Luthersville and Its History

Luthersville is known as the Gateway to Meriwether County because it is the county's primary point of entry from more heavily populated areas to the north.  From the middle of the 1800s until its incorporation in 1872, Luthersville was known as Keith's Crossroads, and, even now, the crossroads at the center of town is a defining feature:  it is the busiest intersection in Meriwether County.

Luthersville is located on land that belonged to the Creek Indians for centuries until a prominent member of their Lower Town Council, William McIntosh, accepted a bribe from agents of the state of Georgia and ceded the land to the United States in 1825.  This act of treason cost McIntosh his life and ultimately cost his people their homeland:  the Creek Indians were forced out of Georgia in 1826.

From the arrival of U. S. settlers in the second quarter of the nineteenth century until the last few decades of the twentieth century, Luthersville was an agrarian community, and the surrounding countryside still reflects that history.  As growth comes to this area, we are committed to preserving and enhancing the existing natural beauty and quality of life while increasing economic opportunity and diversifying the tax base.  At the time of the 2020 census, Luthersville had a population of 776 persons.

Image:  Detail of a map published in 1830, three years after Meriwether County was established.  (Note the misspelled county names "Merriwether" and "Utson.")  The complete map may be viewed on the Library of Congress's website by clicking the image.