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Kennesaw
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city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Cities in Cobb County, Georgia, Cities in Georgia (U.S. state) and Cities in Metro Atlanta.
Its subject is documented across 45 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Cobb
- Incorporated
- September 21, 1887
- Mayor
- Derek Easterling (R)
- Total
- 9.82 sq mi (25.43 km )
- Land
- 9.71 sq mi (25.16 km )
- Water
- 0.10 sq mi (0.26 km )
- Elevation
- 1,089 ft (332 m)
- Density
- 3,400.3/sq mi (1,312.88/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 30144 and 30152
- Area codes
- 770 678, 470, and 943
- Fips code
- 13-43192
- Gnis feature id
- 0316387
- Website
- kennesaw-ga.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Kennesaw
- Population
- 33036
- Area
- 24.715762
- Elevation
- 332
- Official website
- www.kennesaw-ga.gov
- Image
- KennesawCityHall.jpg
- Households
- 13030
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- Commons category
- Kennesaw, Georgia
- postal code
- 30160
- native label
- Kennesaw
- P8168
- Windglider
- water as percent of area
- 1.081
- per capita income
- 35220
- date of incorporation
- 1887-09-21
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Kennesaw is a suburban city northwest of Atlanta in Cobb County, Georgia, United States, located within the greater Atlanta metropolitan area. Known from its original settlement in the 1830s until 1887 as Big Shanty, it became Kennesaw under an 1887 charter. According to the 2020 census, Kennesaw had a population of 33,036, a 10.9% increase in population over the preceding decade. Kennesaw has an important place in railroad history. During the Civil War, Kennesaw was the staging ground for the Great Locomotive Chase on April 12, 1862. Kennesaw is home to Kennesaw State University, an R2 research institution and the third-largest public university in the state of Georgia.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kennesaw” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations