Coweta County, Georgia

{{Short description|County in Georgia, United States}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox U.S. county | county = Coweta County | state = Georgia | type = County | flag = Flag of Coweta County, Georgia.png | flag size = 105px | seal = CowetaCountyGAseal.png | seal size = 80px | logo = CowetaCountyGALogo.png | logo size = 125px | founded = {{start date and age|1826}} | seat wl = Newnan | largest city wl = Newnan | area_total_sq_mi = 446 | area_land_sq_mi = 441 | area_water_sq_mi = 4.9 | area percentage = 1.1% | census yr = 2020 | pop = 146158 | pop_est_as_of = 2025 | population_est = 160240 {{increase}} | density_sq_mi = 327 | time zone = Eastern | website = {{URL|https://www.coweta.ga.us/|coweta.ga.us}} | ex image = Coweta County Courthouse.jpg | ex image cap = Historic Coweta County Courthouse in Newnan | district = 3rd }}

'''Coweta County''' {{IPAc-en|k|aʊ|ˈ|iː|t|ə}} 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.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cowetacountygeorgia|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 18, 2022 }}</ref> The county seat is Newnan.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030710215157/http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf |archive-date=July 10, 2003 |url-status=live | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=52 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

In 1882, Aleck Brown, an African-American man accused of raping a white woman, was lynched.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lynching.csde.washington.edu/#/search/GA1882080901|title=CSDE Lynching Database|website=lynching.csde.washington.edu|language=en|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=August 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827082210/http://lynching.csde.washington.edu/#/search/GA1882080901|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1899, Sam Hose, an African-American man accused of killing his boss, was tortured and burned alive by a lynch mob of approximately 2,000 citizens of Coweta County.<ref>{{cite book|title=Trouble In Mind: Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow|first=Leon|last=Litwack|date=July 27, 1999|publisher=Vintage Books|page=281|isbn=0375702636}}</ref>

==Geography== According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of {{convert|446|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|441|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|4.9|sqmi}} (1.1%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 19, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Major highways=== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * 20px Interstate 85 * 20px 20px U.S. Route 27 Alternate * 20px U.S. Route 29 * 20px State Route 14 * 20px State Route 16 * 20px State Route 34 * 20px State Route 34 Bypass * 20px State Route 41 * 20px State Route 54 * 20px State Route 70 * 20px State Route 74 * 20px State Route 85 * 20px State Route 154 * 20px State Route 403 {{div col end}}

===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=== * Chattahoochee Hills (partly in Fulton County) * Grantville * Newnan * Palmetto (partly in Fulton County) * Senoia

===Towns=== * Haralson * Moreland * Sharpsburg * Turin

===Census-designated place=== * East Newnan

===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 7,400-acre location was set to be developed in Coweta County and was known as Shenandoah.<ref name="hudnews">{{cite web |title=History of New Communities Program |url=http://mars.gmu.edu/bitstream/handle/1920/1775/484_18_03.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |website=GMU.edu |publisher=U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |access-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109175602/http://mars.gmu.edu/bitstream/handle/1920/1775/484_18_03.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |url-status=dead }}</ref> The project was launched in the early 1970s and was foreclosed on in 1981, when it included 170 families and 108 residential lots.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shenandoah was origin of new community zoning |url=https://times-herald.com/news/2018/08/shenandoah-was-origin-of-new-community-zoning |access-date=July 20, 2021 |publisher=Newnan Times Herald}}</ref>

==Demographics== {{US Census population |1830= 5003 |1840= 10364 |1850= 13635 |1860= 14703 |1870= 15875 |1880= 21109 |1890= 22354 |1900= 24980 |1910= 28800 |1920= 29047 |1930= 25127 |1940= 26972 |1950= 27786 |1960= 28893 |1970= 32310 |1980= 39268 |1990= 53853 |2000= 89215 |2010= 127317 |2020= 146158 |estyear=2025 |estimate=160240 |estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2025">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html|title=County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2025|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 15, 2026}}</ref> {{increase}} |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref> 1790-1880<ref name=1880CensusGACty>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800 |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-08.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web |first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia |website= US Census Bureau |date= 1910 |url= https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate= |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240116032336/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |archive-date= January 16, 2024 |page= |url-status= dead }}</ref> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1930-1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1940-1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia - |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960-1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1980-2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF"/> }}

