Lumpkin Georgia Map

About Lumpkin, Georgia

Lumpkin is a locality in Dawson County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 891. The population density is 217.5 people per km². Lumpkin is located at 32.0480°N, 84.7981°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Lumpkin is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 30534, 31815.

Lumpkin emerges from the red-clay piedmont where the earth holds a deep, rusted hue that stains the tires of passing trucks and the hems of work trousers alike. It lies 13.3 miles west-northwest of Gainesville, GA (from Gainesville, GA: bearing 291°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north-northeast of Coal Mountain. Thompson Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the landscape, its waters feeding the quiet moisture that sustains the thickets of longleaf pine and the aggressive, climbing reach of kudzu. To the north, the distant profile of the Appalachian Mountains provides a jagged, blue-tinted limit to the horizon, while the terrain itself slopes toward the distant reaches of the Big Savannah. The air here remains heavy and still, particularly at dusk, when the light turns a bruised, honeyed gold and settles over the fields like a physical weight, cooling the soil after the heat of the afternoon.

Lumpkin carries the quiet gravity of a place defined by its agricultural lineage and the enduring endurance of its architecture, where the legacy of cotton and the steady labor of the pecan harvest remain etched into the local economy. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the Sidney Lanier Recreation Area offers a space for reprieve, positioned near the waters of Lake Sidney Lanier where the pace of life slows to match the drift of the clouds. The civic character is anchored by a courthouse-square geometry that has organized the movement of people for generations, favoring the slow exchange of conversation over the frantic velocity of the modern world. Here, the history of the region is not merely a record of the past but a living condition, visible in the weathered brick of local facades and the way the community maintains its own steady, internal rhythm against the encroachment of the surrounding pine forests.

About This Lumpkin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lumpkin, Georgia. Coordinates: 32.048041, -84.798145. 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 Lumpkin includes the ZIP code (30534, 31815), telephone area code (770, 678, 229), county seat of Dawson County (Dawsonville), and school district assignment (Stewart 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.