Martin Georgia Map

About Martin, Georgia

Martin is a locality in Stephens County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 336. The population density is 51.7 people per km². Martin is located at 34.4858°N, 83.1975°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Martin is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 30557.

Martin emerges from the red-clay soil of the Georgia piedmont as a quiet intersection of open fields and woodland edges. It lies 33.8 miles northeast of Jefferson, GA (from Jefferson, GA: bearing 41°T), and is situated 5.0 miles west of Gumlog. The air here holds a distinct, heavy warmth that settles over the landscape, where the long shadows of afternoon stretch across pastures toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Water defines the immediate periphery, as the steady, narrow flow of Clarks Creek carves its path through the undergrowth, while the still, reflective surface of Reservoir Number One provides a cooling presence barely a mile from the center of Martin. The horizon is punctuated by the dark, vertical reach of pines, their needles catching the fading light and turning the atmosphere a soft, bruised purple as the day wanes.

Railroad tracks once dictated the pulse of the local economy, anchoring a way of life that favored the slow, methodical pace of agriculture and regional trade. Today, the nearby Hartwell Recreation Area offers a respite for those drawn to the outdoors, reflecting the town’s enduring reliance on the natural environment that surrounds it. Commerce remains modest, rooted in the small-scale exchanges and the steady, quiet labor that defines the daily rhythm of the inhabitants. Life in Martin moves with the deliberate gait of a place that values the shade of a porch and the predictability of the seasons, maintaining a character shaped by the permanence of the earth beneath it rather than the fleeting demands of the modern world.

About This Martin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Martin, Georgia. Coordinates: 34.485769, -83.197451. 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 Martin includes the ZIP code (30557), telephone area code (770, 678), county seat of Stephens County (Toccoa), and school district assignment (Stephens 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.