Flintside Georgia Map

About Flintside, Georgia

Flintside is a locality in Dougherty County, Georgia, United States. Flintside is located at 31.5460°N, 84.1530°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 31735, 31701, 30228.

Flintside occupies a persistent stretch of red-clay earth where the land softens from the stubborn grip of the piedmont into the expansive, quiet flatlands of the interior. It lies 2.3 miles south of Albany, GA (from Albany, GA: bearing 176°T), and is situated 5.6 miles north-northwest of Putney. The horizon remains wide and uncluttered, broken only by the silhouettes of longleaf pine and the tangled, verdant creep of kudzu that claims the fence lines and abandoned shacks in a slow, suffocating embrace. Just a mile to the west, the Flint River carves a dark, serpentine path through the silt, its waters moving with a heavy, deliberate gravity that dictates the moisture of the surrounding soil. To the north, the Fossil Sand Dunes (historic) rise as a peculiar, arid memory of an older landscape, while the quiet waters of Lake Worth sit four miles away, offering a glassy stillness that mirrors the relentless heat of the afternoon sun.

Flintside maintains its own gravity, centered around the modest, shaded acreage of MLK Jr. Park, where the local rhythm finds its anchor in the shade of oaks and the occasional hum of a passing tractor. The economy of Flintside remains tied to the cycles of the earth, defined by the seasonal harvest of pecans and the persistent labor required to coax value from the iron-rich soil. History here is not a loud proclamation but a quiet accumulation of days spent in the shade of the courthouse square, where the architecture reflects a utilitarian elegance born of necessity rather than vanity. Residents navigate the day with a focused, steady pace, observing the light as it turns a deep, bruised gold over the fields at dusk, a time when the insects begin their chorus and the heavy air feels as though it might hold the secrets of the generations that broke this ground before them.

About This Flintside Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Flintside, Georgia. Coordinates: 31.546008, -84.152963. 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 Flintside includes the ZIP code (31735, 31701, 30228), telephone area code (229, 404, 470, 678), county seat of Dougherty County (Albany), and school district assignment.

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.