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:: Bartow County :: 
 
County December 3, 1832 Formed 
County Seat Cartersville 
Incorporated Adairsville, Cartersville, Emerson, Euharlee, Kingston, Taylorsville and Cities White 
Total Area 459.9 square miles 
History When Bartow County was established in 1832 from Cherokee County, it was named "Cass County" after Lewis Cass, Secretary of War under President Andrew Jackson. The name was of Michigan. Nearly 30 years later, General Cass's abolitionist views became an embarrassment to the Confederate populace, and the county's name was changed to honor General Francis S. Bartow, the first Confederate General to die in the Civil War. 
Cassville, the original county seat that was burned by Union Forces in 1864, was the site of the first Georgia Supreme Court decision in 1846. 
 
Points of Red Top Mountain State Park, Bartow Carver Park, and Allatoona Lake Interest occupy a large portion of southeast Bartow County. The lake's wildlife 
management area serves as a public hunting area. Other local attractions include the Etowah Indian Mounds, Euharlee Historic Area, Roselawn, Barnsley Gardens, and the Weinman Mineral Museum. 
The county provides a habitat for one endangered plant, the Jeffersonia Diphylla (Twin Leaf), and three endangered animals: the Indian Bat, the Red Cockaded Woodpecker, and the Southern Bald Eagle. 
 
Notable Several notable people have hailed from Bartow County. These include Citizens Rebecca Latimer Felton who at the age of 87 became the first woman 
U.S. senator. She was appointed to fulfill an unfinished term. Sam P. Jones was a nationally known evangelist in the late 1880s. Bill Arp was a famous philosopher and humorist during the Civil War era. Corra Harris, was the author of several books including A Circuit Rider's Life, based on her life as a traveling minister's wife. 
 
Higher North Metro Technical Institute and Georgia Highlands College both have Education satellite campuses in Bartow County. 
County http://www.bartowga.org/ 
Chamber of http://www.cartersvillechamber.com/ Commerce 
Additional http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp? County Info FIPS=13015 
 
Lake Allatoona 
 
Rose Lawn - Sam Jones Mansion, Cartersville 
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