WARM SPRINGS

health resort, Meriwether County, western Georgia, U.S., near the Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park. The springs discharge about 800 gallons (3,030 l) of water per minute at a temperature of about 88 F (31 C). The national prominence of the springs dates from Franklin D. Roosevelt's visit there in 1924 following an attack of polio. Convinced that the warm waters would aid in the aftercare of polio victims who needed supported exercise, Roosevelt organized the Warm Springs Foundation in 1927. This nonprofit corporation developed a complete medical community there; its 900-acre (360-hectare) facility was purchased by the state of Georgia in 1973. President Roosevelt died at Warm Springs on April 12, 1945, in the Little White House, now a state shrine. The city of Warm Springs, just southwest of the springs, developed as a railroad junction for the resort and was incorporated in 1924. Pop. (1990) 407.