Living in Indian Hills
Indian Hills is an East Cobb neighborhood that Tom Cousins began developing in 1968, and its civic association calls it the first golf course community outside the Perimeter. Cousins went on to change the Atlanta skyline, but first he laid out lots along Fairgreen Drive and Clubland Drive, where Phase I lots sold for about $7,000. Some neighborhoods have a history page. This one has a history with chapters.
Indian Hills is in unincorporated East Cobb with a Marietta address. The original entrance came off Lower Roswell Road onto Indian Hills Parkway, which was called Gray Road before it was renamed. The country club sits at 4001 Clubland Drive, Marietta, GA 30068.
East Cobb commutes depend heavily on the hour and the direction, so check yours in a map app at your actual departure time. It's worth doing twice, once for work and once for Saturday errands.
For the bigger picture, see Living in East Cobb and our Living in Marietta. For another East Cobb neighborhood, see Kings Cove, a swim and tennis neighborhood with two association-owned lakes.
Indian Hills was planned on a big scale. The original vision called for 1,000 single-family lots and 250 condominium units on 1,150 acres, with about 350 more acres added by 1973. The civic association's history says that in 1970 it was the largest single-family subdivision between Washington, D.C. and Houston. Homes went up in phases from the late 1960s onward, so the neighborhood mixes older homes from the first phases with homes built in later additions.
The streets carry the golf theme from day one: Fairgreen Drive, Fairgreen Lane, Clubland Drive and Clubland Trail were all on the first plat filed with Cobb County in June 1969.
The neighborhood's centerpiece is Indian Hills Country Club, a private club with 27 holes of golf across about 300 acres. The original 18 holes, designed by Joe Lee, opened in the fall of 1969, before the first residents moved in. The clubhouse opened in summer 1970, and the Cherokee nine was added in 1973 and 1974 to make 27 holes. Today the three nines are Seminole, Cherokee and Choctaw.
The club has added a new clubhouse (2003) and a swim complex (2009), along with tennis, a driving range and practice greens. One more piece of trivia: in the early years, the LPGA played an annual tournament here, first called the Lady Tara and then the Lady Michelob, and with no nearby hotels, residents hosted players in their homes.
Club membership is separate from owning a home. In the earliest days, membership came with the sale of a house, but the club changed hands in the 1970s and has been privately owned and operated since 1978.
East Cobb Park. Cobb County's East Cobb Park, at 3322 Roswell Road, has walking trails along Sewell Mill Creek, two playgrounds, five pavilions, an outdoor stage, creek overlooks and a lending book library. Connecting paths lead to Fuller Park next door.
The Chattahoochee River. East Cobb runs right up to the river, and the National Park Service's Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area has several East Cobb units. Johnson Ferry North has 3.6 miles of trail, and the Cochran Shoals units off Columns Drive and Sope Creek have about 6 miles. Flat, shaded and busy on weekend mornings.
Indian Hills has an active civic association, the Indian Hills Civic Association, which keeps the neighborhood's history and community information. We didn't find an official source confirming whether membership or dues are mandatory, so ask the seller and the closing attorney whether any recorded covenants or dues apply to the specific home. Country club membership is a separate decision with the club.
When Indian Hills started, East Cobb was mostly farmland, and this corner was considered rural enough that LPGA players stayed in residents' homes during tournament week because there were no nearby hotels. The civic association's history traces how the club and the neighborhood grew together, from a pro shop in a trailer next to the practice tee in 1969 to a 27-hole club. As Futren's Jim Rhoden put it in that history, "As Indian Hills goes, so goes the Club."
That shared history is still visible in the street names and in the way the course winds through the neighborhood.
Indian Hills is in Cobb County, served by the Cobb County School District. Because a neighborhood this size can span more than one attendance zone, confirm the exact address with the district's lookup tool.
Tom Cousins began developing it in 1968. The first plat was filed with Cobb County in June 1969, and the earliest residents moved in late that year.
Twenty-seven, played as three nines: Seminole, Cherokee and Choctaw.
No. It's in unincorporated East Cobb with a Marietta mailing address.
No. Membership once came with a home sale, but today the club is privately owned and sells memberships separately.
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