1861Military
=== Civil War ===
Camp MacDonald, a training camp, was located there from 1861 to 1863.
1862Military
During the Civil War, Kennesaw was the staging ground for the Great Locomotive Chase on April 12, 1862.
1863History
Summers, who was interred in 1863.
1887Government
Known from its original settlement in the 1830s until 1887 as Big Shanty, it became Kennesaw under an 1887 charter.
1934History
Ellis in 1934, which was sold for burial purposes.
1948History
Chalker purchased another 1 acre (0.40 ha) adjacent to the first parcel in 1948, which was also to be used for a cemetery.
1992Disaster
On November 22, 1992, an F-4 tornado caused 34 injuries.
1999Crime
From 1999 to 2011, Kennesaw crime statistics reported that both property and violent crimes had decreased, though from 2003 to 2008 the trend in both violent and property crime ...
2000History
A similar law was passed in 2000 in the city of Virgin, Utah, making it the second city in the United States to require residents to own guns.
2001Crime
=== Crime statistics ===
In 2001, violent crime rates were about 60% below national and state rates.
2004Civil Rights
In March 2004, First Lady Laura Bush designated Kennesaw a Preserve America Community.
2008Military
=== Wireless Internet in city parks ===
In 2008, the city of Kennesaw awarded a bid to Digitel Wireless for the implementation of city wireless Internet.
2010History
=== 2010 census ===
As of the census of 2010, there were 29,783 people, 11,413 households, and 7,375 families residing in the city.
2016Architecture
== Sports ==
In 2016, the Atlanta Blaze of Major League Lacrosse spent their first year of play as an expansion franchise with home games at Fifth Third Bank Stadium on the camp...
2019Sports
The team relocated in 2019.
2020History
== Demographics ==
=== 2020 census ===
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 33,036 people, 12,803 households, and 8,250 families residing in the city.