Marietta (Georgia)
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 Location of Marietta in Georgia
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1834 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Georgia |
| County : | Cobb County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 57 ′ N , 84 ° 32 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 56,486 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 2,579.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 22 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 21.9 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 344 m |
| Postcodes : | 30000-30099 |
| Area code : | +1 770 |
| FIPS : | 13-49756 |
| GNIS ID : | 0317694 |
| Website : | www.mariettaga.gov/default.aspx |
| Mayor : | Steve "Thunder" Tumlin (2016-2021) |
 Cobb County Courthouse |
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Marietta is the largest city in Cobb County , Georgia and its county seat with 60,867 residents (as of July 1, 2019) .
history
The United States Army Corps of Engineers selected Marietta as the base for the construction of the Western and Atlantic Railroad from 1838 to 1842 . During this time, the city grew explosively.
On April 12, 1862, a group of Northerners stole a steam locomotive here . This theft led to a locomotive chase and went down in US history as the Andrews robbery .
The city played a major role during the Atlanta Campaign from May to September 1864 , as the Battle of Marietta , the Battle of Kolb's Farm, and the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain took place here. The battlefields are now in Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park . In the cemeteries of Marietta Confederate Cemetery and the Marietta National Cemetery thousands have been buried by the dead of the Civil War.
On August 17, 1915, Marietta hit the national headlines after the murder accused Leo Frank was lynched by a crowd here. It was the first widely publicized anti-Semitic- motivated assassination attempt in United States history.
Population development
education
There are three universities in Marietta:
- Technical University Southern Polytechnic State University
- a technical college, Chattahoochee Technical College , and
- a private college of Chiropractic Life University .
economy
Marietta is also home to Dobbins Air Reserve Base , an air base of the US Air Force Reserve. There is a Lockheed Martin plant next door that builds many military aircraft such as B. C-130 Hercules and F-22 Raptor .
The largest employers in 2018 were:
| employer | Workers |
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| Lockheed Martin | 8,200 |
| Dobbins Air Reserve Base | 4,500 |
| Wellstar Kennestone Hospital | 4,255 |
| Cobb County Public Safety | 2,312 |
| The Home Depot | 1,906 |
| Cobb County Government | 1,441 |
| Tip Top Poultry | 1,400 |
| Cobb County Board of Education | 1,387 |
| Marietta City Schools | 1,283 |
| CW Matthews Contracting, Inc | 1.012 |
Attractions
The landmark of Marietta is the Big Chicken , a restaurant with a 17 m high steel structure that depicts a moving chicken.
Town twinning
Partner place are Mariettas
- Heredia , Costa Rica
- Linz am Rhein , Germany
sons and daughters of the town
- Shareef Abdur-Rahim (* 1976), basketball player
- BG James (born 1969), wrestler
- Buff Bagwell (born 1970), wrestler
- William Julius Barker (1886–1968), federal judge
- Randall Bentley (born 1991), actor
- Dan Byrd (born 1985), actor
- Lucius D. Clay (1898–1978), General in the US Army and military governor of the US zone of occupation in Germany
- Abigail Hawk , actress
- Jere Hutcheson (* 1938), composer and music teacher
- Brian Gerard James (* 1969), professional wrestler
- Brad Johnson (born 1968), American football player
- Cledus T. Judd (born 1964), country singer and entertainer
- Kyle Lucas (born 1986), rapper
- William Gibbs McAdoo (1863–1941), Senator and Treasury Secretary
- Melanie Oudin (* 1991), tennis player
- Jennifer Paige (* 1973), pop singer and songwriter
- Robert Patrick (* 1958), actor and producer
- Cody Rhodes (born 1985), wrestler
- Collin Sexton (* 1999), basketball player
- Doug Stone (born 1956), country musician
- Ashley Tappin (* 1974), swimmer and three-time Olympic champion
- Brynden Trawick (born 1989), American football player
- Ray Traylor (1962-2004), wrestler
- Travis Tritt (* 1963), country singer and songwriter
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marietta 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report , at marietta.gov, accessed May 18, 2019.
- ^ Georgia Department of Economic Development - Sister Cities International Alliances