| County: | Meriwether County |
| State: | Georgia |
| 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[1] |
| Time Zone: | Eastern |
| District: | 3rd |
| Ex Image: | MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA COURTHOUSE.JPG |
| Ex Image Cap: | Meriwether County Courthouse in Greenville |
| Named For: | David Meriwether |
Meriwether County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,613.[2] [3] The county seat is Greenville,[4] 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.[5]
Meriwether County is part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and (0.8%) is water.[6]
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.[7]
| 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% |
Meriwether County is a moderately Republican county. The last Democrat to win the county was Al Gore in 2000.
The county is served by the Meriwether Vindicator newspaper.