Community LIVING
Welcome to Newnan: a newcomer's guide to the City of Homes
Coweta County's seat keeps its courthouse square at the center of things, its old houses on the side streets and its calendar full from the first Market Day of spring to the December parade.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
Community LIVING
Ten things worth knowing about Newnan
A general's name, a teenager's letter to Andrew Carnegie, a newspaper born months after the Civil War and a barbecue counter where a country star once waited tables: ten stories to tell the next visitor.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
Shopping
Shopping LOCAL in Newnan: the square, its side streets and Market Day
Two bookshops a short walk apart, a needlepoint studio, a gallery full of local work and a monthly makers' market: here is where Newnan shops independent, and when downtown is busiest this season.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
Health & Wellness
Parks, trails and outdoor places in Newnan
A brand-new park downtown, a paved greenway that keeps growing, and neighborhood parks with splash pads, skate ramps and room for dogs: a guide to getting outside in Newnan in every season.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
Community LIVING
Newnan, one neighborhood at a time
From the 1828 square to the mill village and the newly listed Chalk Level district, a walk through the neighborhoods that make up the City of Homes and what anchors each one.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
Community LIVING
Newnan's history, told through the places you can still visit
Creek land, a courthouse town, a Civil War hospital center and a newly honored African American district: how Newnan's story survives in its buildings, its museums and the traditions people keep.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
Entertainment
Newnan events this holiday season: Santa on the Square, the Christmas Tour of Homes and the parade
From Santa's fire-truck arrival and the last Market Day of the year to six historic homes dressed for Christmas and the city's parade after dark, here is what's on in Newnan through mid-December.
Through December 13
Entertainment
Interesting places to explore in Newnan
A domed 1904 courthouse, a library with a glowing 'City of Homes' sign, an 1833 cemetery, a 1937 house museum, a restored auditorium and a brand-new park: eight Newnan places worth a second look.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
Dining
How Newnan eats: barbecue, Brunswick stew and breakfast on the square
A century-old barbecue counter, pecan smoke on Jackson Street, a market day on the courthouse lawn, and the coffee bars, burger and steak houses and sweet shop that keep the square busy.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
Family Life
Family days in Newnan, season by season
Castle playgrounds and splash pads when the weather cooperates, a hands-on children's museum and a free library storytime when it doesn't, and the traditions that bring Newnan families downtown every year.
November 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM EST
