Powers Park, Georgia

Powers Park is an unincorporated community located east-southeast of Marietta in Cobb County, Georgia, United States.

The community is defined by Interstate 75 to the southwest, Fern Street / Smithstone Road to the southeast, Lower Roswell Road to the northeast and South Marietta Parkway to the northwest. Powers Creek, Little Road and Powers Ferry Road run through the heart of the area.

Powers Park consists mostly of single family residential homes and small neighborhoods built between 1950 and 1980. The community united in 2005 to fight a proposed widening of Interstate 75 that would have negatively impacted home values. The area is popular with young homeowners, attracted by spacious, wooded lots and the community's close proximity to Interstate 75 and the bustling Cumberland / Galleria business district.

Municipalities and communities of Cobb County, Georgia, United States

County seat: Marietta

Cities	Acworth Austell‡ Kennesaw Marietta Powder Springs Smyrna

CDPs	Fair Oaks Mableton Vinings

Unincorporated communities	Chattahoochee Plantation Clarkdale Cumberland East Cobb Noonday Powers Park Spring Hill Town Center

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 33°56′1.88″N 84°28′52.46″W / 33.9338556°N 84.4812389°W / 33.9338556; -84.4812389

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