Meriwether County was created from Troup in December, 1827, and was named for David Meriwether, who was prominent in the -early history of the state. It is located in the western part of the state and is bounded on the north by Coweta county, on the east by Spalding, Upson and Pike, on the south by Talbot and Harris and on the west by Troup. The land is well watered and the surface is undulating, the Pine Mountains adding a touch of the picturesque to the scenery. Cotton, wheat, potatoes, field and ground peas, sorghum, sugar-cane, vegetables and all kinds of fruits are raised, both for home consumption and for the market. Waterpower is furnished by the Flint river and its affluents and along their banks are a number of factories. Gold, iron, asbestos and granite occur in various places. The gold mines, worked by primitive methods for forty years, have yielded well and lately they have been developed by modern methods until they now equal any in the state. The elegant church of St. Luke, at Columbus, is built of Meriwether county granite, which equals the celebrated Quincy granite in its polish. Immense quantities of this stone are shipped to various cities on the Atlantic seaboard. There are numerous mineral springs in the county, notably the Chalybeate, in the eastern part, the Warm Springs, six miles further west, and the Sulphur Spring, whose waters resemble the famous Indian Springs in Butts county. A mile east of Warm Springs is the Cold Spring, where the United States has established a fish hatchery. The present facilities for travel and shipping are somewhat limited, but railroads are under contemplation that will open the vast mineral and agricultural resources of the county. Greenville is the county seat. Woodbury, Oakland, Bullochville, Lutherville, Rockymount, Raleigh and Stinson are thriving villages. The population in 1900 was 23,339, an increase of 2,599 in ten years.
[Source: Georgia Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons,  Vol 2, Publ 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister]

Gay, a post-village of Meriwether county, is located seven miles west of the Flint river.  Greenville, on the Central of Georgia railway, is the nearest station.  The population in 1900 was 46.
(Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. VOL III Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Marilyn Clore)

Forest, a post-hamlet of Meriwether county, is located about fifteen miles northwest of Greenville.  Hogansville, on the Atlanta & West Point railway, is the nearest station.
[Source: Georgia: Sketches, Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions & People, Vol. 2, Publ. 1906 Transcribed By:  Maggie Coleman]

Jones' Mills, a post-village of Meriwether county, is located on Red Oak creek, about five or six miles north of Greenville, which is the nearest railroad station. The population in 1900 was 79.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister)

Lone Oak, a town in the northwestern part of Meriwether county, was incorporated by act of the legislature on Nov. 15, 1901.  The population the preceding year was 111. Hogansville is the nearest railroad station.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Joanne Morgan)

Luthersville, an incorporated town in the northern part of Meriwether county, is near the headwaters of Red Oak creek, and about eight miles from Grantville which is the most convenient railroad station.  It has a money order postoffice, and in 1900 reported a population of 209.  It is the principle trading point in that part of the county.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Joanne Morgan)

 
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