===Racial and ethnic composition=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Coweta County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition''' {{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}} !Race / Ethnicity (''NH = Non-Hispanic'') !Pop 1980<ref name=1980Census>{{Cite web|title=1980 Census of Population - General Social and Economic Characteristics - Georgia - Table 58 - Race by Sex: 1980 and Table 59 - Persons by Spanish Origin, Race, and Sex: 1980 |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-05.pdf|website=United States Census Bureau|page=12-52|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260218082208/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980/1980censusofpopu80148uns_bw.pdf| archive-date=February 18, 2026|via= Wayback Machine}}</ref> !Pop 1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=1990 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia: Table 6 - Race and Hispanic Origin |website=United States Census Bureau|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-12.pdf|access-date=|page=15-65|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250901103316/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-12.pdf|via= Wayback Machine| archive-date=September 1, 2025}}</ref> !Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Coweta County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=050XX00US13077&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}</ref> !Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Coweta County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13077&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}</ref> !style="background-color: #ffffb3;" | Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Coweta County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13077&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}</ref> !% 1980 !% 1990 !% 2000 !% 2010 !style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020 |- |White alone (NH) |28,324 |41,044 |68,867 |92,604 |style='background: #ffffe6; |99,421 |72.13% |76.21% |77.19% |72.73% |style='background: #ffffe6; |68.02% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |10,564 |12,162 |15,935 |21,744 |style='background: #ffffe6; |25,544 |26.90% |22.58% |17.86% |17.08% |style='background: #ffffe6; |17.48% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |32 |101 |183 |284 |style='background: #ffffe6; |298 |0.08% |0.19% |0.21% |0.22% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.20% |- |Asian alone (NH) |35 |149 |608 |1,895 |style='background: #ffffe6; |3,329 |0.09% |0.28% |0.68% |1.49% |style='background: #ffffe6; |2.28% |- |Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) |x <ref>included in the Asian category in the 1980 Census</ref> |x <ref>included in the Asian category in the 1990 Census</ref> |13 |54 |style='background: #ffffe6; |62 |x |x |0.01% |0.04% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04% |- |Other race alone (NH) |19 |12 |78 |182 |style='background: #ffffe6; |669 |0.05% |0.02% |0.09% |0.14% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.46% |- |Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) |x <ref>not an option in the 1980 Census</ref> |x <ref>not an option in the 1990 Census</ref> |734 |2,061 |style='background: #ffffe6; |5,782 |x |x |0.82% |1.62% |style='background: #ffffe6; |3.96% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |294 |385 |2,797 |8,493 |style='background: #ffffe6; |11,053 |0.75% |0.71% |3.14% |6.67% |style='background: #ffffe6; |7.56% |- |'''Total''' |'''39,268''' |'''53,853''' |'''89,215''' |'''127,317''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''146,158 ''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |}

===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.<ref name="Census2020DHC">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dhc?get=NAME%2CP2_002N%2CP2_003N&for=county%3A077&in=state%3A13|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2023|access-date=12 December 2025|df=mdy}}</ref><ref name="Census2020DP">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dp?get=NAME%2CDP1_0021P%2CDP1_0024P%2CDP1_0025C%2CDP1_0049C%2CDP1_0045C%2CDP1_0069C%2CDP1_0073C%2CDP1_0125P%2CDP1_0126P%2CDP1_0129P%2CDP1_0138P%2CDP1_0139P%2CDP1_0141P%2CDP1_0142P%2CDP1_0143P%2CDP1_0145P%2CDP1_0146P%2CDP1_0147C%2CDP1_0148C%2CDP1_0149C%2CDP1_0156C%2CDP1_0157C%2CDP1_0158C%2CDP1_0159P%2CDP1_0160P&for=county%3A077&in=state%3A13|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=12 December 2025|df=mdy}}</ref><ref name="Census2020PL">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N%2CP1_003N%2CP1_004N%2CP1_005N%2CP1_006N%2CP1_007N%2CP1_008N%2CP1_009N%2CP2_001N%2CP2_002N%2CH1_001N%2CH1_002N&for=county%3A077&in=state%3A13|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=12 December 2025|df=mdy}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Census2020PL"/>

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.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

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%.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

==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.<ref>[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=638&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Retrieved August 2, 2014.</ref> The system has 1,164 full-time teachers and more than 18,389 students.<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/COWETA/COWETA_COUNTY.html School Stats], Retrieved August 2, 2014.</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.westga.edu/newnan/|title=UWG {{!}} University of West Georgia Newnan|last=Georgia|first=University of West|website=www.westga.edu|language=en|access-date=August 5, 2018}}</ref>

Newnan is also home to a campus of West Georgia Technical College.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westgatech.edu/locations/coweta.htm |title=West Georgia Technical College |access-date=August 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817051353/http://www.westgatech.edu/locations/coweta.htm |archive-date=August 17, 2011 }}>.</ref>

==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.

