1954 Map of Marietta

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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park dominates the western landscape of this survey, preserving the civil war terrain of Kennesaw Mountain, Little Kennesaw Mountain, and Cheatham Hill. The city of Marietta serves as the central hub, showing its dense mid-century street grid, the Courthouse, and the historic Confederate Cem. To the southeast, the massive footprint of Dobbins Air Force Base and the Atlanta Naval Air Station illustrate the significant military presence in Cobb County during the Cold War era. Transport networks like the Seaboard Coast Line and Louisville and Nashville railroads intersect the growing suburbs of Smyrna, Elizabeth, and Westoak. This 1983 revision tracks the intensifying suburbanization around Fair Oaks, where new residential developments began to fill the spaces between established landmarks like Blackjack Mountain and Noses Creek.