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
Atlanta
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. It is located in the western part the City of Marietta in
Cobb County, off Manning Road (about 1.5 miles west of The Marietta Square).
Subdivision
Lee's Crossing is a large
subdivision
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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
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, 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
civil war
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the
Smith-Manning House was headquarters for Gen.
William J. Hardee 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 SiteRockford Commons & Township's official site
Atlanta metropolitan area