What is the history of Acworth, Georgia?
Incorporated in 1840 on December 1, the town was named by Western & Atlantic Railroad engineer Joseph L. Gregg in 1843 for his hometown of Acworth, New Hampshire, which was in turn named for EnglandEnglish nobleman Lord Acworth. The city was known as ‘Northcutt Station’ from 1840 – 1843, after the first railroad station master Alfred Northcutt, and prior to that it was known as “Andersonville”. During the Civil War, the city was burned by the army of William T. ShermanGeneral W. T. Sherman in November 1864, sparing only a few homes. The city was called “Little Shanty” by the Union troops, to contrast it with the next town south, “Big Shanty,” since renamed Kennesaw, GeorgiaKennesaw. Source: http://en.wikipedia.
