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County in Georgia

Meriwether County
County
Meriwether County Courthouse in Greenville
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Location within the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 33°02′N 84°41′W / 33.04°N 84.69°W / 33.04; -84.69
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Founded	1827; 198 years ago (1827)
Named for	David Meriwether
Seat	Greenville
Largest city	Manchester
Area
• Total	505 sq mi (1,310 km)
• Land	501 sq mi (1,300 km)
• Water	4.2 sq mi (11 km) 0.8%
Population
• Total	20,613
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	3rd
Website	meriwethercountyga.gov

Meriwether County is a county in the West Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,613. The county seat is Greenville, home of the Meriwether County Courthouse. The county was formed on December 14, 1827, as the 73rd county in Georgia. It was named for David Meriwether, a general in the American Revolutionary War and member of Congress from Georgia.

Meriwether County is part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 505 square miles (1,310 km), of which 501 square miles (1,300 km) is land and 4.2 square miles (11 km) (0.8%) is water.

The county is located in the Piedmont region of the state. Portions of the Pine Mountain Range are found in the southern parts of the county near the cities of Warm Springs and Manchester.

The eastern two-thirds of Meriwether County, going east from just west of U.S. Route 27 Alternate, is located in the Upper Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The western third of the county is located in the Middle Chattahoochee River-Lake Harding sub-basin of the same ACF River Basin.

Major highways

Interstate 85
U.S. Route 27 Alternate
State Route 18
State Route 41
State Route 54
State Route 54 Spur
State Route 74
State Route 85
State Route 85 Alternate
State Route 85 Spur
State Route 100
State Route 109
State Route 109 Spur
State Route 173
State Route 190
State Route 194
State Route 362
State Route 403 (unsigned designation for I-85)

Adjacent counties

Coweta County (north)
Spalding County (northeast)
Pike County (east)
Upson County (southeast)
Talbot County (south)
Harris County (southwest)
Troup County (west)

Communities

Cities

Towns

Gay
Lone Oak

Unincorporated community

Alvaton

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1830	4,422	—
1840	14,132	219.6%
1850	16,476	16.6%
1860	15,330	−7.0%
1870	13,756	−10.3%
1880	17,651	28.3%
1890	20,740	17.5%
1900	23,339	12.5%
1910	25,180	7.9%
1920	26,167	3.9%
1930	22,437	−14.3%
1940	22,055	−1.7%
1950	21,055	−4.5%
1960	19,756	−6.2%
1970	19,461	−1.5%
1980	21,229	9.1%
1990	22,411	5.6%
2000	22,534	0.5%
2010	21,992	−2.4%
2020	20,613	−6.3%
2023 (est.)	20,931	1.5%
U.S. Decennial Census 1790-1880 1890-1910 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1960-1980 1980-2000 2010 2020

Meriwether County racial composition
Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	12,084	58.62%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	7,273	35.28%
Native American	64	0.31%
Asian	78	0.38%
Pacific Islander	6	0.03%
Other/Mixed	633	3.07%
Hispanic or Latino	475	2.3%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 20,613 people, 8,051 households, and 5,504 families residing in the county.

Politics

Meriwether County is a moderately Republican county. The last Democrat to win the county was Al Gore in 2000.

United States presidential election results for Meriwether County, Georgia
Year	Republican		Democratic		Third party(ies)
Year	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
2024	7,375	62.26%	4,373	36.92%	98	0.83%
2020	6,524	59.96%	4,287	39.40%	69	0.63%
2016	5,222	56.47%	3,804	41.13%	222	2.40%
2012	4,856	52.36%	4,331	46.70%	87	0.94%
2008	4,982	52.34%	4,465	46.91%	71	0.75%
2004	4,402	53.98%	3,709	45.48%	44	0.54%
2000	3,162	47.13%	3,441	51.29%	106	1.58%
1996	2,259	36.13%	3,492	55.85%	502	8.03%
1992	2,364	32.30%	4,002	54.67%	954	13.03%
1988	3,101	51.31%	2,934	48.54%	9	0.15%
1984	3,195	52.73%	2,864	47.27%	0	0.00%
1980	1,838	31.66%	3,876	66.77%	91	1.57%
1976	1,450	23.09%	4,830	76.91%	0	0.00%
1972	3,420	73.82%	1,213	26.18%	0	0.00%
1968	1,120	20.55%	1,760	32.29%	2,571	47.17%
1964	2,250	48.14%	2,423	51.84%	1	0.02%
1960	706	18.55%	3,100	81.45%	0	0.00%
1956	592	15.88%	3,137	84.12%	0	0.00%
1952	531	13.01%	3,551	86.99%	0	0.00%
1948	204	8.47%	1,967	81.65%	238	9.88%
1944	189	7.95%	2,187	92.05%	0	0.00%
1940	174	5.98%	2,726	93.74%	8	0.28%
1936	138	5.36%	2,438	94.61%	1	0.04%
1932	53	1.99%	2,604	97.82%	5	0.19%
1928	287	15.93%	1,515	84.07%	0	0.00%
1924	103	7.74%	886	66.57%	342	25.69%
1920	186	14.94%	1,059	85.06%	0	0.00%
1916	36	2.88%	1,118	89.44%	96	7.68%
1912	26	2.66%	862	88.05%	91	9.30%

Media

The county is served by the Meriwether Vindicator newspaper.

References

^ US 2020 Census Bureau report, Meriwether County, Georgia
^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
"Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 206.
"US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
"Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience". Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
"Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". United States Census Bureau.
"1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1880.
"1910 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1910.
"1930 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1930.
"1940 Census of Population - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1940.
"1950 Census of Population - Georgia -" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1950.
"1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 1980.
"2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000.
"Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 22, 2018.

External links

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Places adjacent to Meriwether County, Georgia

Coweta County

Spalding County

Troup County

Meriwether County, Georgia

v t e Municipalities and communities of Meriwether County, Georgia, United States
County seat: Greenville
Cities	Greenville Luthersville Manchester‡ Warm Springs Woodbury	Map of Georgia highlighting Meriwether County
Towns	Gay Haralson‡ Lone Oak Pine Mountain‡
Unincorporated communities	Alps Alvaton Chalybeate Springs Durand Harris City Odessadale Primrose Raleigh Rocky Mount St. Marks White Sulphur Springs Wooster
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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