Hoboken Georgia Map

About Hoboken, Georgia

Hoboken is a locality in Brantley County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 54.1 people per km². Hoboken is located at 31.1811°N, 82.1348°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Hoboken is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 31542.

Hoboken expands across a flat, quiet stretch of Georgia landscape where the horizon remains wide and unobstructed by any significant rise in the earth. It lies 13.1 miles east of Waycross, GA (from Waycross, GA: bearing 100°T), and is situated 10.7 miles southeast of Blackshear. The surrounding terrain is defined by the steady, unassuming presence of pine timberland and the persistent, slow-moving passage of Big Branch, which flows just a mile from the center of Hoboken. During the late afternoon, the light here takes on a pale, honeyed quality that clings to the wiregrass and the dusty shoulders of the roads, casting long shadows that seem to stretch toward the distant, dense greenery of the Dixon Memorial Wildlife Management Area. It is a landscape defined by its own stillness, where the humidity of the inland plains dictates the pace of the day and the air feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and cooling needles.

Industry in Hoboken has long been tethered to the harvest of the land, with local livelihoods shaped by the rhythms of forestry and the quiet persistence of small-scale agriculture. The history of the place is marked by the slow, deliberate work of those who cleared these woods and established a life away from the bustle of the larger hubs, finding their own rhythm in the shadow of the nearby Dixon Memorial State Forest. While Maul Hammock Lake sits eleven miles away, its presence is rarely felt in the daily routines of the people, who look instead to the immediate, practical concerns of the timber mills and the local trade that sustains the neighborhood. Life in Hoboken moves with a gravity that honors the past, holding fast to a legacy of manual labor and the quiet, unadorned dignity of a settlement that remains firmly rooted in its own distinct, inland geography.

About This Hoboken Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hoboken, Georgia. Coordinates: 31.181056, -82.134842. 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 Hoboken includes the ZIP code (31542), telephone area code (229), county seat of Brantley County (Nahunta), and school district assignment (Brantley 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.