Official Name: | Luthersville, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | City |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Meriwether |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 8.25 |
Area Land Km2: | 8.19 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.06 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.19 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.16 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.02 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 776 |
Population Density Km2: | 94.70 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 245.26 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 33.2092°N -84.7453°W |
Elevation M: | 287 |
Elevation Ft: | 942 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 30251 |
Area Code: | 770 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-48008[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0317494[4] |
Luthersville is a city in Meriwether County, Georgia, United States. The population was 776 at the 2020 census,[2] down from 874 in 2010.
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Luthersville as a town in 1872.[5] The community was named after the 16th-century German reformer Martin Luther.[6]
Luthersville is located in northern Meriwether County at 33.2092°N -84.7453°W (33.209299, −84.745286).[7] Its northern border is the Coweta County line. U.S. Route 27 Alternate is Luthersville's Main Street; the highway leads south to Greenville, the Meriwether county seat, and north to Newnan. Georgia State Route 54 crosses US 27 Alternate in the center of Luthersville; it leads northeast 11miles to Turin and southwest the same distance to Hogansville.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Luthersville has a total area of, of which 0.02sqmi, or 0.72%, are water.[1] 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.
White (non-Hispanic) | 341 | 43.94% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 387 | 49.87% | |
Native American | 2 | 0.26% | |
Asian | 8 | 1.03% | |
Other/Mixed | 17 | 2.19% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 21 | 2.71% |