COMMUNITY
By Ross Williams
rwilliams@mdjonline.com
Austell, Cobb County’s smallest city, is located in the county’s
southwest corner. With a population of nearly 7,300 people,
Austell has continued to grow since its incorporation in 1885.
The city, once called Salt Springs, was well known for its medicinal
springs, which made it a destination for the sick before
the Civil War.
Many of the people who came for the medicinal features of
the springs decided to stay and prevailed upon Mr. G.O. Mozeley,
then the owner of all the property around Austell, to sell
them a lot.
Austell subdivided 40 acres and divided the town into squares
with streets 50 feet wide.
The old Georgia Pacific, now a division of the Southern
Railway, contributed to the city by making Austell a station with
connecting lines to Birmingham and to Chattanooga.
The city was named after Alfred Austell and was home to
Cobb County’s first public school, which was built in 1890, and
is now Austell Elementary School.
The city is governed by a five-member council, and the mayor
is the chief executive of the city. The city got its first new mayor
in 30 years in 2019, as longtime Mayor Joe Jerkins stepped down
and was replaced by former Councilman Ollie Clemons.
48 FACTBOOK 2020
AUSTELL
Ollie B. Clemons, Jr.
Acting Mayor
oclemons@austellga.gov
770-944-4328
Marlin Lamar
Ward 1
mlmar@austellga.gov
Scott S. Thomas
Ward 2
SST627@aol.com
404-787-0321
Randy P. Green
Ward 3
rgreen@austellga.gov
678-300-5322
Sandra Leverette
Ward 4
sleverette@austellga.gov
470-755-4590
At-Large, Post 1
This position is vacant until a
special election on Nov. 5, 2019.
Valerie Anderson
Mayor Pro-Tem, Post 2
vanderson@austellga.gov
(470) 755-4589
Austell Police Department
2721 Joe Jerkins Blvd.
Austell, GA 30106
770-944-4331
R.G. Starrett
Chief of Police
770-944-4331
rstarrett@austell.org
Austell Fire Department
Station Number 1
5890 Mulberry St.
Station Number 2
5300 Austell-Powder Springs Rd
Austell, GA 30106
770-944-4333
Patrick S. Maxwell
Fire Chief
pmaxwell@austell.org
Austell City Hall
2761 Broad Street, S.W.
770-944-4300
City Council meets the first
Monday of each month at
7 p.m. in the council chambers
of City Hall.
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