Marietta
Encyclopedia
Places
- Marietta, GeorgiaMarietta, GeorgiaMarietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat.As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 56,579, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs...
, a suburban city located in Atlanta Metropolitan Area - Marietta, IllinoisMarietta, IllinoisMarietta is a village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 150 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Marietta is located at ....
- Marietta, IndianaMarietta, IndianaMarietta is an unincorporated town in Hendricks Township, Shelby County, Indiana....
- Marietta, MinnesotaMarietta, MinnesotaMarietta is a city in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States on Minnesota State Highway 40 near the South Dakota border. The population was 162 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...
- Marietta, MississippiMarietta, MississippiMarietta is a town in Prentiss County, Mississippi in the United States. The population was 248 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Marietta is located at ....
- Marietta, New YorkMarietta, New YorkMarietta is a hamlet in Onondaga County, New York, United States. Marietta is southwest of Syracuse....
- Marietta, North CarolinaMarietta, North CarolinaMarietta is a town located in Robeson County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 164.-Geography:Marietta is located at 34°22'6" North, 79°7'16" West ....
- Marietta, OhioMarietta, OhioMarietta is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Ohio, United States. During 1788, pioneers to the Ohio Country established Marietta as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory. Marietta is located in southeastern Ohio at the mouth...
- Marietta, OklahomaMarietta, OklahomaMarietta is a city in Love County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,445 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Love County.Marietta is part of the Ardmore, Oklahoma Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
, in Love County - Maryetta, OklahomaMaryetta, OklahomaMaryetta is a census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 138 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Maryetta is located at ....
, in Adair County - Marietta, PennsylvaniaMarietta, PennsylvaniaMarietta is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,689 at the 2000 census. It is located on the east bank of the Susquehanna River just north of Columbia.-Geography:Marietta is located at ....
- Marietta, South Carolina
- Marietta, TexasMarietta, TexasMarietta is a town in Cass County, Texas, United States. The population was 112 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Marietta is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
- Marietta, WisconsinMarietta, WisconsinMarietta is a town in Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 510 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Easter Rock is located in the town...
- Marietta-Alderwood, WashingtonMarietta-Alderwood, WashingtonMarietta-Alderwood is a census-designated place in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,906 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Marietta-Alderwood is located at ....
- Marietta Township (disambiguation)
- Marietta, NevadaMarietta, Nevada-History:The area was extensively prospected by the well-known prospector F.M. "Borax" Smith, and Teel's Marsh near Marietta is often credited with providing Smith his start in the borax business...
- Marietta (Glenn Dale, Maryland)
- Marietta, Jacksonville
- Marietta, Iowa
People
- Marietta AlboniMarietta AlboniMarietta Alboni was a renowned Italian contralto opera singer. Together with the charismatic Maria Malibran, she was considered the greatest deeper-voiced female singer of the nineteenth century.-Biography:...
(1823–1894), renowned Italian contralto opera singer - Marietta ChrousalaMarietta ChrousalaMarietta Chrousala also spelled Marieta Chrousala, Marieta Hrousala, born 1983 in Rizari, Edessa, is a Greek fashion model and television presenter.-Career:...
(born 1983), Greek fashion model and television presenter - Marietta DePrimaMarietta DePrimaMarietta DePrima is an American TV actress best known for playing the role Sally Rogers, opposite her television husband, veteran actor, Eric Allen Kramer, on the ABC/UPN sitcom, The Hughleys....
(born 1964), American TV actress - Marietta Farrell (born 1951), Irish politician
- Marietta GiannakouMarietta GiannakouMarietta Giannakou is a Greek politician, member of New Democracy. She is the former Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs of Greece....
(born 1951), Greek politician - Marietta Gillman, American slalom canoer
- Marietta MarichMarietta MarichMarietta Marich is an American actress, singer, writer, stage director and television host, best known for her role in the 2003 film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre....
, American actress, singer, writer, stage director and television host - Marietta MartinMarietta MartinMarietta Martin was a French writer, journalist and French Resistance worker. She was an editor of Ici Paris....
(1902–1944), French writer, journalist and French Resistance worker - Marietta Peabody TreeMarietta Peabody TreeMarietta Peabody Tree was an American socialite and political supporter, who represented the United States on the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, appointed under the administration of John F...
(1917–1991), American socialite and political supporter - Marietta PiccolominiMarietta PiccolominiMarietta Piccolomini Conflicting dates for both her birth and death are widespread - birthdates include 5 and 15 March 1834; death dates indlude 11 February, and 11, 20 and 23 December 1899. The dates given in this article, are the ones that are given in Grove's Dictionary of Opera and appear most...
