Avalon Georgia Map

About Avalon, Georgia

Avalon is a locality in Dougherty County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 233. The population density is 50.9 people per km². Avalon is located at 34.4971°N, 83.1982°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Avalon is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 30557, 30274, 30014.

Avalon occupies a quiet stretch of the Georgia piedmont where the earth turns to a stubborn, iron-rich red and the horizon flattens into wide, open expanses. It lies 2.0 miles west-southwest of Albany, GA (from Albany, GA: bearing 252°T), and is situated 8.0 miles north-northwest of Putney. Sunlight here possesses a heavy, amber quality in the late afternoon, catching the edges of the longleaf pine needles and illuminating the dust kicked up from the unpaved shoulders of the roads. The landscape is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of the Flint River just two miles to the west, while the waters of Lake Worth sit three miles away, offering a glassy stillness to the surrounding woods. To the north, the terrain rises slightly toward the Fossil Sand Dunes (historic), a reminder of a geological past long before the current fields of timber and scrub were established.

Avalon centers its daily life around the Ernie Jones Youth Sports Comp, a space that serves as a common ground for the families who work the land and the local tradesmen who keep the region functioning. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the soil, with the legacy of agriculture shaping the layout of the streets and the modest architecture of the buildings. History in Avalon is not found in grand monuments but in the persistent character of the people who have cultivated these fields for generations, maintaining a pace of life that values the cycle of the seasons over the urgency of the modern world. Even as the decades pass, the spirit of the place remains fixed, grounded in the quiet productivity of the local harvest and the persistent, red-clay reality of the Georgia plains.

About This Avalon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Avalon, Georgia. Coordinates: 34.497141, -83.198203. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Avalon includes the ZIP code (30557, 30274, 30014), telephone area code (404, 470, 678, 770), county seat of Dougherty County (Albany), and school district assignment (Stephens County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.