Chattahoochee Plantation
Unincorporated community
Chattahoochee Plantation is located in Georgia
Chattahoochee Plantation
Chattahoochee Plantation
Chattahoochee Plantation is located in the United States
Chattahoochee Plantation
Chattahoochee Plantation
Coordinates: 33°56′30.37″N 84°24′47.74″W / 33.9417694°N 84.4132611°W / 33.9417694; -84.4132611
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountyCobb
Elevation
873 ft (266 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID325838[1]

Chattahoochee Plantation is an affluent unincorporated community near East Cobb, Georgia, in Cobb County, Georgia, United States.[1]

History

The area was previously incorporated as a city in 1961 in hopes of building a luxury housing development around a golf club.[2] In 1968, state legislators extended the city's boundaries to cover the entire length of Cobb County as a way to prevent the City of Atlanta from expanding into Cobb County.[2][3] As a result of the expansion, Chattahoochee Plantation became thirty miles (48 km) long, with most of the city only ten feet (3 m) wide.[3][4] In 1989, an attempt was made by nearby Sandy Springs, in Fulton County, to have their area annexed by Chattahoochee Plantation in order to function as an independent city from Atlanta. This, like other attempts to gain city status, was defeated when Tom Murphy, speaker of the house in the Georgia General Assembly, blocked the measure. Chattahoochee Plantation never organized a city government, and its city charter was revoked in 1995.[2]

Chattahoochee Plantation includes gated communities, riverfront homes along Sope Creek and the Chattahoochee River, and private golf courses, including the Atlanta Country Club.[5][6] Residents of Chattahoochee Plantation have a Marietta address, although they are outside Marietta city limits.

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chattahoochee Plantation
  2. 1 2 3 Brasch, Ben (December 2, 2016). "Actual Factual Cobb: Atlanta invasion fear led to a 10-foot-wide city". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Stokes, Stephannie (April 27, 2015). "How Atlanta Was Kept Out Of Cobb County By A 10-Foot-Wide City". WABE. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  4. ↑ Eason, Brian (May 20, 2022). "Race, class, partisanship loom large in Cobb cityhood votes". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Chattahoochee Plantation Marietta, GA 30067, Neighborhood Profile - NeighborhoodScout". www.neighborhoodscout.com. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Atlanta Country Club & Chattahoochee Plantation | Ariel J Baverman, Property Consultant in Atlanta, GA". Retrieved April 18, 2022.


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