Lumber City Georgia Map

About Lumber City, Georgia

Lumber City is a locality in Telfair County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 967. The population density is 193.9 people per km². Lumber City is located at 31.9293°N, 82.6796°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Lumber City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 31549.

Lumber City reveals itself through the steady, amber-hued light of the Georgia pines that stand as silent sentinels over the flat, sandy loam of the terrain. It lies 25.3 miles southwest of Vidalia, GA (from Vidalia, GA: bearing 218°T), and is situated 6.5 miles northwest of Hazlehurst. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness, broken only by the occasional rustle of kudzu vines claiming the edges of the woods and the quiet, persistent presence of the Ocmulgee River, which carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape just a mile away. Beyond the immediate reach of the town’s quiet streets, the land gives way to the deep, tangled thickets of the Alligator Creek Wildlife Management Area, where the shadows grow long and cool under the canopy. A mile from the center, the Lumber City Oxidation Pond reflects the wide, pale sky, its surface acting as a still mirror for the passing clouds that drift unimpeded across the horizon.

Economic life in Lumber City remains tethered to the timber and agricultural cycles that first brought settlers to this junction of earth and water. The town functions as a quiet transition point, where the legacy of the logging industry persists in the way the architecture favors utility and wood over grander, fleeting designs. Residents move through their days with a measured pace, acknowledging a history shaped by the seasonal rhythms of the fields and the reliable flow of the Ocmulgee River. While the world beyond moves with hurried intent, Lumber City maintains a grounded character, marked by the simple, enduring architecture of a place that has long understood how to exist in balance with the surrounding pines and the humid, fertile soil.

About This Lumber City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lumber City, Georgia. Coordinates: 31.929349, -82.679583. 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 Lumber City includes the ZIP code (31549), telephone area code (229), county seat of Telfair County (McRae), and school district assignment (Telfair 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.