Coweta County is a

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in the West Central region of the

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. It is part of Metro Atlanta. As of the 2020 census, the population was 146,158. The

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is Newnan. Coweta County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metropolitan statistical area.

History

The land for

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, Troup, Coweta and Carroll counties was

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by the

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on June 9, 1826, but they were not named until December 14, 1826. Coweta County was named for the Koweta Indians (a sub-group of the

Creek people The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek or just Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy ( in the Muscogee language; English: ), are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern WoodlandsSam Hose Sam Hose (born Samuel Thomas Wilkes; c. 1875 – April 23, 1899) was an African American man who was tortured and murdered by a white lynch mob in Coweta County, Georgia, after being accused of rape. Personal life Sam Hose was born ...

(born Tom Wilkes) was accused of killing his boss, Alfred Cranford. Hose was tortured and burned alive by a lynch mob of approximately 2,000 citizens of Coweta County. On August 9, 1882, Aleck Brown was lynched.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.1%) is water. The county is located in the

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region of the state. The eastern half of Coweta County, from Palmetto southwest to Newnan, then south to Luthersville, is in the Upper

Flint River The Flint River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 15, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Georgia. The river drains of western Georgia, flowing south from th ...

sub-basin of the

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(Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The western half is in the Middle

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sub-basin of the same ACF River Basin.

Major highways

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*
U.S. Route 27 Alternate * US 29

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State Route 14 * Georgia 16

State Route 16 * Georgia 34

State Route 34 * Georgia 34 Bypass

State Route 34 Bypass * Georgia 41

State Route 41 * Georgia 54

State Route 54 * Georgia 70

State Route 70 * Georgia 74

State Route 74 * Georgia 85

State Route 85 * Georgia 154

State Route 154 * Georgia 403

State Route 403

Adjacent counties

* Fulton County – northeast * Fayette County – east * Spalding County – East/southeast * Meriwether County – south *

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– southwest * Heard County – west * Carroll County – northwest

Communities

Cities

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(partly in Fulton County) * Grantville * Newnan * Palmetto (partly in Fulton County) * Senoia

Towns

* Haralson * Moreland * Sharpsburg *

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Census-designated place

* East Newnan

Unincorporated communities

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(partly in Heard County) *

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* Roscoe * Sargent * Thomas Crossroads

Planned town

In the federal government's

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, funding was provided for thirteen "new towns" or planned cities throughout the country. One 7,400-acre location was set to be developed in Coweta County and was known as Shenandoah. The project was launched in the early 1970s and was foreclosed on in 1981, when it included 170 families and 108 residential lots.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 146,158 people, 53,640 households, and 37,400 families residing in the county.

Education

The Coweta County School System holds pre-school to grade 12, and consists of nineteen elementary schools, six middle schools and three high schools. The system has 1,164 full-time teachers and more than 18,389 students. Private schools in the county include The Heritage School and Trinity Christian School.

Mercer University Mercer University is a Private university, private Research university, research university in Macon, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1833 as Mercer Institute and gaining university status in 1837, it is the oldest private university in the s ...

has a Regional Academic Center in Newnan. The center, opened in 2010, offers programs through the university's College of Continuing and Professional Studies. The

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has a campus near downtown Newnan on the site of the old Newnan Hospital. This campus offers two undergraduate programs - Bachelor of Science in nursing and early childhood education. Newnan is also home to a campus of

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Government

The legislative body of Coweta is the Coweta County Commission, which consists of five members elected from numbered districts. The chairmanship rotates among the members. Coweta County is the only county in Georgia that operates with a rotating chairmanship. In the General Assembly, it is currently divided between State House district 70, 71, 72 and 132, and is within State Senate district 28 (currently held by Matt Brass). In Congress, it is in the 3rd congressional district, currently represented by

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Politics

Coweta is a strongly Republican county, voting 68.4 percent for

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and 69.9 percent for

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Notable people

* Ellis Gibbs Arnall, governor of Georgia, 1943–1947 *

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, governor of Georgia, 1894–1896; founded Georgia State College for Women, now

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, former Major League baseball player;

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winner in 1987 *

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, football player for the

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and

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, author of the novels '' Tobacco Road'' and ''

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, played for the pro football

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and Atlanta Falcons *

Sam Hose Sam Hose (born Samuel Thomas Wilkes; c. 1875 – April 23, 1899) was an African American man who was tortured and murdered by a white lynch mob in Coweta County, Georgia, after being accused of rape. Personal life Sam Hose was born ...

, African-American man who was brutally murdered by a lynch mob after accusations of murder, assault and rape *

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singer and musician * Joe M. Jackson, colonel,

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* Stephen W. Pless, major,

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, Medal of Honor recipient * Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith, confidence man and crime boss * Charles Wadsworth, retired director of the Chamber Music Society at the

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References

External links

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