THE ROSWELL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Inner Piedmont setting.
Roswell city has 40.7 square miles of land in Cobb County, Fulton County. Its Census reference point is in Southern Inner Piedmont, within Piedmont.
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Regional context: Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Roswell intersects 2 county geographies: Cobb County, Fulton County. A Roswell mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Roswell by land and water
The Census records 1.27 square miles of water within Roswell, or 3% of its total area. It is 0.1 percentage points higher than the 2.9% recorded for Georgia. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Roswell city has 90.9 times the land area of nearby Mountain Park city (0.45 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

