How much do you know about the early history of Cobb County?

We run daily quizzes in the Cobb County Courier newsletter, and recently decided to move the Saturday and Sunday quizzes onto our main website and expand them to ten-question quizzes. If you want to receive the daily newsletter to get the quizzes that run from Monday to Thursday, follow this link to subscribe to our free daily newsletter.

Each quiz will focus on a place or topic about Cobb County. The intent of these quizzes is not only to find out how much our readers already know about the county, but to educate them.

So don’t worry if you don’t do well on the quiz the first time. We periodically repeat quiz topics (sometimes with questions swapped out with a few new questions), so after you take it a few times, you’ll learn the answers, and where to find out more.

Informed citizens have a much better chance of engaging with the community in a productive way.

After the quiz, there is a list of links to learn more about the answers.

Take the Quiz

This is the first in a series of quizzes we'll be publishing. It covers the first ten years of the county's existence. Please leave comments on the bottom of this page with any suggestions, complaints, praise, or corrections.

1. What year was the legislation passed creating Cobb County?

1822

1832

1842

1852

Question 1 of 10

2. Cobb County (and nine other counties) were created by breaking apart a large county that still exists today (although in a much smaller form).  What is the name of that county?

Fulton

Douglas

Cherokee

Forsyth

Question 2 of 10

3. Who is Cobb County named after?

Samuel Cobb

Thomas Cobb

Ty Cobb

Lee J. Cobb

Question 3 of 10

4. What was the approximate population of Marietta in 1833?

10,000

5,000

2,000

fewer than 100

Question 4 of 10

5. What Native American nation occupied the land where Cobb County was formed?

Iroquois

Creek

Algonquin

Cherokee

Question 5 of 10

6. What city  that has been part of another county since 1932 was originally part of Cobb County?

Douglasville

Roswell

Woodstock

Sandy Springs

Question 6 of 10

7. Who was the Cobb County resident authorized to operate a ferry across the Chattahoochee River at Vinings in the early 19th Century?

James Montgomery

Hardy Pace

James Power

Daniel Turner

Question 7 of 10

8. When Powder Springs was incorporated in 1838 what was it called?

Powder Springs

Powderville

Springville

Springdale

Question 8 of 10

9. When was Marietta chartered?

1834

1844

1854

1864

Question 9 of 10

10. What railroad began running Marthasville (Atlanta) to Marietta runs beginning in 1845, leading to the rapid growth of Marietta?

Union Pacific

Norfolk Southern

Western & Atlantic

Georgia Railroad

Question 10 of 10

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Explore the answers

Here are links where you can explore the answers to the quiz, and learn more about each topic:

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Question 6

Question 7

Question 8

Question 9

Question 10