Cobb County History

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Puzzles Games and Quizzes September 27, 2026

Can You Name That Park in Cobb County?

Cobb County’s parks offer more than playgrounds and walking trails. Some preserve pieces of local history; others offer places to explore nature or watch planes land. In this five-question quiz,…

Puzzles Games and Quizzes September 23, 2026

How much do you know about Cobb County? Take the quiz and find out

By Larry Felton Johnson The Courier has a daily quiz in our email newsletter, and it’s been pretty successful at engaging readers in the beginning stages. So, I’ve decided to…

Puzzles Games and Quizzes September 17, 2026

Traffic and Transportation in Cobb: A quiz

We’ve run several quizzes about roads and transportation in Cobb County. This one focuses on the history of transportation in the county. How much do you know about that history? …

Road sign at South Cobb Drive near Cooper Lake Road in article about South Cobb Drive overnight lane closures (photo by Larry Johnson, Cobb County Courier, CC 4.0)

History September 13, 2026

How did South Cobb Drive begin? Bell Bomber and the speedy wartime construction of a highway

[This is an evergreen article that we periodically expand and republish] South Cobb Drive has been a major commercial and commuter highway in Cobb County since the mid-1940s. In fact,…

History August 25, 2026

In 1906, an Acworth dairy farm had most productive cow in U.S.

By Larry Felton Johnson [This is an evergreen article that we republish from time to time, often with updated information] Even if I weren’t periodically using newspapers from past decades…

A cartoon drawing of a rooster, two hens, two chicks, and a hatchling along with a drawing of a chicken coop.

History August 23, 2026

Belmont Farm fueled Smyrna Georgia’s growth, 1911 newspaper shows

[This is an evergreen article that we periodically edit, expand and republish, about the history of Cobb County and its cities. This one is about the thriving poultry industry that…

An image of the front page of the December 2, 1907 edition of the Atlanta Georgian

History August 22, 2026

1907: A campaign in Acworth to break away from Cobb County

[This is an evergreen article that we periodically republish, often edited with more information as we research the topic] By Larry Felton Johnson Since Georgia was founded, many cities have…

An Norfolk Southern engine pulling a long line of boxcar, tankers and other cars starting through a crossing in downtown Austell GA

History August 22, 2026

The incorporation of Austell, Georgia in September 1885

With the incorporation of the City of Mableton as the now-largest city in the county, we’ve decided to revisit our series “Cobb County history through documents.” This is an evergreen…

Puzzles Games and Quizzes August 10, 2026

How Well Do You Know Cobb County Transportation History?

Transportation (and the traffic associated with it) has been a major, and often controversial, topic in Cobb County and the rest of metro Atlanta. But how much do you know…

History July 31, 2026

How it began: the automobile begins its rapid rise to dominate the roads of Cobb County

[Editor’s note: This is an evergreen article we periodically update, edit and republish. The first version appeared in 2017] By Larry Felton Johnson If the first owners of automobiles in…

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Gaming September 28, 2026