Editing Luthersville, Georgia

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'''Luthersville''' is a city in [[Meriwether County, Georgia]], United States. The population was 776 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 874 in [[2010 United States census|2010]].

==History==
The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated Luthersville as a town in 1872.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://meriwethercountychamber.org/living/luthersville-georgia/ | title=Luthersville, Georgia | publisher=meriwethercountychamber | accessdate=14 March 2019}}</ref> The community was named after the 16th-century German reformer [[Martin Luther]].<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/l.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=138 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

==Geography==
Luthersville is located in northern Meriwether County at {{coord|33|12|33|N|84|44|43|W|type:city}} (33.209299, −84.745286).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> Its northern border is the [[Coweta County, Georgia|Coweta County]] line. [[U.S. Route 27 Alternate (Georgia)|U.S. Route 27 Alternate]] is Luthersville's Main Street; the highway leads south {{convert|13|mi}} to [[Greenville, Georgia|Greenville]], the Meriwether [[county seat]], and north {{convert|12|mi}} to [[Newnan, Georgia|Newnan]]. [[Georgia State Route 54]] crosses US 27 Alternate in the center of Luthersville; it leads northeast {{convert|11|mi|0}} to [[Turin, Georgia|Turin]] and southwest the same distance to [[Hogansville, Georgia|Hogansville]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Luthersville has a total area of {{convert|3.2|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|0.02|sqmi|2}}, or 0.72%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> The city sits on a ridge that forms the divide between the [[Chattahoochee River]] watershed to the west and the [[Flint River]] watershed to the east. The northwest part of the city drains to Yellowjacket Creek, a tributary of the Chattahoochee, while the southern part of the city drains to Coleman Creek and the northeast part drains to Bear Creek, both tributaries of the Flint.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 179
|1900= 209
|1910= 349
|1920= 359
|1930= 321
|1940= 354
|1950= 312
|1960= 282
|1970= 400
|1980= 597
|1990= 741
|2000= 783
|2010= 874
|2020= 776
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Luthersville racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1348008&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-14|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|341
|43.94%
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|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|387
|49.87%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|2
|0.26%
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|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|8
|1.03%
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|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|17
|2.19%
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|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|21
|2.71%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 776 people, 248 households, and 173 families residing in the city.

==References==
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{{Meriwether County, Georgia}}

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[[Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Cities in Meriwether County, Georgia]]