Roswell is a city located in northern Fulton County, Georgia. A northern suburb of the state capital of Atlanta, Roswell is Georgia's eighth largest city with a population of 88,346 per the 2010 United States Census. In 1830, while on a trip to North Georgia, nicholas roswell Roswell King passed through the area of what is now Roswell and observed the great potential for building a cotton mill along Vickery Creek. Since the land nearby was also good for plantations, his idea was to put cotton processing near cotton production. Toward the middle of the 1830s, King returned to build a mill that... would soon become the largest in North Georgia – Roswell Mill. He brought with him 36 African slaves from his own coastal plantation, plus another 42 skilled carpenter slaves bought in Savannah to build the mills. The slaves built the mills, infrastructure, houses, mill worker apartments, and supporting buildings for the new town. The Africans brought their unique Geechee culture, language, and religious traditions from the coast to north Georgia. King invited investors from the coast to join him at the new location.
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| County: | Fulton County |
| State: | Georgia |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Population: | 88,346 |
| Area: | 42 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | North American Eastern Time Zone |
| Also known as: | Roswell, Georgia, Fulton County / Roswell city |