Denton Georgia Map

About Denton, Georgia

Denton is a locality in Jeff Davis County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 189. The population density is 48.0 people per km². Denton is located at 31.7227°N, 82.6938°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Denton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 31532.

Denton occupies a quiet stretch of the Georgia interior where the earth holds a deep, rusted shade of red beneath the needles of longleaf pines. It lies 17.4 miles north-northeast of Douglas, GA (from Douglas, GA: bearing 32°T), and is situated 11.7 miles south-southwest of Hazlehurst. Whitehead Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the brush only a mile away, its presence marked by the thick, damp scent of silt and heavy foliage that lingers even when the air turns brittle under the afternoon sun. Beyond the immediate canopy, the land flattens into an expansive, open stillness, punctuated occasionally by the distant rise of Rose Hill which breaks the horizon like a slow, slumbering wave. The light here does not simply fall; it pools in the hollows of the landscape, turning the late-day atmosphere into a translucent, golden amber that makes the very dust motes seem to pause in their drift.

Denton survives on the steady, quiet pulse of agricultural trade and the local rhythms of a geography that demands patience from those who work its soil. Life here is measured by the seasonal shift from planting to harvest, a cycle that has defined the inhabitants long before the nearby Flat Tub Wildlife Management Area provided a sanctuary for the wilder, uncultivated edges of the region. Those seeking the cooling mist of Rock Falls travel nine miles to find the water breaking over stone, a singular punctuation mark in an otherwise level terrain. Even Okuinn Lake, sitting six miles out, serves as a silent witness to the town’s endurance, reflecting a sky that feels wider and more imposing than the modest storefronts and brick facades of the center suggest. In Denton, the passage of time is felt not in the frantic ticking of a clock, but in the slow, deliberate growth of the timber and the way the shadows lengthen across the fields as the day recedes into the quietude of the plains.

About This Denton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Denton, Georgia. Coordinates: 31.722688, -82.693751. 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 Denton includes the ZIP code (31532), telephone area code (229), county seat of Jeff Davis County (Hazlehurst), and school district assignment (Jeff Davis 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.