Lee's Crossing,

Marietta, Georgia Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Cobb County, Georgia, United States. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 60,972. The 2019 estimate was 60,867, making it one of Atlanta's largest suburbs. Marietta is the fourth largest ...

, is a subdivision in suburban

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. It is located in the western part the City of Marietta in

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, off Manning Road (about 1.5 miles west of The Marietta Square).

Subdivision

Lee' Crossing is a large

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with 409 single family homes. It is a swim & tennis community with a homeowners' association. It is within walking distance to A.L. Burruss Elementary School and Marietta High School. The subdivision is within a short drive of Laurel Park and

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Kennesaw Battlefield Park preserves a Civil War battleground of the Atlanta Campaign, and also contains Kennesaw Mountain. It is located at 900 Kennesaw Mountain Drive, between Marietta and Kennesaw, Georgia. The name "Kennesaw" derives from ...

, as several properties towards the back of the subdivision border parts of the national park.

Schools

Lee's Crossing is in the Marietta City Schools District (separate from Cobb County Schools) Elementary school: A.L. Burruss Elementary Middle school: Marietta Middle school High school: Marietta High School

History

Lee's Crossing sits on the former Manning Farm, owned by the family for over 100 years. During the

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the Smith-Manning House was headquarters for Gen.

William J. Hardee William Joseph Hardee (October 12, 1815November 6, 1873) was a career U.S. Army and Confederate States Army officer. For the U.S. Army, he served in the Second Seminole War and in the Mexican–American War, where he was captured and exchanged. ...

and also served as a hospital. In the late 1970s The Manning estate and Cousins Properties came together to develop the subdivision. From the beginning construction, through more recent years, three different developers built there. Both A.L. Burruss Elementary and Marietta High School sit on what once was part of the Manning Farm. Since then the remaining Manning Farm property has undergone construction of two new subdivisions, Rockford Commons and Rockford Township. One bordering Lee's Crossing and one directly across the main entrance.

External links

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Lee's Crossing Official web siteMarietta City School's web siteLaurel Park Web SiteKennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park web siteRockford Commons & Township's official site
Atlanta metropolitan area