Meriwether County, 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.<ref name="QF">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">US 2020 Census Bureau report, Meriwether County, Georgia</ref> The county seat is Greenville,<ref name="GR6">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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

Geography

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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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Major highways

• File:I-85.svg Interstate 85
• File:Alternate plate.svg
  File:US 27.svg U.S. Route 27 Alternate
• File:Georgia 18.svg State Route 18
• File:Georgia 41.svg State Route 41
• File:Georgia 54.svg State Route 54
• File:Georgia 54 Spur.svg State Route 54 Spur
• File:Georgia 74.svg State Route 74
• File:Georgia 85.svg State Route 85
• File:Georgia 85 Alternate.svg State Route 85 Alternate
• File:Georgia 85 Spur.svg State Route 85 Spur
• File:Georgia 100.svg State Route 100
• File:Georgia 109.svg State Route 109
• File:Georgia 109 Spur.svg State Route 109 Spur
• File:Georgia 173.svg State Route 173
• File:Georgia 190.svg State Route 190
• File:Georgia 194.svg State Route 194
• File:Georgia 362.svg State Route 362
• File:Georgia 403.svg 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

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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. Template:PresHead Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresRow Template:PresFoot

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

External links

• Official page