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 , of which is land and (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

  • 20px Interstate 85
  • 20px<br />20px U.S. Route 27 Alternate
  • 20px State Route 18
  • 20px State Route 41
  • 20px State Route 54
  • 20px State Route 54 Spur
  • 20px State Route 74
  • 20px State Route 85
  • 20px State Route 85 Alternate
  • 20px State Route 85 Spur
  • 23px State Route 100
  • 23px State Route 109
  • 23px State Route 109 Spur
  • 23px State Route 173
  • 23px State Route 190
  • 23px State Route 194
  • 23px State Route 362
  • 23px 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

Racial and ethnic composition

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Meriwether County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>

!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>

!Pop 1980

!Pop 1990

!Pop 2000

!Pop 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" | Pop 2020

!% 1980

!% 1990

!% 2000

!% 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020

|-

|White alone (NH)

|11,529

|12,308

|12,579

|12,606

|style='background: #ffffe6; |12,084

|54.31%

|54.92%

|55.82%

|57.32%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |58.62%

|-

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|9,413

|9,940

|9,467

|8,583

|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,273

|44.34%

|44.35%

|42.01%

|39.03%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |35.28%

|-

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|22

|25

|71

|67

|style='background: #ffffe6; |64

|0.10%

|0.11%

|0.32%

|0.30%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.31%

|-

|Asian alone (NH)

|14

|11

|52

|141

|style='background: #ffffe6; |78

|0.07%

|0.05%

|0.23%

|0.64%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.38%

|-

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|x

|x

|11

|2

|style='background: #ffffe6; |6

|x

|x

|0.05%

|0.01%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%

|-

|Other race alone (NH)

|12

|6

|15

|18

|style='background: #ffffe6; |50

|0.06%

|0.03%

|0.07%

|0.08%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.24%

|-

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|x

|x

|148

|228

|style='background: #ffffe6; |583

|x

|x

|0.66%

|1.04%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.83%

|-

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|239

|121

|191

|347

|style='background: #ffffe6; |475

|1.13%

|0.54%

|0.85%

|1.58%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.30%

|-

|Total

|21,229

|22,411

|22,534

|21,992

|style='background: #ffffe6; |20,613

|100.00%

|100.00%

|100.00%

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

|}

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 20,613. The median age was 46.2 years. 19.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 21.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 91.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.8 males age 18 and over. 0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.

The racial makeup of the county was 59.3% White, 35.3% Black or African American, 0.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 1.0% from some other race, and 3.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 2.3% of the population.

There were 8,396 households in the county, of which 26.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 31.4% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. For elections to the Georgia House of Representatives, Meriwether County is part of districts 136 and 137.

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Education

The Meriwether County School District has six schools:

  • Mountain View Elementary School
  • Unity Elementary School
  • Greenville Middle School
  • Manchester Middle School
  • Greenville High School
  • Manchester High School

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

References

  • Official page