Newnan is often described as a city with small-town charm, historic character, and friendly people.  As the city continues to grow and prosper, the sense of community, uniqueness, and appeal is still alive and well. 

The City of Newnan was incorporated in 1828 and is named for General Daniel Newnan, a North Carolina native, who was a soldier and later became Georgia Secretary of State and a United States Congressman.

The growth and development of Newnan is largely attributed to the close proximity of Atlanta. Coweta County is located about 40 miles southwest of Atlanta on Interstate 85. Newnan has approximately 27,000 residents and encompasses 19 square miles.  The city s population is projected to continue to rapidly grow over the next several years.

Though Newnan is home to many fine office developments and commercial areas, our historic downtown remains vibrant and has a variety of services, specialty shops, and restaurants available. The City s $3.5 million downtown Streetscapes Project included improvements such as sidewalks, curbs, landscaping, and lighting. The city has also completed Streetscapes projects on Temple Avenue and Greenville Street, and two new parks are being built in downtown. The Newnan Coweta Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Development Authority, the city's Business Development Office, and the Coweta County Development Authority are all dedicated to improving the local economy and enhancing the quality of life in Newnan. Our mild climate, progressive economy, and strategic location make Newnan an ideal environment for business, industry, and commerce. We provide many of the amenities of a metropolitan area while retaining the small town charm and atmosphere of our heritage.

Newnan was first established as county seat of Coweta County (replacing the currently nonexistent town of Bullsboro) in 1828 and was named for North Carolinian General Daniel Newnan . Newnan quickly became a prosperous magnet for professionals such as lawyers and doctors, as well as various merchants. Much of Newnan's prosperity was due to the thriving cotton industry, which relied on slavery . Newnan was largely untouched by the American Civil War due to its status as a hospital city (for Confederate troops), and as a result is still home to much antebellum architecture. For this reason, Newnan is known as "The City of Homes." Celebrated architect Kennon Perry designed many of the town's 20th Century homes. During the Atlanta Campaign , Confederate cavalry badly defeated Union forces at the nearby Battle of Brown's Mill . Newnan was host to the trial in 1948 of wealthy landowner John Wallace , the first white man in the south to be condemned to death by the testimony of African Americans , two field hands who were made to help with burning the body of murdered white sharecropper Wilson Turner. These events were portrayed in the novel Murder in Coweta County . The film version starred Johnny Cash , Andy Griffith , and June Carter . Newnan is also home of Atlanta Falcon Keith Brooking. The Newnan/Sharspburg area is home to three high schools, Newnan High School (founded in 1887), East Coweta High School (founded in 1946), and Northgate High School . Newnan is also home to The Heritage School , a small private college preparatory school, grades pre-K to 12, that sends many students to top-20 universities. Newnan is served by the Coweta County School System