Coweta County, Georgia
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Congressional district | 3rd |
Coweta County
Coweta County is included in the
History
The land for
In the city of Newnan, on April 23, 1899, a notorious lynching occurred after an African-American man by the name of
On August 9, 1882, Aleck Brown was lynched.[4]
Geography
According to the
The eastern half of Coweta County, from
Major highways
- Interstate 85
U.S. Route 27 Alternate- U.S. Route 29
- State Route 14
- State Route 16
- State Route 34
- State Route 34 Bypass
- State Route 41
- State Route 54
- State Route 70
- State Route 74
- State Route 85
- State Route 154
- State Route 403
Adjacent counties
- Fulton County – northeast
- Fayette County – east
- Spalding County – East/southeast
- Meriwether County – south
- Troup County – southwest
- Heard County – west
- Carroll County – northwest
Communities
Cities
- Grantville
- Newnan
- Palmetto (partly in Fulton County)
- Senoia
Towns
Census-designated place
Unincorporated communities
- Corinth (partly in Heard County)
- Raymond
- Roscoe
- Sargent
- Thomas Crossroads
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 70,000-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
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1830 | 5,003 | — | |
1840 | 10,364 | 107.2% | |
1850 | 13,635 | 31.6% | |
1860 | 14,703 | 7.8% | |
1870 | 15,875 | 8.0% | |
1880 | 21,109 | 33.0% | |
1890 | 22,354 | 5.9% | |
1900 | 24,980 | 11.7% | |
1910 | 28,800 | 15.3% | |
1920 | 29,047 | 0.9% | |
1930 | 25,127 | −13.5% | |
1940 | 26,972 | 7.3% | |
1950 | 27,786 | 3.0% | |
1960 | 28,893 | 4.0% | |
1970 | 32,310 | 11.8% | |
1980 | 39,268 | 21.5% | |
1990 | 53,853 | 37.1% | |
2000 | 89,215 | 65.7% | |
2010 | 127,317 | 42.7% | |
2020 | 146,158 | 14.8% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[9] 1790-1880[10]1890-1910[11] 1920-1930[12] 1930-1940[13] 1940-1950[14] 1960-1980[15] 1980-2000[16] 2010[1] |
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% |
Latino
|
11,053 | 7.56% |
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.
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.[20]
Newnan is also home to a campus of West Georgia Technical College.[21]
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 Drew Ferguson.
Politics
Coweta is a strongly Republican county, voting 68.4 percent for Donald Trump in 2016 and 69.9 percent for Brian Kemp in 2018.
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 51,501 | 67.02% | 24,210 | 31.50% | 1,134 | 1.48% |
2016 | 42,533 | 68.37% | 16,583 | 26.66% | 3,094 | 4.97% |
2012 | 39,653 | 71.17% | 15,168 | 27.22% | 897 | 1.61% |
2008 | 37,571 | 70.05% | 15,521 | 28.94% | 543 | 1.01% |
2004 | 31,682 | 74.36% | 10,647 | 24.99% | 280 | 0.66% |
2000 | 21,327 | 68.30% | 9,056 | 29.00% | 843 | 2.70% |
1996 | 13,058 | 56.85% | 7,794 | 33.93% | 2,118 | 9.22% |
1992 | 9,814 | 47.75% | 7,093 | 34.51% | 3,646 | 17.74% |
1988 | 9,668 | 69.41% | 4,212 | 30.24% | 49 | 0.35% |
1984 | 7,981 | 68.62% | 3,650 | 31.38% | 0 | 0.00% |
1980 | 4,480 | 42.99% | 5,697 | 54.66% | 245 | 2.35% |
1976 | 3,044 | 32.95% | 6,195 | 67.05% | 0 | 0.00% |
1972 | 5,751 | 78.66% | 1,560 | 21.34% | 0 | 0.00% |
1968 | 2,442 | 32.84% | 1,204 | 16.19% | 3,791 | 50.97% |
1964 | 3,656 | 49.62% | 3,712 | 50.38% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 1,159 | 23.12% | 3,855 | 76.88% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 850 | 22.06% | 3,003 | 77.94% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 652 | 14.52% | 3,837 | 85.48% | 0 | 0.00% |
1948 | 219 | 8.27% | 2,214 | 83.58% | 216 | 8.15% |
1944 | 130 | 4.68% | 2,649 | 95.32% | 0 | 0.00% |
1940 | 103 | 3.48% | 2,846 | 96.25% | 8 | 0.27% |
1936 | 73 | 3.13% | 2,260 | 96.75% | 3 | 0.13% |
1932 | 46 | 2.06% | 2,183 | 97.67% | 6 | 0.27% |
1928 | 229 | 12.15% | 1,656 | 87.85% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 67 | 6.00% | 1,010 | 90.42% | 40 | 3.58% |
1920 | 169 | 13.38% | 1,094 | 86.62% | 0 | 0.00% |
1916 | 26 | 2.02% | 1,179 | 91.40% | 85 | 6.59% |
1912 | 46 | 4.09% | 1,044 | 92.80% | 35 | 3.11% |
1908 | 220 | 17.30% | 1,032 | 81.13% | 20 | 1.57% |
1904 | 160 | 12.46% | 1,070 | 83.33% | 54 | 4.21% |
1900 | 232 | 17.82% | 1,063 | 81.64% | 7 | 0.54% |
1896 | 571 | 31.86% | 1,196 | 66.74% | 25 | 1.40% |
1892 | 1,085 | 34.50% | 2,005 | 63.75% | 55 | 1.75% |
1888 | 990 | 40.05% | 1,476 | 59.71% | 6 | 0.24% |
1884 | 1,326 | 47.10% | 1,489 | 52.90% | 0 | 0.00% |
1880 | 1,285 | 48.20% | 1,381 | 51.80% | 0 | 0.00% |
Notable people
- Ellis Gibbs Arnall, governor of Georgia, 1943-1947
- Georgia State College for Women, now Georgia College & State University
- Steve Bedrosian, former Major League baseball player; National League Cy Young Award winner in 1987
- Eric Berry, football player for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Keith Brooking, football player for the Atlanta Falcons and Dallas Cowboys
- Erskine Caldwell, author of the novels Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre
- Lewis Grizzard, newspaper columnist, author and humorist
- Drew Hill, played for the pro football Houston Oilers, Los Angeles Rams and Atlanta Falcons
- Sam Hose, African-American man who was brutally murdered by a lynch mob after accusations of murder, assault and rape
- Alan Jackson, country music singer and musician
- U.S. Air Force, Medal of Honorrecipient
- Warren Newson, played pro baseball for the Chicago White Sox
- U.S. Marine Corps, Medal of Honor recipient
- Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith, confidence man and crime boss
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
- Jerome Walton, former Major League baseball player; Rookie of the Year in the National League in 1989
- Rutledge Wood, auto racing analyst and host of Top Gear
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Coweta County, Georgia
- B. T. Brown Reservoir
- Murder in Coweta County
- Murder in Coweta County 1983 film
- List of counties in Georgia
References
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