Summerville Georgia Map

About Summerville, Georgia

Summerville is a locality in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,435. The population density is 426.6 people per km². Summerville is located at 34.4788°N, 85.3491°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Summerville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 30046, 30904, 30747.

Summerville draws its character from the slow, deliberate movement of the Yellow River, which carves a path through the red-clay earth less than a mile from the center of the settlement. It lies 2.5 miles west-southwest of Lawrenceville, GA (from Lawrenceville, GA: bearing 257°T), and is situated 7.5 miles east-southeast of Duluth. The landscape surrounding Summerville is defined by the heavy, humid stillness of the inland piedmont, where longleaf pines stand as silent sentinels over fields that yield to the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains on the horizon. Light here possesses a particular, honeyed quality at dusk, filtering through the dense canopy to illuminate the dust motes dancing above the iron-rich soil. Residents often seek the quiet margins of Baggett Park, a local expanse that offers a respite of shade and green, while the waters of Powell Lake wait only four miles away, reflecting the shifting moods of the sky in a mirror of dark, still glass.

Industry and agriculture have long dictated the pulse of Summerville, anchoring the local economy in the persistent labor of the fields and the hum of manufacturing that once defined the regional identity. The architecture of the courthouse square serves as a physical record of the generations who organized their lives around the seasonal cycles of peach and pecan, maintaining a pace of existence that favors continuity over the frantic tempo of the modern metropolis. Though the world shifts and moves with increasing velocity, the inhabitants of Summerville maintain a fidelity to the quiet, rhythmic demands of their geography, finding a grounded sense of purpose in the intersection of the river’s flow and the red dirt beneath their feet.

About This Summerville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Summerville, Georgia. Coordinates: 34.478751, -85.349072. 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 Summerville includes the ZIP code (30046, 30904, 30747), telephone area code (706, 762, 770), county seat of Gwinnett County (Lawrenceville), and school district assignment (Chattooga 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.