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Poulan Georgia Map

Explore Poulan, 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.

Interactive Map of Poulan, Georgia

How to Use This Poulan, Georgia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Poulan, 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 Poulan.

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.

CityPoulan
StateGeorgia (GA)
CountyWorth County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude31.512958
Longitude-83.787675
Population760
Density175.4 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code31781
Area Code229
County SeatSylvester
School DistrictWorth County School District

About Poulan, Georgia

Poulan is a locality in Worth County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 760. The population density is 175.4 people per km². Poulan is located at 31.5130°N, 83.7877°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Poulan is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 31781.

Poulan emerges from the flat, iron-rich earth of the Georgia plains, where the horizon stretches wide under a vast, unencumbered sky. It lies 17.0 miles west-northwest of Tifton, GA (from Tifton, GA: bearing 285°T), and is situated 3.1 miles east-southeast of Sylvester. Warrior Creek carves a quiet, serpentine path through the landscape, its dark waters reflecting the dense canopy of longleaf pines that define the perimeter of the territory. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness during the afternoon, though the light at dusk softens into a pale amber that catches the dust rising from the quiet roads. Only a mile away, the stillness of Sumner Lake offers a mirror to the clouds, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Rattlesnake Ridge marks the furthest reach of the view. Within the center of the grid, Poulan City Park provides a small, green anchor where the local grass grows thick and resilient against the summer heat.

Poulan carries the weight of a traditional agricultural legacy, built upon the red-clay soil that has long sustained the cycles of planting and harvest. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, where the cultivation of pecans and the quiet industry of the fields dictate the pace of the weeks. Life moves with a deliberate, measured gravity, shaped by the shade of the courthouse square and the simple architecture of buildings that have weathered decades of Southern heat. While the world beyond the county line accelerates, the daily existence in Poulan persists in a state of calm continuity, defined by the sound of wind in the pines and the persistent, slow movement of the regional creek. The character of the people is etched into this adherence to the seasons, a quiet endurance that values the shade of the afternoon and the steady labor of the harvest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • The Old Poulan City Bank (Historic Ruins) — 0.1 mi, 211° SW
  • Poulan City Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 206° SW
  • The Old Pharmacy (Historic Ruins) — 0.1 mi, 252° W
  • Donation Brick Flag Pole (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 236° SW
  • Lions Park (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 020° N
  • Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 2.4 mi, 278° W
  • Jeffords Park (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 294° NW
  • Hill Village Sign (Monument) — 14.2 mi, 280° W
  • Venus in the Bushes (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 073° E
  • Georgia Museum of Agriculture (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 102° E
  • Doerun Pitcher Plant Bog Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.6 mi, 197° S
  • The Peanut (Public Artwork) — 15.6 mi, 102° E
  • 137-001 (State Recreation Area) — 16.9 mi, 128° SE
  • 101-001 (State Recreation Area) — 18.3 mi, 234° SW
  • Flint River Greenway (State Park) — 20.6 mi, 275° W
  • Chehaw State Park (State Park) — 21.2 mi, 293° NW
  • Amphitheater (Theatre) — 21.7 mi, 281° W
  • Moultrie Stadium Cinema 6 (Cinema) — 22.4 mi, 177° S
  • Alapaha River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.0 mi, 087° E
  • Museum of Colquitt County History (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 179° S
  • Moultrie Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 23.5 mi, 181° S
  • Chehaw Indian Monument (Attraction) — 26.9 mi, 312° NW
  • Titan I Missile (Attraction) — 31.0 mi, 004° N
  • Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ga (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.0 mi, 176° S · 1,786 acres
  • Frogtown Cellars Hahira Tasting Room (Attraction) — 41.9 mi, 146° SE
  • Lapham-Patterson House Museum (Museum) — 47.5 mi, 194° S
  • Thomasville on Stage and Company (Theatre) — 48.1 mi, 194° S
  • Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.9 mi, 132° SE · 5,962 acres
  • Valdosta Studio Imagination (Arts Centre) — 54.1 mi, 148° SE
  • Walter R Wilson Agricultural Arena (Stadium) — 54.7 mi, 087° E

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About This Poulan Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Poulan, Georgia. Coordinates: 31.512958, -83.787675. 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 Poulan includes the ZIP code (31781), telephone area code (229), county seat of Worth County (Sylvester), and school district assignment (Worth 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.