COMMUNITY
Staff reports
Smyrna, nicknamed the “Jonquil City” after the
thousands of yellow flowers that bloom there in spring,
has a lot to offer its residents and visitors.
In recent years the city has seen the additions of new
commercial and residential development, has access to
the Silver Comet Trail and is near Truist Park, home of
the Atlanta Braves.
Smyrna was incorporated as a city in 1872. Located 10
miles northwest of Atlanta, Smyrna was once home to
the Cherokee Nation.
When gold was discovered in 1828 in the Cherokee
Nation at Dahlonega, the U.S. government and the state
of Georgia initiated policies to remove the Cherokee
from the area, which resulted in the settling of Cobb
County and the subsequent founding of Smyrna. The
state divided the land and offered it to settlers through a
lottery.
The town was originally known as Ruffs Siding, then
Varners Station, and later Smyrna, after one of Paul the
Apostle’s seven Asian churches in the Bible’s Book of
Revelation.
Today, Smyrna is home to more than 56,000 residents.
The Market Village is the city’s social center, with a
mix of retail, restaurants, office space and townhomes.
Next to that is the Village Green, which includes the
Smyrna Community Center, which has two gyms and
exercise equipment, a pond and arboretum, Centennial
Park, with green space and a fountain, and the library.
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The city-owned library is the only one of its kind in
Georgia as it is independent from the larger county library
system.
Smyrna City Hall
2800 King St.,
Smyrna, GA 30080
770-434-6600
www.smyrnaga.gov
City Council normally meets at 7:30 p.m. the first and
third Monday of every month in the council chambers
of City Hall. Check the city’s website to confirm council
meeting details.
Derek Norton
Mayor
678-631-5301
dnorton@SmyrnaGa.gov
Glenn Pickens
Ward 1
678-631-5306
gpickens@smyrnaga.gov
Austin Wagner
Ward 2
770-319-5307
awagner@smyrnaga.gov
Travis Lindley
Ward 3
678-631-5308
tlindley@smyrnaga.gov
Charles Welch
Ward 4
770-319-5309
cwelch@SmyrnaGa.gov
Susan Wilkinson
Ward 5
770-319-5310
swilkinson@SmyrnaGa.gov
Tim Gould
Mayor pro tem
Ward 6
678-631-5311
tgould@SmyrnaGa.gov
Lewis Wheaton
Ward 7
678-631-5312
lwheaton@SmyrnaGa.gov
Smyrna Police Department
2646 Atlanta Road
Smyrna 30080
770-434-9481
Robert Harvey
Acting Police Chief
770-434-9481
rharvey@smyrnaga.gov
Smyrna Fire Department
2620 Atlanta Road
Smyrna, GA 30080
770-434-6667
Roy Acree
Fire Chief
770-434-6667
racree@smyrnaga.gov
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