Newton County (Ga.)
URI(s)
Codes
- n-us-ga
Variants
- Newton Co., Ga.
Additional Information
Descriptor
- County
Associated Locale
- United States
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Newton Co., Ga.
Sources
- found: Georgia. State Highway Dept. Newton County, 1952.
- found: GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm2; 33°33ʹ00ʺN 083°51ʹ00ʺW)
- found: Georgia Place-Names by Kenneth K. Krakow (First Edition, 1975)(Newton County was created on December 24, 1821, from parts of Henry, Jasper, and Walton Counties, and named for Sergeant John Newton. County Seat is Covington.)
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Change Notes
- 1982-01-26: new
- 2015-01-23: revised
Alternate Formats