Welcome to Story ...

So far, we found very little information about Story. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Story to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Story, please Contact Us.

Story would have been located within present day Cobb County<2>.

The location of Story has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Story, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Story is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Story was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Story (for example, toward Piedmont (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

The location where Story once stood is in the (770) area code.

Communities Also Named Story ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Story - they are located in Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Manitoba, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Ontario, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Story.

Communities near Story ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Story.

• Marietta
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
  • Marietta is located in Cobb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,786 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marietta <5>
• Smyrna
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
  • Smyrna is located in Cobb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,443 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smyrna <5>
• Kennesaw
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennesaw have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw
  • Kennesaw is located in Cobb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,712 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kennesaw <5>
• Kennesaw Acres
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennesaw Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
  • Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
• Douglasville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglasville
  • Douglasville is located in Douglas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,036 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Douglasville <5>
• Woodstock
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
  • Woodstock is located in Cherokee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,625 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodstock <5>
• Acworth
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
  • Acworth is located in Cobb County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,726 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Acworth <5>
• Cartersville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
  • Cartersville is located in Bartow County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,037 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cartersville <5>
• Noonday
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noonday have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noonday
  • Noonday is located in Cobb County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 16,592 people
• Holly Springs
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
  • Holly Springs is located in Cherokee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,506 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holly Springs <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Story. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Story.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Story. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Story.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Story. See our Newspapers Page for Story.

Adding Story to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Story in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Story was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Story post office opened in 1888.

We also found Story in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Story.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Cobb County: www.cobbcounty.org/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/