[2] In contrast to other northern suburbs of Atlanta, East Cobb has remained unincorporated.

Sweat Mountain is the highest elevation in the East Cobb area at 1,688 feet (515 m) above sea level.

Merchant's Walk is a 367,600-square-foot (34,150 m2) open-air shopping center with retailers, restaurants, and a movie theater originally built in 1976 and since expanded and twice renovated, once in the early 1990s and again in 2008–2011.

[17][18] Paper Mill Village is a collection of 33 buildings linked by over a mile of pedestrian walkways.

The area comprises several high school attendance districts: Pope, Sprayberry, Wheeler, Kell, Walton, and Lassiter.

The extreme western portion of the Sprayberry district (the Town Center Mall area) also lies outside of East Cobb.

The extreme southwestern and southern portions of the Wheeler district lie west of I-75 and south of I-285 respectively, thus excluding these small areas from being considered a part of East Cobb.