Powder Springs
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Powder Springs is a suburb of Atlanta in Cobb County and is one of the best places to live in Georgia. It is located 9 miles SW of Marietta, Georgia and 18 miles NW of Atlanta, Georgia. Living in Powder Springs offers residents a rural feel and most residents own their homes. In Powder Springs there are a lot of parks. Many families and young professionals live in Powder Springs.
The town motto, “Small enough to know you, large enough to serve you,” speaks volumes about Powder Springs. Once a gold mining town, the city now boasts several parks, as well as a museum that chronicles its rich history.
Powder Springs historic downtown and Thurman Springs Park is host to numerous events, concerts, shopping, and has connecting trails and routes to the popular Silver Comet Trail. Powder Springs is close to Metro Atlanta tourism attractions like Six Flags, Sleepy Hollow Farms and Truist Park (Home of the Atlanta Braves Baseball Team).
Powder Springs children will attend Cobb County School District, Georgia’s second largest public school system. The district offers seven magnet programs for advanced study and has 40 STEM-certified schools. There are three elementary schools, Compton, Powder Springs, and Varner. Tapp is the Middle School and McEachern is the High School, which has an open campus with a separate building on the property.
Powder Springs is a family-oriented area where you can get a lot of home for your money and offers many traditional style Subdivisions with two- and three-story traditional homes, many with large front and backyards.