Meridian Georgia Map

About Meridian, Georgia

Meridian is a locality in McIntosh County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Meridian is located at 31.4519°N, 81.3779°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 31305, 31319.

Meridian exists where the heavy, salt-laden air of the Atlantic dampens the fringe of the maritime forest, grounding the landscape in a stillness that feels older than the structures themselves. It lies 20.2 miles north of St Simons Island, GA (from St Simons Island, GA: bearing 2°T), and is situated 17.3 miles north-northeast of Country Club Estates. The horizon here is defined by a low, flat horizon line where the sky bleeds into the marsh, and the land remains suspended in a perpetual state of transition between solid earth and the fluid reach of the tides. Only a mile away, the brackish veins of Hudson Creek carve through the silt, their dark currents pulling steadily toward the Carnigan River, which hums with the slow, rhythmic pulse of the coastal plain. Beyond the immediate canopy of longleaf pine, the terrain yields to the low-lying expanse of the Sapelo Island Wildlife Management Area, where the shadows of egrets move across the tall grasses like gray ghosts in the waning afternoon light.

Meridian bears the quiet weight of a history shaped by the labor of the coast, where the economy has long been tethered to the harvest of the water and the stewardship of the verdant, marshy perimeter. The local commerce remains modest, focused on the seasonal rhythms of the tides and the patient extraction of resources that have supported families for generations, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers. To the north, the elevation rises slightly toward the distant Kenan Field, while the silhouette of Buzzard Roost Island stands as a sentinel against the broader expanse of the sound. Life in Meridian proceeds with a deliberate, singular intensity, defined by the damp warmth of the soil and the way the light catches the intricate, jagged edges of an oyster shell left discarded in the mud, marking the intersection of human endurance and the relentless, encroaching sea.

About This Meridian Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Meridian, Georgia. Coordinates: 31.45189, -81.377878. 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 Meridian includes the ZIP code (31305, 31319), telephone area code (478), county seat of McIntosh County (Darien), and school district assignment.

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.