Smyrna, Georgia Smyrna, Georgia Smyrna City Hall Smyrna City Hall Location in Cobb County and the state of Georgia Location in Cobb County and the state of Georgia Smyrna is a town/city northwest of the neighborhoods of Atlanta.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a populace of 51,271. The U.S.
Smyrna interval by 28% between the years 2000 and 2012.
It is historically one of the quickest burgeoning cities in the State of Georgia, and one of the most densely populated metros/cities in the metro area. By the late 1830s, a theological encampment called Smyrna Camp Ground had turn into a prominent travel destination and was well known throughout Georgia.
It was titled for the Biblical town/city of Smyrna, undivided day Izmir in Turkey, the home of the famous Christian martyr Polycarp.
The town/city was incorporated with the name Smyrna in 1872. Two Civil War battles occurred in the area, the Battle of Smyrna Camp Ground and the Battle of Ruff's Mill, both on July 4, 1864. The area's businesses, homes and 1849 veiled bridge (since rebuilt and still in use today) were burned by Sherman's troops.
The restaurant scene in the film Joyful Noise was shot at Howard's Restaurant in Smyrna in 2011. Smyrna was ranked #4 in a 2014 study of the Best Cities for Young Adults in Georgia. Street map of Smyrna Smyrna is part of the Atlanta urbane area, positioned about 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of the Atlanta town/city limits, and with Smyrna's downtown about 10 miles (16 km) from downtown Atlanta.
Smyrna is positioned just west of the northern intersection of I-285 and I-75, which is the site of Cumberland and the Cobb Galleria.
Smyrna is also near Vinings, Marietta, Mableton, Sandy Springs and the Buckhead precinct of Atlanta..
The center of Smyrna is positioned at 33 52 19 N 84 31 06 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.4 square miles (39.9 km2), of which 15.4 square miles (39.8 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.23%, is water. The general terrain of the region is characteristic of the Piedmont region of Georgia, characterized by hills with broad ridges, sloping uplands, and mostly narrow valleys.
The center of Smyrna is about 1,060 feet (320 m) above sea level. Climate data for Smyrna, GA As of 2011, 52.6% of Smyrna inhabitants live in families with an average of 2.2 citizens per homehold.
As of 2012, 52.2% of Smyrna inhabitants have a college degree and 91.3% of inhabitants have a high school diploma.
As of January 2016, Max Bacon is the mayor of Smyrna, a post he has held since 1985. The town/city operates the Smyrna Public Library.
Even with its adjacency to the larger and more liberal town/city of Atlanta, Smyrna was a longtime stronghold for traditional, small-town, conservative Southern Democrats. It is now seen as a largely Republican district, positioned inside a strong Democratic enclave with a burgeoning minority populace (South Cobb), which is itself positioned in a dominantly Republican county (Cobb County) in a Republican red state.. As a result, although small-town officials are nonpartisan, state and federal representation is fairly evenly split between Democrats and Republicans. Community leaders and officeholders tend to be fiscally conservative, with a strong interest in keeping taxes low but expanding enhance services, and socially moderate.
The small-town school community, especially that encircling Campbell High School and its feeder schools, is very active and although primarily concentrated on the expansion and character of enhance education in Smyrna, does lend its influence to other political matters such as economic evolution and municipal elections.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city for 2011 was $49,556, a 4% increase from 2000 and $3,549 over the Georgia average.
Smyrna was the site of the corporate offices of the now-defunct World Championship Wrestling.
According to the City's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 4 Emory-Adventist Hospital at Smyrna 499 7 City of Smyrna 384 In 1991, the town/city began a improve redevelopment universal known as "Market Village," in order to problematic a well-defined downtown.
A different retail and residentiary precinct was modeled after an early 1900s town/city village, including a square with a fountain.
Further redevelopment has occurred throughout the town/city including thousands of new homes - mostly cluster homes, townhouse and condo communities replacing older neighborhoods. The populace has risen as a result of redevelopment, a several annexations, and Smyrna's locale as a residentiary suburb in the Northwest center of metro Atlanta. Less than a .5 miles (0.80 km) down, the town/city intends to redevelop the Belmont Hills plaza, at the corner of Windy Hill and Atlanta Road in 2011.
Both these villages, like "Market Village" in Smyrna, and "Market Square" in Vinings are designed to resemble a town/city village of yesteryear with fountains and antique street lamps.
In 2011, Halpern Enterprises, the developer, sold some territory to the town/city of Smyrna for an elementary school called the New Smyrna Elementary, which has instead of construction. In 2012, Halpern rezoned the property but didn't change its intended use.
Additional re-development is going on throughout the city, including the site at the corner of East-West Connector / Cumberland Parkway and South Cobb Drive.
Some additional work is being done in Smyrna are streetscape beautification projects, including a linear park on Concord Road along with new signage, lights, and a median on Atlanta Road. Additional parkland projects are the 12-acre (4.9 ha) Taylor-Brawner Park, Riverview Road trail and Silver Comet Trail extensions in that area.
Smyrna is home to The Bright Side, Smyrna and Vinings' Community Newspaper.
Smyrna also has multiple private schools including Whitefield Academy and a satellite ground of Buckhead Preparatory Academy.
Some extensions of the Silver Comet Trail have been assembled further into Smyrna to grew access to the trail. "Market Village" in the town/city center often has open-air concerts and festivals.
There are also various small parks such as Cobb Park, enhance pools such as Aline Wolfe Center for the elderly and Tolleson park pool for the all ages, tennis courts and playgrounds and a linear park with walking trail along Spring Road.
Route 41), Atlanta Road (Old State Route 3), and South Cobb Drive (State Route 280), pass through the municipality.
Smyrna is served by Cobb Community Transit and Marta enhance buses.
Martin Croker was born in Smyrna.
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