Carl Georgia Map

About Carl, Georgia

Carl is a locality in Barrow County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 209. The population density is 73.9 people per km². Carl is located at 34.0057°N, 83.8113°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Carl is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 30680, 30011.

Carl unfolds across the red-clay piedmont where the steady current of Williamson Creek shapes the local topography. It lies 5.3 miles west of Winder, GA (from Winder, GA: bearing 280°T), and is situated 7.7 miles south-southwest of Braselton. The landscape around Carl is defined by the heavy, iron-rich earth that supports dense stands of longleaf pine, their needles catching the golden, honeyed light of late afternoon. Elder Lake rests a mile away, a quiet mirror for the sky that anchors the surrounding woodland. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains serves as a permanent boundary to the horizon, reminding the observer of the vast, inland geography that stretches far from any salt tide.

Carl maintains a pace dictated by the seasons and the quiet persistence of its residents, who gather for simple community life at Carl City Park. The economy of Carl remains deeply tied to the rhythms of the land, reflecting a history of agricultural industry that once relied heavily on the bounty of peach and pecan harvests. Small-scale commerce continues to pulse through the center of the locality, where the architecture bears witness to a century of slow, deliberate growth. Life here moves with a steady, unadorned gravity, preserving a sense of place that values the shade of the pines and the seasonal turning of the soil above the clamor of the modern metropolitan world.

About This Carl Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Carl, Georgia. Coordinates: 34.005663, -83.811286. 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 Carl includes the ZIP code (30680, 30011), telephone area code (770, 678, 404, 470), county seat of Barrow County (Winder), and school district assignment (Barrow 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.