[This is an evergreen article that we periodically republish, often edited with more information as we research the topic. It was originally published in May of last year.]
Since Georgia was founded, many cities have been incorporated, and counties have been reconfigured or dissolved. Roswell was once part of Cobb County. The current Fulton County was created first by splitting the original Dekalb County into two counties, then later dissolving Campbell County (which became south Fulton) and Milton County (which became north Fulton).
While digging through old newspapers on the Georgia Historic Newspapers database, I came across a story about an attempt by a group of Acworth residents to break away from Cobb County and form a new county along with Kennesaw, Mars Hill, and parts of several other counties…