Meriwether County, Georgia
The Meriwether County is a county located in the state of Georgia in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Greenville, named after General Nathaniel Greene. In the 2000 census, the county had 22,534 inhabitants and a population density of 17 inhabitants per square kilometer.
Geography
The County is located in northwest Georgia, about 40 km from the border with Alabama and has an area of 1309 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers of water surface, and borders clockwise to the following counties: Spalding County, Pike County, Upson County, Talbot County, Harris County, Troup County and Coweta County.
History
Meriwether County was formed on December 14, 1827 as 73 County in Georgia. It was named after David Meriwether, a general in the Revolutionary War and congressman from Georgia.
In the Roosevelt Warm Springs is located since 1958 Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation with the Polio Hall of Fame, where the bronze busts were placed 15 polio researchers as well as by Roosevelt and Basil O'Connor.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000 lived in Meriwether County 22,534 people in 8,248 households and 6,012 families. The population density was 17 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 56.11 percent White, 42.21 percent Black or African American, 0.32 percent Native American, 0.24 percent Asian, 0.07 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander, and 0.34 percent from other races groups; 0.71 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.85 percent of the total population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 8,248 households out of which 31.5 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 49.0 percent were married couples living together, 18.4 percent were single mothers and 27.1 percent were non-families. 23.8 percent of all households and 10.6 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.18 persons.
26.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.0 percent between 18 and 24, 27.2 percent between 25 and 44, 23.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.6 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 91.4 males statistically every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.5 males.
The median income for a household was $ 31,870, and the median income for a family $ 37,931. Males have a median income of $ 29,766, women $ 21,444. The per capita income was $ 15,708. 13.6 percent of families and 17.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Meriwether County
- Allie
- Alps
- Alvaton
- Andrews Crossroads
- Barnes Crossroads
- Betts
- Bulloch Crossroads
- Bussey Crossroads
- Carmel
- Carroll
- Chalybeate Springs
- Crowders Crossing
- Durand
- Edman
- Gay
- Greenville
- Harris City
- Hunters Crossroad
- Imlac
- Johnson Crossroads
- Langdon
- Lone Oak
- Lutherville
- Manchester
- McLendon Crossroads
- Nebula
- Oakland
- Odessadale
- Persico
- Pine Mountain
- Primrose
- Raleigh
- Rocky Mount
- Routons Crossroads
- St Marks
- Snelsons Crossroads
- Stovall
- Thompson Cross Road
- Warm Springs
- White Sulphur Springs
- Woodbury
- Wooster