[2] Warm Springs, originally named "Bullochville" (after the Bulloch family, which began after Stephen Bullock moved to Meriwether County in 1806 from Edgecombe County, North Carolina), first came to prominence in the 19th century as a spa town, because of its mineral springs which flow constantly at nearly 90 °F (32 °C).

In the late 19th century traveling to the warm springs was a way to escape the city (in this case Atlanta) for a short while.

Once the automobile became popular in the early 20th century, tourists began going elsewhere, leading to the decline of the inn.

[5][6] In 1921, Franklin Roosevelt contracted a paralytic illness, diagnosed at the time as poliomyelitis (later thought in a 2003 peer-reviewed retrospective study to be Guillain–Barré syndrome[7]).

Roosevelt had a cottage built in 1932 that became famous as the Little White House, where he vacationed while president, because of his illness.

On October 27, 2020, former vice-president Joe Biden visited the town during his presidential campaign, delivering a speech advocating for racial reconciliation and voting rights.

[9] It is bordered to the south by Talbot County and to the west by F. D. Roosevelt State Park, including the Little White House.

The southern, rural part of the city on Pine Mountain drains east to Pigeon Creek, another tributary of the Flint.