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Newton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 99,958.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13217.html )〕 The county seat is Covington.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Newton County is included in the ''Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area''. ==History== Newton county is named after Sgt. John Newton, who served under Gen. Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox", in the American Revolutionary War. It was created on December 24, 1821. During the American Civil War, the county provided the Lamar Infantry, which was a part of Cobb's Legion. Georgia is one of many states which have a Newton County and a Jasper County that border each other. In late 1978, the first five episodes of ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' were filmed in and around Covington, Georgia. The TV series ''In The Heat of the Night'' was filmed in Covington from 1988 to 1995. Also, in ''Remember the Titans'', there were many scenes shot on "The Square" and the final football scene in was shot at Homer Sharp Stadium, which is located right off "The Square" in downtown Covington. Currently part of the new series ''The Vampire Diaries'' is being fiimed on "The Square". Additionally, major films including ''My Cousin Vinny'', ''Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives'' and ''Halloween II'', Rob Zombie's sequel to his 2007 film ''Halloween'', were also filmed near and around "The Square" in downtown Covington. Newton county claims to be the birthplace of Georgia 4-H. Actually, the Girls Canning and Boys Corn Clubs in 1904 by G.C. Adams was renamed the 4-H Club in 1906, after the original 4-H Club that opened in Iowa in 1905. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newton County, Georgia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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