Deenwood Georgia Map

About Deenwood, Georgia

Deenwood is a locality in Ware County, Georgia, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,207. The population density is 253.9 people per km². Deenwood is located at 31.2468°N, 82.3657°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 31503, 31501.

Deenwood anchors a quiet expanse of flat, pine-heavy terrain where the horizon holds the weight of longleaf forests and the deep, iron-rich earth of the Southern plains. It lies 1.9 miles west-northwest of Waycross, GA (from Waycross, GA: bearing 287°T), and is situated 10.3 miles southwest of Blackshear. Kettle Creek marks the nearby landscape, its dark, slow-moving waters carving a subtle path through the undergrowth just a mile from the center of Deenwood. Beyond the immediate canopy, the land stretches toward the distant, hazy reaches of Dixon Memorial State Forest, where the air grows thick with the scent of resin and damp needles. At dusk, the light here softens into a pale, bruised gold that catches the needles of the pines, casting elongated shadows across the flat stretches of brush and wild grasses that define the topography.

The local character of Deenwood remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of agriculture and the quiet persistence of rural industry, shaped by a history of timber and small-scale cultivation. Residents often find respite in the green spaces of Winona Park, a local point of stillness that offers a reprieve from the heat of the afternoon. While Maul Hammock Lake lies thirteen miles away as a distant, glassy mirror for the sky, the true life of the region moves with the deliberate pace of the land itself. Life here is measured not by the transit of outsiders, but by the steady, seasonal work of those who have tended this soil for generations, finding a modest, enduring beauty in the quietude of a landscape that asks for little and offers a profound, solitary peace.

About This Deenwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Deenwood, Georgia. Coordinates: 31.246823, -82.365728. 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 Deenwood includes the ZIP code (31503, 31501), telephone area code (229), county seat of Ware County (Waycross), and school district assignment (Ware 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.