Editing Bartow County, Georgia (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|470|sqmi|0}}, of which {{convert|460|sqmi|0}} is land and {{convert|11|sqmi}} or 2.2% is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

The bulk of Bartow County is located in the [[Etowah River]] sub-basin of the [[ACT River Basin]] (Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin). The northeastern portion of the county around [[Rydal, Georgia|Rydal]] is located in the [[Coosawattee River]] sub-basin of the same ACT River Basin, while an even smaller northwestern section around [[Adairsville, Georgia|Adairsville]] is located in the [[Oostanaula River]] sub-basin of the larger ACT River Basin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 19, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Etowah is mostly part of [[Lake Allatoona]] in southeast Bartow and southwest Cherokee counties, with the [[Allatoona Dam]] near Cartersville also impounding Allatoona Creek into northwest Cobb county. The peninsula between the two major arms of the lake is home to [[Red Top Mountain State Park]], east-southeast of Cartersville and just southeast of the dam.

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Gordon County, Georgia|Gordon County]] – north
* [[Pickens County, Georgia|Pickens County]] – northeast
* [[Cherokee County, Georgia|Cherokee County]] – east
* [[Cobb County, Georgia|Cobb County]] – southeast
* [[Paulding County, Georgia|Paulding County]] – south
* [[Polk County, Georgia|Polk County]] – southwest
* [[Floyd County, Georgia|Floyd County]] – west