Explore Matthews, Georgia, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Matthews, Georgia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Georgia or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Matthews.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Matthews |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Jefferson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 33.21933 |
| Longitude | -82.301659 |
| Population | 146 |
| Density | 16.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 30818 |
| Area Code | 706, 762 |
| County Seat | Louisville |
| School District | Jefferson County School District |
Matthews emerges from the red-clay expanse of the Georgia piedmont as a quiet collection of dwellings and fields defined by the slow, seasonal migration of light across open ground. It lies 16.8 miles south-southwest of Fort Gordon, GA (from Fort Gordon, GA: bearing 210°T), and is situated 4.9 miles east of Wrens. The landscape here is defined by the steady, unhurried transit of Flat Rock Branch, which cuts a narrow path through the undergrowth only a mile away, feeding the thirsty roots of longleaf pines that stand as silent sentinels against the horizon. Far to the northwest, the silhouette of Whites Mound rises as a faint, jagged reminder of the earth’s ancient geological shifting, while the nearby expanse of 081-003 offers a sanctuary where the scrub and woodland remain largely untouched by the reach of modern industry. The air holds a particular weight in the late afternoon, cooling quickly as shadows stretch across the fields, lending a singular, amber clarity to the meadows that surround the outlying acreage.
Matthews maintains a character rooted in the deliberate, agrarian pace of life that has long dictated the rhythm of commerce and kinship in this region. The local economy persists as a quiet mosaic of independent agriculture, where the legacy of the soil favors the cultivation of pecan orchards and the enduring presence of native timber. While the bustle of the larger world remains distant, the people of Matthews attend to their daily labors with a focus that honors the traditions of those who cleared this land generations ago. Even the water at Kellys Pond, twelve miles removed, reflects the same stillness that permeates the local squares, where the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the changing colors of the canopy and the persistent, quiet growth of the surrounding woodland.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Matthews, Georgia. Coordinates: 33.21933, -82.301659. 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 Matthews includes the ZIP code (30818), telephone area code (706, 762), county seat of Jefferson County (Louisville), and school district assignment (Jefferson County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |