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Acworth is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, this city had a population of 22,440, up from 20,425 in 2010. Acworth is located in the foothills of the North Georgia mountains along the southeastern banks of Lake Acworth and Lake Allatoona on the Etowah River.
The Acworth Downtown Historic District, in Acworth, Georgia, is a historic district roughly bounded by Southside Dr., Federal and Lemon Sts, and Senator Richard B. Russell Ave. It is 14 acres (5.7 ha) in area and includes 32 contributing buildings and a contributing structure .
Cobb County was one of nine Georgia counties carved out of the disputed territory of the Cherokee Nation in 1832. [9] It was the 81st county in Georgia and named for Judge Thomas Willis Cobb, who served as a U.S. Senator, state representative, and superior court judge.
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The Atlanta Yacht Club is a private yacht club located in Acworth, Georgia (United States), on the southwest shore of Lake Allatoona. One-Design racing began with a Penguin fleet the first season. The second season brought out five more organized fleets: Snipes, Thistles, Y-Flyers, a handicap fleet and a power boat fleet.
The gunman, identified as 44-year-old former day trader Mark Orrin Barton, later committed suicide in Acworth before he could be apprehended by police. [ 1 ] Police searching Barton's home in nearby Stockbridge found the bodies of his second wife and the two children from his first marriage, murdered by hammer blows inflicted before the ...
CobbLinc (formerly Cobb Community Transit) is the bus public transit system in Cobb County, Georgia, one of metro Atlanta's three most populous suburban counties.CobbLinc began operations in July 1989 (as Cobb Community Transit) [2] and has had relatively strong ridership (3,793,253 total passengers in 2005) since then.
Lake Acworth is a 260-acre (110 ha) [1] artificial lake southwest of the city of Acworth, Georgia. It is in the extreme northwestern part of Cobb County. The lake impounds Proctor Creek (not the same as Proctor Creek in nearby Atlanta) and Butler Creek. It outflows into Lake Allatoona. [2]