 Acworth's nickname is "The Lake City" due to the large underground aquifer that part of the city is built over.
Incorporated in 1860 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 English 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 General 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.
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