(1834–1899), Italian soprano - Marietta RobustiMarietta RobustiMarietta Robusti was a female Venetian painter of the Renaissance period. She is one of very few known female artists of this period, a group that included Sofonisba Anguissola, Lucia Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, and Diana Scultori Ghisi.-Biography:The only known primary source for details of...
(1560–1590), female Venetian painter of the Renaissance period - Marietta ShaginyanMarietta ShaginyanMarietta Sergeevna Shaginian was a Soviet writer and public activist. She was one of the outstanding communist female-authors with broad philosophical and social views....
(1888–1982), Soviet writer and public activist - Marietta StowMarietta StowMarietta L. B. Stow was an American suffragist. She ran for Governor of California as the candidate of the Women's Independent Political Party. She and Clara S...
(19th-century–1902), American suffragist - Marietta de PatrasMarietta de PatrasMarietta de Patras was the Greek mistress of King John II of Cyprus and the mother of his illegitimate son King James II of Cyprus. Shortly after King John's marriage to Helena Palaiologina, the new Queen ordered that Marietta's nose be cut off...
(died 1503), Greek mistress of King John II of Cyprus and the mother of his illegitimate son King James II of Cyprus - Marietta de Pourbaix-LundinMarietta de Pourbaix-LundinMarietta de Pourbaix-Lundin is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party, member of the Riksdag since 1995.-External links:* at the Riksdag website...
(born 1951), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party - Marietta ŽigalováMarietta ŽigalováMarietta Žigalová is a former professional Slovak female fitness competitor. She was the Absolute World and Europe Fitness Champion and the Fitness Olympia competitor.-References:...
(born 1968), former professional Slovak female fitness competitor - Marietta Sadova
- Marietta Canty
- Marietta Brambilla
- Marietta Simpson
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- Marietta JohnsonMarietta JohnsonMarietta Pierce Johnson , educational reformer, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1864 and moved with her family to Fairhope, Alabama in 1902. In 1907 she founded a progressive school called The School of Organic Education, .Mrs...
, educational reformer - Marietta BlauMarietta BlauMarietta Blau was an Austrian physicist. After having obtained the general certificate of education from the girls' high school run by the Association for the Extended Education of Women, she studied physics and mathematics at the University of Vienna from 1914 to 1918; her Ph. D...
(1894–1970), Austrian physicist - Marietta GazzanigaMarietta GazzanigaMarietta Gazzaniga was an Italian operatic soprano.Gazzaniga was born in Voghera and studied singing with Alberto Mazzucato in Milan...
(1824–1884), Italian operatic soprano - Marietta HolleyMarietta HolleyMarietta Holley , was an American humorist who used satire to comment on U.S. society and politics. Holley was frequently compared to Mark Twain and Edgar Nye....
(1836–1926), American humorist who used satire to comment on U.S. society - Marietta KaramanliMarietta KaramanliMarietta Karamanli is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Sarthe department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.-References:...
(born 1964), member of the National Assembly of France - Marietta LeBretonMarietta LeBretonMarietta Marie LeBreton was an historian of Louisiana affiliated for forty-five years with Northwestern State University in Natchitoches....
(1936–2009), historian of Louisiana - Marietta MarcoliniMarietta MarcoliniMarietta Marcolini was an Italian operatic contralto.Marcolini was born in Florence. The date of her stage debut is unknown but she was appearing in Venice in 1800...
(1780–19th-century), Italian operatic contralto - Marietta RobertsMarietta RobertsMarietta Roberts is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990....
(born 1943), former politician in Ontario, Canada
Other uses
- USS MariettaUSS MariettaUSS Marietta is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:, was a 5‑gun, 28‑oared row gunboat that participated in the War of 1812, was a light draft, single‑turreted, ironclad, screw monitor, was a schooner rigged gunboat commissioned 1 September 1897...
, several ships in the Navy, a number of ships with this or similar names - Marietta WatersMarietta WatersMarietta Waters is an American singer and most known for her performance of "Destination Unknown" on the Top Gun soundtrack where she is credited by the stage name, Marietta...
, American singer - Martin MariettaMartin MariettaMartin Marietta Corporation was an American company founded in 1961 through the merger of The Martin Company and American-Marietta Corporation. The combined company became a leader in chemicals, aerospace, and electronics. In 1995, it merged with Lockheed Corporation to form Lockheed Martin. The...
Corporation, now part of Lockheed Martin - Martin Marietta MaterialsMartin Marietta MaterialsMartin Marietta Materials is in the aggregate, chemical, and composite material business. It is the second largest producer of crushed stone, sand, and gravel in the United States behind Vulcan Materials Company. It is a leading U.S. producer of magnesia-based chemical products used as additives...
