will head eastward to Murdock Road, then north along Murdock Road.
You’ll then turn east (right) on Post Oak Tritt Road and take a left on Hembree Road.
You’ll then follow the creek located to the west of Pope High School northward to Davis Road, head eastward on Davis Road, back to the beginning point at the intersection of Davis Road and Shallowford Road.
And here’s the map. The little square box on the left hand side will give you a fullscreen view:
