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Newton County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- December 24, 1821 ; 205 years ago ( 1821 )
- Named after
- John Newton
- Seat
- Covington
- Largest city
- Covington
- Total
- 279 sq mi (720 km )
- Land
- 272 sq mi (700 km )
- Water
- 7.0 sq mi (18 km ) 2.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 125,583
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 13th , 10th
- Website
- www .newtoncountyga .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Contains
- Mansfield
- Capital
- Covington
- Population
- 112483
- Area
- 723
- Shares border with
- Rockdale County
- Official website
- www.co.newton.ga.us
- Image
- Newton County Georgia Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 37543
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- water as percent of area
- 2.5
- native label
- Newton County
- Commons category
- Newton County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Newton County, Georgia
- inception
- 1858-11-30
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Newton County, Georgia
- different from
- Newton County
- per capita income
- 25394
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Encyclopedic overview
Newton County is a county located in the East Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 112,483. The county seat is Covington. Newton County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Newton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.