Georgetown Georgia Map

About Georgetown, Georgia

Georgetown is a locality in Glynn County, Georgia, United States. It has a population of 11,916. The population density is 558.3 people per km². Georgetown is located at 31.9827°N, 81.2303°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 39854, 31523, 31419.

Georgetown defines the horizon where the dark, meandering silt of the Turtle River carves a path through the low-lying earth. It lies 11.6 miles west-northwest of Brunswick, GA (from Brunswick, GA: bearing 292°T), and is situated 9.3 miles west of Dock Junction. The air here holds a heavy, salt-sweet moisture, drifting seventeen miles inland from the open coast to settle over the longleaf pines and tangled kudzu that shadow the riverbanks. Beyond the river’s edge, the terrain flattens into a coastal plain where the light at dusk turns the sky a bruised, metallic violet, casting long, reach-out shadows across the fields. To the west, the landscape rises toward the distant, modest elevation of Pennant Hill, while the humid stillness of the lowlands is occasionally broken by the rustle of wildlife wandering in from the nearby Paulks Pasture Wildlife Management Area.

Georgetown retains the quiet, deliberate pace of a place shaped by the slow accumulation of seasons rather than the rush of modern commerce. The local economy persists in the rhythms of the soil and the river, anchored by a history of small-scale agriculture that once thrived on the red-clay piedmont transitions. Residents often look toward the nearby expanse of Cypress Lake or the intricate, marshy turns of Hillery Creek when the heat of the day reaches its peak, finding a reprieve in the cool, shaded stillness that defines these waterways. Though Rough Island remains a distant, quiet presence on the margins of the marsh, the daily life of Georgetown persists in the simple, enduring connections of people who mark their years by the harvest of pecans and the shifting tides of the river.

About This Georgetown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Georgetown, Georgia. Coordinates: 31.982716, -81.230275. 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 Georgetown includes the ZIP code (39854, 31523, 31419), telephone area code (478), county seat of Glynn County (Brunswick), and school district assignment (Chatham 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.