Meriwether County, Georgia

Not to be confused with Meriwether, Georgia.

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.^[2][1] The county seat is Greenville,^[3] 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.^[4]

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
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Founded	1827; 198 years ago (1827)
Named after	David Meriwether
Seat	Greenville
Largest city	Manchester
Area
• Total	505 sq mi (1,310 km2)
• Land	501 sq mi (1,300 km2)
• Water	4.2 sq mi (11 km2)  0.8%
Population  (2020)
• Total	20,613[1]
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	3rd
Website	meriwethercountyga.gov

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 km²), of which 501 square miles (1,300 km²) is land and 4.2 square miles (11 km²) (0.8%) is water.^[5]

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.^[6]

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

• Greenville (county seat)
• Luthersville
• Manchester
• Warm Springs
• Woodbury

Towns

• Gay
• Lone Oak
• Pine Mountain (mostly in Harris County)

Unincorporated community

• Alvaton

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
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	[7]	1.5%
U.S. Decennial Census[8] 1790-1880[9] 1890-1910[10] 1920-1930[11] 1930-1940[12] 1940-1950[13] 1960-1980[14] 1980-2000[15] 2010[2] 2020[1]

Meriwether County racial composition^[16]

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 in a presidential election was Al Gore in 2000.

United States presidential election results for Meriwether County, Georgia^[17]

Year	Republican		Democratic		Third party(ies)
	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.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Meriwether County, Georgia
• List of counties in Georgia