# 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. 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$^2$), of which 501 square miles (1,300 km$^2$) is land and 4.2 square miles (11 km$^2$) (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

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

### Towns

* Gay
* Lone Oak

### Unincorporated community

* Alvaton

## Demographics

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 | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Third party(ies) | 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.