Big Shanty Museum

Big Shanty Museum is a museum in Cobb, Georgia. Big Shanty Museum is situated nearby to Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, as well as near the aerodrome Cobb County International Airport.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History and Cobb County International Airport.

Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History

Museum

The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History is a museum in Kennesaw, Georgia, that contains a collection of artifacts and relics from the American Civil War, as well as from railroads of the state of Georgia and surrounding regions.

Cobb County International Airport

Aerodrome

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Cobb County International Airport - McCollum Field is a public airport located 21 miles northwest of the central business district of Atlanta, immediately south of the city of Kennesaw in Cobb County, Georgia, United States.

Kennesaw Mountain High School

School

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Kennesaw Mountain High School is a public high school located in Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 2000 as a magnet school specializing in science and mathematics, and is one of sixteen high schools in the Cobb County School District. Kennesaw Mountain High School is situated 1½ miles south of Big Shanty Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kennesaw and Acworth.

Kennesaw

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Kennesaw is a city in Metro Atlanta. It is perhaps known for having a law that requires all households resident in the city to own a gun, although this law is seldom if ever enforced.

Acworth

Town

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Acworth is a city in Cherokee County, Georgia and Cobb County, Georgia, United States. It is part of Metro Atlanta. As of the 2020 census, this city had a population of 22,440, up from 20,425 in 2010. Acworth is situated 4½ miles northwest of Big Shanty Museum.

Elizabeth

Suburb

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Elizabeth was an incorporated municipality in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, that existed de jure from 1885 to 1995. Originally incorporated by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on October 5, 1885, as the town of Elizabeth, it never began functioning as a municipality; in particular, no historical evidence exists that the town held any elections for mayor and the city council. Elizabeth is situated 5 miles southeast of Big Shanty Museum.

Big Shanty Museum

Type: Museum
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Cobb, Georgia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.02399° or 34° 1′ 26″ north

Longitude

-84.61493° or 84° 36′ 54″ west

Elevation

1,096 feet (334 metres)

Open location code

866Q29FP+H2

GeoNames ID

4183013

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