Coweta County, Georgia

Coweta County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Newnan
Year Organized: 1826
Square Miles: 443

Court House:
22 East Broad Street
County Administration Building
Newnan, GA 30263-1973

Etymology - Origin of County Name

name of the Coweta Indians, a Creek tribe headed by William McIntosh, Jr., the half-Scott, half Creek who relinquished lands to the Federal government in the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Georgia's 67th county bears the name of the Coweta Indians, a Creek tribe headed by William McIntosh, Jr., the half-Scott, half Creek who relinquished lands to the Federal government in the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs.

Newnan was named for General Daniel Newnan who fought in the Indian Wars, the War of 1812, and later served in the Georgia General Assembly.

Points of Interest

Newnan was home at various times to the Male Academy and to the College Temple, a prestigious school which was the first to offer a Master of Arts for women.

The Chattahoochee-Flint Heritage Highway, a scenic highway, runs through Coweta, Troup and Meriwether Counties.

Notable Citizens

Several notable persons have come from Coweta county. Ellis Gibbs Arnall was both an attorney general and governor of Georgia in the Talmadge era. He worked to make Georgia the first state to lower the voting age to 18 and was also successful in repealing the poll tax. Other famous Cowetans include the late columnist and author Lewis Grizzard and novelist Erskine Caldwell (both of whom were from Moreland), author Margaret Ann Barnes, and country superstars Doug Stone and Alan Jackson

Neighboring Counties:

Northeast: Fulton County; Fayette County
East: Spalding County
South: Meriwether County
Southwest: Troup County
West: Heard County
Northwest: Carroll County

Cities and Towns:

- Grantville	city	Incorporated Area
- Haralson	town	Incorporated Area
- Moreland	town	Incorporated Area
- Newnan (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Senoia	city	Incorporated Area
- Sharpsburg	town	Incorporated Area
- Turin	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

County http://www.coweta.ga.us/

Chamber of Commerce

Additional County Info http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp?FIPS=13077

County Resource Guide

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