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Legacy Park, Kennesaw Georgia

Geography
Kennesaw is located at 34.02528°N, -84.61583°W (34.025183, -84.615875).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.5 square miles (22.0 km²), of which, 8.4 square miles (21.9 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (0.82%) is water.

Local attractions

 * Moon's Station
 * The Great Greased Pig Chase
 * Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 21,675 people, 8,099 households, and 5,782 families residing in the city. There were 8,670 housing units at an average density of 1,027.3/sq mi (396.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 81.97% White, 1.90% Black, 5.22% Native American, 2.91% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 2.54% from other races, and 2.45% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.20% of the population.

There were 8,099 households out of which 40.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.7% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.7% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 42.1% from 25 to 44, 17.1% from 45 to 64, and 5.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males.

Personal Income
The median income for a household in the city was $60,404 and the median income for a family was $67,778. Males had a median income of $45,253 versus $33,660 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,757. About 3.1% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.8% of those under age 18 and 12.5% of those age 65 or over.

Education
Kennesaw Elementary School and Big Shanty Intermediate School are two elementary schools in Kennesaw.

Kennesaw State University is located just east of the city limits, and uses the silhouette of the two mountains as its logo.

There are two high schools located in Kennesaw. One is Harrison High School with the Hoya as its mascot, and the other is Kennesaw Mountain High School with the Mustang as its mascot.

Mount Paran Christian School is a pre k-12 school located on Stanley Road.

The First Baptist Church of Kennesaw also maintains First Baptist Christian School of Kennesaw, a Christian elementary school. St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church has a K-8 elementary school.