Coweta County, Georgia

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Coweta County Template:IPAc-en is a county in the West Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of Metro Atlanta. As of the 2020 census, the population was 146,158.[1] The county seat is Newnan.[2]

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

History

The land for Lee, Muscogee, Troup, Coweta and Carroll counties was ceded by the Creek people in the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs. The counties' boundaries were created by the Georgia General Assembly 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), who had several towns in and around the present-day county.[3]

In the city of Newnan, on April 23, 1899, a notorious lynching occurred after an African-American man by the name of Sam Hose (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.[4]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"., of which Script error: No such module "convert". is land and Script error: No such module "convert". (1.1%) is water.[5] The county is located in the Piedmont 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 sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The western half is in the Middle Chattahoochee River-Lake Harding sub-basin of the same ACF River Basin.[6]

Major highways

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Adjacent counties

Communities

Cities

Towns

Census-designated place

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Planned town

In the federal government's National Urban Policy and New Community Development Act of 1970, 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.[7] The project was launched in the early 1970s and was foreclosed on in 1981, when it included 170 families and 108 residential lots.[8]

Demographics

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Coweta County racial composition as of 2020[18]
Race Num. Perc.
White (non-Hispanic) 99,421 68.02%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 25,544 17.48%
Native American 298 0.2%
Asian 3,329 2.28%
Pacific Islander 62 0.04%
Other/Mixed 6,451 4.41%
Hispanic or Latino 11,053 7.56%

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 146,158. The median age was 39.5 years. 23.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 15.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 93.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.4 males age 18 and over. 55.1% of residents lived in urban areas, while 44.9% lived in rural areas.[19][20][21]

The racial makeup of the county was 69.6% White, 17.7% Black or African American, 0.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.3% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 3.2% from some other race, and 6.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 7.6% of the population.[21]

There were 53,596 households in the county, of which 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 24.4% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[20]

There were 56,729 housing units, of which 5.5% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 73.4% were owner-occupied and 26.6% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.6% and the rental vacancy rate was 7.2%.[20]

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.[22] The system has 1,164 full-time teachers and more than 18,389 students.[23] Private schools in the county include The Heritage School and Trinity Christian School.

Mercer University 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 University of West Georgia 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.[24]

Newnan is also home to a campus of West Georgia Technical College.[25]

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.

District Commissioner Party Term of office Seat up
District 1 Paul Poole Republican 2021–present 2024
District 2 Bill McKenzie Republican 2021–present 2026
District 3 Bob Blackburn Republican 2023–present 2026
District 4 John Reidelbach (chairman) Republican 2021–present 2024
District 5 Al Smith Democratic 2021–present 2024

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 Brian Jack.

Politics

Coweta County is a strongly Republican county, voting 68.4 percent for Donald Trump in 2016 and 69.9 percent for Brian Kemp in 2018.

For elections to the United States House of Representatives, Coweta County is part of Georgia's 3rd congressional district.

For elections to the Georgia State Senate, Coweta County is a part of District 6.[26] For elections to the Georgia House of Representatives, Coweta County is represented by districts 65, 67, 70 and 73.[27]Template:PresHead Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresFoot Template:U.S. SenHead Template:U.S. SenRow Template:U.S. SenFoot

Notable people

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See also

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References

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