Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: The political center of this district was located in a log courthouse on Coweta Creek , about a one-fourth of a mile west from the modern day center of the downtown Coweta .
Simplified: The political center of this district was located in a log courthouse on Coweta Creek , about a quarter mile west from the modern day center of the downtown Coweta .