, a supplier of construction materials (formerly a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, spun off in 1996) - Marietta biscuit, the name in Ireland for the Marie biscuit
- Marietta CollegeMarietta CollegeMarietta College is a co-educational private college in Marietta, Ohio, USA, which was the first permanent settlement of the Northwest Territory. The school offers 42 majors along with a large number of minors, all of which are grounded in a strong liberal arts foundation...
, a co-educational private college in Marietta, Ohio - Marietta SquareMarietta SquareMarietta Square, also called Glover Park, is a park and traditional city center in Marietta, Georgia.-History:When the Cobb County courthouse burned in 1848, Mayor John Glover donated the land to the city on the condition that it would stay a park or return to its heirs...
- Marietta Paper Mill
- Marietta, Columbus and Cleveland Railroad
- Marietta, Canton and Ellijay Railroad
- Marietta, Pittsburg and Cleveland Railway
- Marietta Times
- Marietta Railway
- Battle of MariettaBattle of MariettaThe Battle of Marietta was a series of military operations from June 9 through July 3, 1864, in Cobb County, Georgia, between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The Union forces, led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, encountered the Confederate Army of Tennessee, led...
, a series of military operations in Cobb County, Georgia, between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War - Marietta Canty HouseMarietta Canty HouseThe Marietta Canty House is a Queen Anne style house located in Hartford, Connecticut. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.-Description:...
, a Queen Anne style house located in Hartford, Connecticut - Marietta City Schools (disambiguation)
- Marietta Confederate CemeteryMarietta Confederate CemeteryMarietta Confederate Cemetery is the largest Confederate cemetery South of Richmond and is located in Marietta GA.The Marietta Confederate Cemetery is one of the largest burial grounds for Confederate dead...
, the largest Confederate cemetery South of Richmond - Marietta High School (disambiguation)
- Marietta Historic District (disambiguation)
- Marietta Ice CenterMarietta Ice CenterThe Marietta Ice Center is the oldest ice skating rink in metro Atlanta, Georgia.Located in the suburban city of Marietta, Georgia it contains two sheets of ice, a larger rink that is regulation hockey sized, and a smaller rink that is more suitable for open skate.- History :Constructed in the...
, the oldest ice skating rink in metro Atlanta, Georgia - Marietta National CemeteryMarietta National CemeteryMarietta National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Marietta in Cobb County, Georgia. It encompasses or 9.4 hectares, and as of the end of 2006, had 18,742 interments...
, a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Marietta, Georgia - Marietta ParkwayMarietta ParkwayNorth and South Marietta Parkway form a ring road in Marietta, Georgia that was once designated as Georgia State Route 120 Loop before route realignments in 2007. The full loop is approximately 9 miles in circumference and intersects Interstate 75 twice, once on the north side of Marietta and once...
, a ring road in Marietta, Georgia - Marietta RegisterMarietta RegisterThe Marietta Register is a weekly, community-focused newspaper published in Marietta, Ohio.-History:Launched in September 2006, The Marietta Register attempts to bring honest, conventional journalism to the small towns of Marietta, Devola, Reno, and Belpre, Ohio and Williamstown and Vienna,...
, a weekly newspaper published in Marietta, Ohio - Marietta SacchiMarietta SacchiMarietta Sacchi was an Italian operatic soprano who had an active career during the 1820s and 1830s. She mainly performed in comprimario and soubrette roles, and appeared at most of Italy's major opera houses and at His Majesty's Theatre in London...
, an Italian operatic soprano - Marietta SevenMarietta SevenThe Marietta seven were defendants on a murder charge who were subsequently exonerated. One, James Creamer, had been sentenced to death, and the others to life imprisonment....
, defendants on a murder charge who were subsequently exonerated - Marietta StormMarietta StormThe Marietta Storm is a World Basketball Association franchise based in Marietta, Georgia. The Storm plays its home games at Smyrna Recreation Complex in Smyrna, Ga, just outside of Atlanta.-2011 Team roster:1. Andrew Francis 6’7” RWANDA...
, a World Basketball Association franchise based in Marietta, Georgia - Marietta SubdivisionMarietta SubdivisionThe Marietta Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of West Virginia and Ohio. The line runs from Parkersburg, West Virginia west to Belpre, Ohio and north via Marietta to Relief, Ohio along a former Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road line...
, a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation - Marietta class monitorMarietta class monitorThe Marietta class monitors were a pair of ironclad river monitors laid down in the summer of 1862 for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Construction was slow, partially for lack of labor, and the ships were not completed until December 1865, after the war was over. However the...
, a pair of ironclad river monitors laid down in the summer of 1862 for the United States Navy during the American Civil War - Naughty Marietta (disambiguation)