The Community Development Agency has the responsibility of maintaining the street

addressing system throughout the county, and coordinates with the Public Safety
Agency, the E911 Communication Bureau, the Department of
Transportation/Operations Division and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). The goal is to
ensure that addresses are assigned and properly maintained in a logical, sequential
order for the purposes of locating property anywhere in the county. An accurate
addressing system facilitates quicker response times for emergency services, and
provides efficient mail delivery. Correct property identification is also necessary for
locating utilities.
Street numbers and addresses shall be assigned, changed and/or corrected where
deemed necessary to assure the health, safety, and welfare of all Cobb County
residents and property owners. Street names must be verified by the Development and
Inspections Division before a preliminary subdivision plat can be approved. Street
numbers shall be posted and maintained in a prominent place on the property (i.e.
building faade, mail box, signage, ect.), which is visible from the street providing
public access (Official Code of Cobb County, Georgia Chap. 106, Sec. 106-2). The
numbers shall be posted in the following manner:
1.For residential properties, in figures at least one inch (1) high with a contrasting
background; and
2.1. For commercial properties, in figures at least two inches (2) high with a
contrasting background.
Cobb County utilizes a grid system for assigning street names and numbers. The
reference point (or zero point) of the grid is located at the Marietta Square in the
county seat of Marietta, Georgia. The base line between north and south part of the
county is at Whitlock Avenue. The base line between the east and west part of the
county is at Church street. Directional base lines are extended to the countys
boundaries thus creating four quadrants designed N.E., N.W., S.E., and S.W. Street
numbers increase as one moves away from the base lines
All property address numbers are assigned by the Community Development Agency /
Development & Inspections Division (OCGA Chap.1q10,Sec. 110-85).
Typically, a property located on the right side of a street is given an even number as
numbers increase. Conversely, a property located on the left side of the street is given
an odd number as numbers increase. Numbers are always referenced from the address
grid base lines. Generally, address numbers will increase sequentially as they move
away from the zero point.

Street Naming and Selection Procedures

All street names are subject to the approval of the Community Development Agency /
Development & Inspections (OCGA Chap. 110,Sec. 110-85) the following guidelines
are used when assigning street names:
1. Proposed streets that are obviously in alignment with other existing, named streets
shall bear the names of such existing streets. Once a name is assigned to any
alignment, it may not change any where along the extension of that alignment.
2. A street name combination (primary name / type / suffix) may be used only once
and may not be used in any other alignment.
3. Except within the same project, no proposed street name shall duplicate an existing
street name within Cobb County regardless of the use of any type such as "street",
"avenue", "boulevard", "drive", "place", "way", "court", or other designation.
4. All streets shall bear the proper quadrant suffix (i.e. N.E., N.W., S.E., S.W.).
5. Proposed new name shall be reviewed for correct usage and reasonable meanings
consistent with the language used. Such review shall also include correct spelling.
6. Street names shall not include directional words such as north, south, east or west,
or the words "old" or "new".
7. A street name should be pleasant sounding, appropriate and easy to read so that the
public and children, in particular, can communicate the name in an emergency
situation.
8. Street names tending to be confused as homonyms (similar names spelled
differently) are not acceptable.
9. Names derived from a foreign language are unacceptable.
10. Names that tend to be slurred, or have pronunciations that run together are
unacceptable.
11. Street names with the same theme (i.e. flowers, states, etc.) are suggested for
naming streets in an entire subdivision, as means of general identification, rather than
duplicating the conventional name differentiated only by the street type (suffix).