Welcome to the Coweta County Department of Health. Here you will be able to find information about the different programs of the department. This department is divided into two divisions, the Environmental Health Department and the Physical Health Department, both of which strive to protect, inform and serve the public.

Our Mission: To promote and protect the health of people in Coweta County wherever they live, work, and play. We unite with individuals, families, and communities to improve their health and enhance their quality of life.

Our Vision: A County with healthy people, families, and communities where all sectors unite by pooling their assets and strengths to promote health for all. A County where decisions are made in harmony with economic and environmental concerns.

Statistics

For pre-formatted natality & mortality data please see Vital Statistics Reports (VSR).

For other health data resources please see the Health Data & Info section.

Health Care
Coweta County had 3.2 licensed nursing home beds per 100 persons in 1999, compared with the state average of 5.5 per 100 persons. In 1999, the number of physicians in the county per 10,000 persons was 10, compared to the state average of 19.3. For more community indicators, please go to OASIS .

History*

Coweta County was created in 1826. Georgia's 67th county bear's the name of the Coweta Indians, a Creek tribe headed by William McIntosh, Jr., the half-Scot, half-Creek who relinquished his lands to the Federal government in the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs.

Notable persons from Coweta County include Ellis Gibbs Arnall, who was both an attorney general and governor of Georgia during the Talmadge era. He worked to make Georgia the first state to lower the voting age to 18 and was also successful in repealing the poll tax. Another noted Cowetan was columnist and author Lewis Grizzard, who hailed from Moreland.