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Welcome to Powder Ridge ...

Powder Ridge is located in Cobb County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Powder Ridge: Powder Rdg. (or less commonly used: Powder Rdge. or Powder Ridg.)

Powder Ridge is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Powder Ridge lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

Area Codes for Powder Ridge: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Communities near Powder Ridge ...

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

  • South Fulton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • South Fulton is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fulton
  • Marietta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Smyrna
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • East Point
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Kennesaw
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Kennesaw Acres
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Kennesaw Acres is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennesaw Acres
    • Estimated population in 2019: 34,077 people
  • Douglasville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pontevedra
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pontevedra is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontevedra
    • Estimated population in 2019: 25,694 people
  • Union City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Acworth
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

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 Powder Ridge. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Powder Ridge.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Powder Ridge. 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 Powder Ridge.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Powder Ridge ...

Looking for more information about Powder Ridge? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Powder Ridge, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Powder Ridge.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Cobb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Powder Ridge - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Powder Ridge area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Powder Ridge area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.