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Georgia Counties
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Georgia Counties
Georgia is divided into 159 counties. Under the Georgia Constitution, counties are granted home
rule to deal with issues that are local in nature. Four consolidated city-counties — Athens (Clarke County),
Augusta (Richmond County), Columbus (Muscogee County), and Cusseta (Chattahoochee County) — exist.
Georgia has the second-highest number of counties of any state in the United States, behind Texas (254).
A few Georgia counties have changed names over time. Jasper County was
originally known as Randolph County. Later, the current Randolph County came into being. Webster County was once
known as Kinchafoonee County, and Bartow County was formerly known as Cass County. |
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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
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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