{"id":1541,"date":"2023-02-13T17:32:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T17:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=1541"},"modified":"2026-08-20T23:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T23:24:31","slug":"bacon-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/bacon-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Bacon County, Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bacon County is a county in Georgia, United States, in the southeastern coastal plain near the Okefenokee Swamp region. It had a population of 11,140 at the 2020 census and covers 286 square miles (740 km2) centred near 31&deg;34&prime;N 82&deg;27&prime;W.<\/p>\n<p>Alma is the county seat, and its postal code is 31510. The county has one incorporated city and a handful of unincorporated communities, sits in the Eastern time zone, and carries FIPS code 13005.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Bacon County<\/h2>\n<p>Bacon County has a single incorporated city, Alma, and a small set of unincorporated communities scattered through its farmland and pine forest. None of the unincorporated places has its own municipal government or 2020 census figure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Alma<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31510<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rockingham<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31510<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Coffee<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31510<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessoms<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31510<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Guysie<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31510<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lambright<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31510<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Lacy<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>31510<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rockingham is a census-designated place just outside Alma rather than a separate town. The county&#8217;s other named places are rural crossroads communities without their own post office; mail for the whole county routes through Alma.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>31510 &mdash; Alma (also serves Coffee, Sessoms, Rockingham and the rest of the county)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bacon County has no second ZIP code &mdash; every address in the county is served by the Alma post office.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Bacon County lies in the flat, sandy coastal plain of southeastern Georgia. The Census Bureau puts its area at 259 square miles of land and 27 square miles of water, roughly 9.5% of the total, reflecting the Little Satilla River and its swampy tributaries that cross the county. Pine plantation and row-crop farmland make up most of the working landscape outside Alma.<\/p>\n<p>Bacon County borders <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/appling-county\/\">Appling County<\/a> to the northeast, Pierce County to the southeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/ware-county\/\">Ware County<\/a> to the south, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/coffee-county\/\">Coffee County<\/a> to the west, and Jeff Davis County to the northwest. All five bordering counties were themselves once part of a much larger territorial county before Georgia&#8217;s early-20th-century wave of county splits reached this corner of the coastal plain.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>The 2020 census counted 11,140 residents, with Alma the largest community by a wide margin and Rockingham the only other census-designated place. Bacon County&#8217;s median household income runs well below the Georgia median of $74,632, typical of the state&#8217;s rural coastal-plain counties. Population density is about 43 people per square mile, concentrated around Alma with the rest of the county thinly settled farmland and pine woods.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Agriculture and forestry anchor the local economy &mdash; tobacco, blueberries, peanuts and timber are the county&#8217;s major crops, alongside poultry operations and a handful of light-manufacturing plants near Alma. Alma&#8217;s downtown serves as the county&#8217;s retail and government hub, and Bacon County Hospital is one of the area&#8217;s largest employers, along with the county school system. The county calls itself the &#8220;Blueberry Capital of Georgia&#8221; and holds an annual blueberry festival in Alma each spring, drawing visitors from across southeast Georgia for a parade, farmers&#8217; market and pageant.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Bacon County was created by a constitutional amendment approved by Georgia voters on November 3, 1914, carved from parts of Appling, Pierce and Ware counties as part of Georgia&#8217;s early-1900s push to multiply small, courthouse-centered counties. It is named for Augustus Octavius Bacon, a Georgia lawyer and U.S. senator who chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Alma, founded a few years earlier as a stop on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, was chosen as the new county&#8217;s seat and remains its only incorporated municipality more than a century later.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. Routes 1 and 23 and Georgia Routes 4, 4 Alternate, 19 and 32 cross the county, meeting at Alma.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Waycross &mdash; 25 miles southeast<\/li>\n<li>Douglas &mdash; 25 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Baxley &mdash; 20 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Jesup &mdash; 35 miles east<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial airport is Jacksonville International Airport in Florida, about 100 miles to the southeast; smaller general-aviation service is available closer at the Alma-Bacon County Airport just outside town.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Bacon County?<\/strong><br \/>It is in southeastern Georgia, on the coastal plain west of Waycross.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Bacon County?<\/strong><br \/>11,140 residents as of the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Bacon County?<\/strong><br \/>286 square miles (740 km2), including 27 square miles of water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Bacon County?<\/strong><br \/>Alma is the county seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Bacon County?<\/strong><br \/>One incorporated city, Alma, plus a handful of unincorporated communities including Rockingham, Coffee and Sessoms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Bacon County?<\/strong><br \/>The whole county uses ZIP code 31510, served by the Alma post office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Bacon County known for?<\/strong><br \/>Blueberry farming &mdash; the county is often called Georgia&#8217;s &#8220;Blueberry Capital&#8221; and hosts an annual blueberry festival.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/georgia\/\">Towns and villages in Georgia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bacon County is a county in Georgia, United States, in the southeastern coastal plain near the Okefenokee Swamp region. It had a population of 11,140 at the 2020 census and covers 286 square miles (740 km2) centred near 31&deg;34&prime;N 82&deg;27&prime;W. Alma is the county seat, and its postal code is 31510. 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