Greenville is a city in and the

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Meriwether County, Georgia Meriwether County is a county in the West Central region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,613.US 2020 Census Bureau report, Meriwether County, Georgia The county seat is Greenville, home of the Mer ...

, United States. The population was 794 at the 2020 census, down from 876 in

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. The city is located southwest of

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and is part of the

Atlanta metropolitan area Metro Atlanta, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metropolitan statistical area, is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Georgia and the sixt ...

(Atlanta-

Sandy Springs Sandy Springs is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, United States, and a suburb of Atlanta. The city's population was 108,080 at the 2020 census, making it Georgia's 7th most populous city. It is the site of several corporate headquar ...

- Marietta, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area).

History

Greenville was founded in 1828 as the seat of the newly formed Meriwether County. The city was named for Major General

Nathanael Greene Major general (United States), Major General Nathanael Greene (August 7, 1742 – June 19, 1786) was an American military officer and planter who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War. He emerge ...

, commander of the rebel American forces at the

Battle of Guilford Court House The Battle of Guilford Court House was fought on 15 March 1781 during the American Revolutionary War, near Greensboro, North Carolina. A 2,100-man British force under the command of Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis defeated Major General Na ...

on March 15, 1781.

Geography

Greenville is located in central Meriwether County at (33.027845, -84.713562). U.S. Route 27 Alternate and Georgia State Routes

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and

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intersect in the center of the city at the county courthouse. US 27 Alternate leads north to Newnan and south to

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, while State Route 109 leads southeast to Woodbury and west to

LaGrange Joseph-Louis Lagrange (born Giuseppe Luigi LagrangiaHogansville. According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which , or 0.59%, are water. The city drains to the south into Walnut Creek and to the east into Kennel Creek, a tributary. Walnut Creek is an east-flowing tributary of Red Oak Creek and part of the

Flint River The Flint River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 15, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Georgia. The river drains of western Georgia, flowing south from th ...

watershed.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 794 people, 368 households, and 219 families residing in the city.

Education

Meriwether County School District

The Meriwether County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of three elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools. The district has 300 full-time teachers and over 3,948 students.Meriwether County school data
Archived from th

on 2012-03-23. Retrieved on 2023-03-01. *George E. Washington Elementary School *Mountain View Elementary School *Unity Elementary School *Greenville Middle School *Manchester Middle School * Greenville High School * Manchester High School

Notable people

* Mario Alford, wide receiver for the

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of the NFL * Kentavious Caldwell-Pope,

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SEC Player of the Year, eighth overall selection in the

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by the

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and 2x

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champion. * Lella A. Dillard, president, Georgia

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* Y. Frank Freeman, executive with

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* Clara Ann Howard, Baptist missionary in Africa, longtime staff member at

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* William J. Samford, 31st governor of Alabama * Joseph M. Terrell, 57th

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(October 25, 1902 – June 29, 1907); from Greenville, buried in the local cemetery * Hiram Warner, one of the original members of the Supreme Court of Georgia, eventually becoming that court's second chief justice. Warner also held office as a circuit court judge, a representative in the Georgia General Assembly, and a U.S. congressman. * Jontavious Willis,

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singer, guitarist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

Gallery

File:MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA COURTHOUSE.JPG, The Meriwether County Courthouse is located in Greenville, the county seat. File:GREENVILLE, GA CITY HALL.JP
Greenville City Hall
File:GREENVILLE, GA POST OFFICE.JPG, Greenville Post Office ( ZIP code: 30222) File:Meriwether County Jail; Greenville, GA.JPG, The Meriwether County Jail was built in 1896 and added to the

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on May 7, 1973. File:Greenville Presbyterian Church and Cemetery; Greenville, GA.JPG, The Greenville Presbyterian Church and Cemetery was added to the

on February 5, 2002. File:Harman-Watson-Matthews House; Greenville, GA.JPG, The Harman-Watson-Matthews House was added to the

on May 9, 1973. File:Burwell O. Hill House.JPG, The Burwell O. Hill House was added to the

on June 17, 1982. File:Hiram Warner Hill House.JPG, The Hiram Warner Hill House was added to the

on April 7, 1983. File:Render Family Homestead.JPG, The Render Family Homestead was added to the

on March 1, 1984. File:Twin Oaks; Meriwether County, GA.JPG, Twin Oaks, also known as Winsor Hall, was added to the

on August 26, 1980.

References

{{authority control Cities in Georgia (U.S. state) Cities in Meriwether County, Georgia County seats in Georgia (U.S. state)