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! '''District''' ! '''Commissioner''' ! '''Party''' ! '''Term of office''' ! '''Seat up''' |- {{party shading/Republican}} | District 1 | Paul Poole | Republican | 2021–present | 2024 |- {{party shading/Republican}} | District 2 | Bill McKenzie | Republican | 2021–present | 2026 |- {{party shading/Republican}} | District 3 | Bob Blackburn | Republican | 2023–present | 2026 |- {{party shading/Republican}} | District 4 | John Reidelbach (chairman) | Republican | 2021–present | 2024 |- {{party shading/Democratic}} | 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Georgia General Assembly|url=https://www.legis.ga.gov/senate|website=www.legis.ga.gov|access-date=2025-11-28}}</ref> For elections to the Georgia House of Representatives, Coweta County is represented by districts 65, 67, 70 and 73.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Georgia General Assembly|url=https://www.legis.ga.gov/house|website=www.legis.ga.gov|access-date=2025-11-28}}</ref>{{PresHead|place=Coweta County, Georgia|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 19, 2018}}</ref>}}  {{PresRow|1880|Democratic|1,285|1,381|0|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1884|Democratic|1,326|1,489|0|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1888|Democratic|990|1,476|6|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,085|2,005|55|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1896|Democratic|571|1,196|25|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1900|Democratic|232|1,063|7|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1904|Democratic|160|1,070|54|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1908|Democratic|220|1,032|20|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|46|1,044|35|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|26|1,179|85|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1920|Democratic|169|1,094|0|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1924|Democratic|67|1,010|40|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1928|Democratic|229|1,656|0|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|46|2,183|6|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|73|2,260|3|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|103|2,846|8|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|130|2,649|0|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|219|2,214|216|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1952|Democratic|652|3,837|0|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1956|Democratic|850|3,003|0|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,159|3,855|0|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|3,656|3,712|0|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1968|American Independent|2,442|1,204|3,791|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|5,751|1,560|0|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,044|6,195|0|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1980|Democratic|4,480|5,697|245|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|7,981|3,650|0|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|9,668|4,212|49|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|9,814|7,093|3,646|Georgia}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|13,058|7,794|2,118|Georgia}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|21,327|9,056|843|Georgia}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|31,682|10,647|280|Georgia}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|37,571|15,521|543|Georgia}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|39,653|15,168|897|Georgia}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|42,533|16,583|3,094|Georgia}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|51,501|24,210|1,134|Georgia}} {{PresRow|2024|Republican|57,204|28,111|1,101|Georgia}} {{PresFoot}} {{U.S. SenHead|place=Coweta County, Georgia|Seat=2|source=}}  {{U.S. SenRow|2020|Republican|51,299|22,915|1,908|Georgia}} {{U.S. SenRow|2020|Republican|45,776|21,527|0|Georgia}} {{U.S. SenFoot}} {{U.S. SenHead|place=Coweta County, Georgia|Seat=3|source=}}  {{U.S. SenRow|2020|Republican|28,927|16,593|30,122|Georgia}} {{U.S. SenRow|2020|Republican|45,462|21,825|0|Georgia}} {{U.S. SenRow|2022|Republican|41,512|20,169|1,674|Georgia}} {{U.S. SenRow|2022|Republican|35,110|17,500|0|Georgia}} {{U.S. SenFoot}} {{G.A. GovHead|place=Coweta County|Seat=|source=}}  {{G.A. GovRow|2022|Republican|45,376|17,847|503}} {{G.A. GovFoot}}

==Notable people== {{unreferenced section|date=November 2025}} * Ellis Gibbs Arnall, governor of Georgia, 1943–1947 * William Yates Atkinson, governor of Georgia, 1894–1896; founded 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 * Joe M. Jackson, colonel, U.S. Air Force, Medal of Honor recipient * Warren Newson, played pro baseball for the Chicago White Sox * Stephen W. Pless, major, U.S. Marine Corps, Medal of Honor recipient * Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith, confidence man and crime boss * Charles Wadsworth, retired director of the Chamber Music Society at the 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'' * Will Smith, professional baseball player for the Kansas City Royals

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.coweta.ga.us/ Website]

{{Geographic Location |Centre = Coweta County, Georgia |North = |Northeast = Fulton County |East = Fayette County |Southeast = Spalding County |South = Meriwether County |Southwest = Troup County |West = Heard County |Northwest = Carroll County }} {{Coweta County, Georgia}} {{Atlanta Metro}} {{Georgia (U.S. state)}} {{Authority control}} {{Coord|33.35|-84.76|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-GA_source:UScensus1990}}

Category:Coweta County, Georgia Category:1826 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Georgia (U.S. state) placenames of Native American origin Coweta Category:Georgia (U.S. state) counties Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1826