Editing Meriwether County, Georgia

{{Short description|County in Georgia, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Meriwether County
 | state                = Georgia
 | seal                 = MeriwetherCountyGAseal.png
 | seal size            = 85px
 | logo                 = MeriwetherCountyGAlogo.png
 | logo size            = 70px
 | founded              = {{start date and age|1827}}
 | seat wl              = Greenville
 | largest city wl      = Manchester
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 505
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 501
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 4.2
 | area percentage      = 0.8%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 20613<ref name="ReferenceA">US 2020 Census Bureau report, Meriwether County, Georgia</ref>
 | density_sq_mi        = 
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | district             = 3rd
 | footnotes            = 
 | website              = {{URL|https://www.meriwethercountyga.gov/|meriwethercountyga.gov}}
 | ex image             = MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA COURTHOUSE.JPG
 | ex image cap         = [[Meriwether County Courthouse]] in Greenville
 | named for            = [[David Meriwether (Georgia politician)|David Meriwether]]
}}

'''Meriwether County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[West Central Georgia|West Central]] region of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 20,613.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13199.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=June 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607131643/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13199.html |archive-date=June 7, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">US 2020 Census Bureau report, Meriwether County, Georgia</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Greenville, Georgia|Greenville]],<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</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 (Georgia politician)|David Meriwether]], a general in the [[American Revolutionary War]] and member of Congress from Georgia.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n205 206]}}</ref>

Meriwether County is part of the [[Atlanta metropolitan area|Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA]].

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|505|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|501|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|4.2|sqmi}} (0.8%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

The county is located in the [[Piedmont (United States)|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, Georgia|Warm Springs]] and [[Manchester, Georgia|Manchester]].

The eastern two-thirds of Meriwether County, going east from just west of [[U.S. Route 27 Alternate (Georgia)|U.S. Route 27 Alternate]], is located in the Upper [[Flint River (Georgia)|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>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 19, 2015}}</ref>

===Major highways===
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* [[File:I-85.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 85 in Georgia|Interstate 85]]
* [[File:Alternate plate.svg|20px]]<br />[[File:US 27.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 27 Alternate (Georgia)|U.S. Route 27 Alternate]]
* [[File:Georgia 18.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 18|State Route 18]]
* [[File:Georgia 41.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 41|State Route 41]]
* [[File:Georgia 54.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 54|State Route 54]]
* [[File:Georgia 54 Spur.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 54 Spur (Luthersville)|State Route 54 Spur]]
* [[File:Georgia 74.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 74|State Route 74]]
* [[File:Georgia 85.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 85|State Route 85]]
* [[File:Georgia 85 Alternate.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 85 Alternate|State Route 85 Alternate]]
* [[File:Georgia 85 Spur.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 85 Spur (Manchester)|State Route 85 Spur]]
* [[File:Georgia 100.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 100|State Route 100]]
* [[File:Georgia 109.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 109|State Route 109]]
* [[File:Georgia 109 Spur.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 109 Spur (Gay)|State Route 109 Spur]]
* [[File:Georgia 173.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 173|State Route 173]]
* [[File:Georgia 190.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 190|State Route 190]]
* [[File:Georgia 194.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 194|State Route 194]]
* [[File:Georgia 362.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 362|State Route 362]]
* [[File:Georgia 403.svg|23px]] [[Georgia State Route 403|State Route 403]] (unsigned designation for I-85)
{{div col end}}

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Coweta County, Georgia|Coweta County]] (north)
* [[Spalding County, Georgia|Spalding County]] (northeast)
* [[Pike County, Georgia|Pike County]] (east)
* [[Upson County, Georgia|Upson County]] (southeast)
* [[Talbot County, Georgia|Talbot County]] (south)
* [[Harris County, Georgia|Harris County]] (southwest)
* [[Troup County, Georgia|Troup County]] (west)

==Communities==
===Cities===
* [[Greenville, Georgia|Greenville]] (county seat)
* [[Luthersville, Georgia|Luthersville]]
* [[Manchester, Georgia|Manchester]]
* [[Warm Springs, Georgia|Warm Springs]]
* [[Woodbury, Georgia|Woodbury]]

===Towns===
* [[Gay, Georgia|Gay]]
* [[Lone Oak, Georgia|Lone Oak]]
* [[Pine Mountain, Georgia|Pine Mountain]] (mostly in [[Harris County, Georgia|Harris County]])

===Unincorporated community===
* [[Alvaton, Georgia|Alvaton]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1830 = 4422
| 1840 = 14132
| 1850 = 16476
| 1860 = 15330
| 1870 = 13756
| 1880 = 17651
| 1890 = 20740
| 1900 = 23339
| 1910 = 25180
| 1920 = 26167
| 1930 = 22437
| 1940 = 22055
| 1950 = 21055
| 1960 = 19756
| 1970 = 19461
| 1980 = 21229
| 1990 = 22411
| 2000 = 22534
| 2010 = 21992
| 2020 = 20613
|estyear=2023
|estimate=20931
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br>1790-1880<ref name=1880CensusGACty>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800 |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-08.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1910|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref><br> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1930-1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1940-1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia - |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960-1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1980-2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia  |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF"/> 2020<ref name="ReferenceA">US 2020 Census Bureau report, Meriwether County, Georgia</ref>
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Meriwether County racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US13199&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 14, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|12,084
|58.62%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|7,273
|35.28%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|64
|0.31%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|78
|0.38%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|6
|0.03%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|633
|3.07%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|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 in Georgia|2000]].
{{PresHead|place=Meriwether County, Georgia|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|7,375|4,373|98|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|6,524|4,287|69|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|5,222|3,804|222|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,856|4,331|87|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|4,982|4,465|71|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|4,402|3,709|44|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|3,162|3,441|106|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,259|3,492|502|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,364|4,002|954|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,101|2,934|9|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,195|2,864|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,838|3,876|91|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,450|4,830|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,420|1,213|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|1,120|1,760|2,571|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,250|2,423|1|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|706|3,100|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|592|3,137|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|531|3,551|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|204|1,967|238|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|189|2,187|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|174|2,726|8|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|138|2,438|1|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|53|2,604|5|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|287|1,515|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|103|886|342|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|186|1,059|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|36|1,118|96|Georgia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|26|862|91|Georgia}}

==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]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120205459/http://meriwethercounty.georgia.gov/ Official page]

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Meriwether County, Georgia
|North     = [[Coweta County, Georgia|Coweta County]]
|Northeast = [[Spalding County, Georgia|Spalding County]]
|East      = [[Pike County, Georgia|Pike County]]
|Southeast = [[Upson County, Georgia|Upson County]]
|South     = [[Talbot County, Georgia|Talbot County]]
|Southwest = [[Harris County, Georgia|Harris County]]
|West      = [[Troup County, Georgia|Troup County]]
|Northwest =
}}
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