Kennesaw

Also known as Kennesaw, Georgia, Kennesaw, GA

city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States

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

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Kennesaw
Country: United States
Located in: Cobb County
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
topic's main category: Category:Kennesaw, Georgia
postal code: 30160
category of associated people: Category:People from Kennesaw, Georgia
native label: Kennesaw
P8168: Windglider
water as percent of area: 1.081
per capita income: 35220
date of incorporation: 1887-09-21

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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.