Explore Empire, Georgia, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Empire, Georgia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Georgia or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Empire.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Empire |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Dodge County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 32.337052 |
| Longitude | -83.282965 |
| Population | 319 |
| Density | 53.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 31014 |
| Area Code | 912 |
| County Seat | Eastman |
| School District | Dodge County School District |
Empire emerges from the red-clay piedmont where the humid air hangs heavy and sweet over the longleaf pine stands. It lies 22.4 miles southeast of Bonaire, GA (from Bonaire, GA: bearing 129°T), and is situated 4.7 miles southeast of Cochran. Brushy Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the landscape, its dark waters reflecting the erratic, flickering shadows cast by the dense canopy as the afternoon sun begins its slow descent. Two miles to the west, the still surface of Yawn Pond offers a mirror for the towering hardwoods, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Sugar Hill marks the furthest edge of the horizon. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the fields into shades of deep violet and copper that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the shadows have lengthened.
Empire traces its lineage through the quiet industry of the timber and agricultural trades that have long defined the rhythms of the local economy. The legacy of the land is measured in the reach of the Ocmulgee Wildlife Management Area & Public Fishing Area, where the preservation of the scrub and woodland provides a sanctuary for the creatures of the field. Life in Empire moves with the deliberate pace of a pendulum, undisturbed by the frantic motion of the wider world, favoring the steady work of the harvest and the maintenance of the quiet, sun-bleached roads. Even in the stillness, there is a persistent, quiet vitality in the way the soil yields its bounty, a grounding force that keeps the spirit of the place firmly tethered to the iron-rich earth.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Empire, Georgia. Coordinates: 32.337052, -83.282965. 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 Empire includes the ZIP code (31014), telephone area code (912), county seat of Dodge County (Eastman), and school district assignment (Dodge County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |