Noonday (spelled Noon Day on 1860s maps) was an
unincorporated community
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located in far north-central
Cobb County
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,
Georgia
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, United States. It was centered at 34°03'43"N, 84°31'16"W (34.0620437, -84.5213204), along former
Georgia highway 5, around the
Noonday Baptist Church Noonday may refer to:
Places
*Noonday, Georgia
*Noonday Creek, Georgia
*Noonday, Texas
People
* Noahquageshik, a 19th Century Native American leader often referred to as Chief Noonday
Media
* ''Noonday'' (novel), by Pat Barker, published in 2015
...
. This
Baptist
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church
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is still active today.
The community took its name from nearby
Noonday Creek
Noonday Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 27, 2011 stream in Cobb and Cherokee counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. The stream begins near Kennesaw Mount ...
.
The community of
Blackwells was south of Noonday.
References
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Geography of Cobb County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Cobb County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)