{"id":1564,"date":"2023-02-15T07:20:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T07:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:30:20","slug":"brantley-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/brantley-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Brantley County, Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brantley County is a county in Georgia, United States, about 30 miles west of Brunswick. It had<br \/>\na population of 18,021 at the 2020 census, an estimated 18,936 more recently, and covers 447<br \/>\nsquare miles (1,160 km2) centred near 31&deg;12&prime;N 81&deg;59&prime;W.<\/p>\n<p>Nahunta is the county seat and the county&#8217;s largest city; its postal code is 31553. The<br \/>\ncounty holds 2 incorporated cities and 5 unincorporated communities, three of which the Census<br \/>\nBureau also tracks as census-designated places, and it runs on Eastern Time. Its FIPS code is<br \/>\n13025.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Brantley County<\/h2>\n<p>Brantley County has 7 named places on record: 2 incorporated cities and 5 unincorporated<br \/>\ncommunities, three of which double as census-designated places. CDP stands for census designated<br \/>\nplace; Unincorp. covers crossroads and rural communities with no formal boundary and no separate<br \/>\npopulation count. Georgia counties have no civil townships, so the table below skips that<br \/>\ncolumn.<\/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>Nahunta<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>1,013<\/td>\n<td>31553<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hoboken<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>480<\/td>\n<td>31542<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Waynesville<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>331<\/td>\n<td>31566<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hortense<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>252<\/td>\n<td>31543<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hickox<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>234<\/td>\n<td>31553<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fort Mudge<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Schlatterville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Waynesville takes its name from Wayne County, the county Brantley was partly carved out of in<br \/>\n1920 &mdash; it sits near the old Post Road on the Glynn County line. Hickox shares Nahunta&#8217;s<br \/>\n31553 ZIP rather than having a code of its own; both lie along US 301 a few miles apart.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>31553 &mdash; Nahunta (also covers Hickox, four miles south)<\/li>\n<li>31542 &mdash; Hoboken<\/li>\n<li>31543 &mdash; Hortense<\/li>\n<li>31566 &mdash; Waynesville<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fort Mudge and Schlatterville have no ZIP code of their own; mail there is delivered under the<br \/>\nnearest incorporated town&#8217;s code.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Brantley County sits in Georgia&#8217;s southeastern coastal plain, a flat, pine-forested belt<br \/>\nbetween the Okefenokee Swamp basin and the Atlantic coast. Of its 447 square miles, 442 are land<br \/>\nand 4.8 are water, about 1.1 percent. The Satilla River crosses the county and is its principal<br \/>\nwaterway, draining the low, sandy terrain toward the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>Wayne County lies to the northeast, Glynn County to the east, Camden County to the southeast,<br \/>\nCharlton County to the south, Ware County to the west, and Pierce County to the northwest. Of<br \/>\nthese, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/glynn-county\/\">Glynn County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/charlton-county\/\">Charlton County<\/a> and <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/ware-county\/\">Ware County<\/a> have their own pages on this<br \/>\nsite; Wayne, Camden and Pierce counties do not.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Brantley County had a population of 18,021 at the 2020 census, and the most recent Census<br \/>\nBureau estimate puts the county near 18,936 residents. Nahunta and Hoboken are its only<br \/>\nincorporated places; together the county&#8217;s three CDPs and two unincorporated communities<br \/>\nhold the remaining, mostly rural, population. The county is 90.54 percent non-Hispanic White and<br \/>\n3.12 percent Black or African American, and roughly 99.3 percent of residents live outside any<br \/>\nincorporated city. Median household income runs about $58,239, well below Georgia&#8217;s<br \/>\nstatewide figure of $74,632 (2023 ACS). Land area works out to roughly 41 people per square mile,<br \/>\nsparse even by rural Georgia standards.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Retail trade is the county&#8217;s largest employer, with 879 workers, followed by health care<br \/>\nand social assistance at 851 and transportation and warehousing at 841. Transportation and<br \/>\nwarehousing pays the best of the three, averaging $73,125 a year, reflecting the county&#8217;s<br \/>\nposition along US 82 and US 301 between Waycross and the port of Brunswick. The Brantley County<br \/>\nSchool District runs the public schools serving Nahunta, Hoboken and the surrounding<br \/>\ncommunities.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Georgia voters amended the state constitution on November 2, 1920, to create Brantley County<br \/>\nfrom parts of Charlton, Pierce and Wayne counties. The name honors either U.S. Representative<br \/>\nWilliam Gordon Brantley or his father, Benjamin Daniel Brantley, a local merchant and Confederate<br \/>\nArmy veteran; sources disagree on which. Hoboken, founded as a transfer name from Hoboken, New<br \/>\nJersey, and incorporated in 1920, briefly served as the first county seat before the designation<br \/>\nmoved to Nahunta in 1923. Nahunta itself began as a settlement called Victoria around 1870 and<br \/>\ntook its present name in 1899; it incorporated as a city in 1925.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>No interstate highway crosses Brantley County. US 82 and US 301 cross through Nahunta, along<br \/>\nwith state routes 15, 23, 32, 95, 110, 121 and 520.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brunswick &mdash; about 30 miles east<\/li>\n<li>Waycross &mdash; about 25 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Jesup &mdash; about 20 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Folkston &mdash; about 22 miles south<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brunswick Golden Isles Airport, about 30 miles east near Brunswick in Glynn County, is the<br \/>\nnearest airport with scheduled airline service, flying Delta Connection regional jets to Atlanta.<br \/>\nAmtrak&#8217;s Silver Meteor makes a stop in Jesup, roughly 20 miles north in Wayne County, on its<br \/>\nNew York&#8211;Miami route.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Brantley County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits in Georgia&#8217;s southeastern coastal plain, about 30 miles west of Brunswick, bordered<br \/>\nby Wayne, Glynn, Camden, Charlton, Ware and Pierce counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Brantley County?<\/strong><br \/>\n18,021 at the 2020 census, with a more recent Census Bureau estimate near 18,936.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Brantley County?<\/strong><br \/>\n447 square miles (1,160 km2), of which 442 square miles are land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Brantley County?<\/strong><br \/>\nNahunta is the county seat, a role it took over from Hoboken in 1923.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns and cities are in Brantley County?<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo incorporated cities, Nahunta and Hoboken, plus five unincorporated communities: Waynesville,<br \/>\nHortense and Hickox (also census-designated places), Fort Mudge and Schlatterville.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Brantley County use?<\/strong><br \/>\n31553 for Nahunta and Hickox, 31542 for Hoboken, 31543 for Hortense and 31566 for<br \/>\nWaynesville.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Brantley County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nIts position on US 82 and US 301 between the Okefenokee Swamp region and the port city of<br \/>\nBrunswick, and the Satilla River, which crosses the county.<\/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>Brantley County is a county in Georgia, United States, about 30 miles west of Brunswick. It had a population of 18,021 at the 2020 census, an estimated 18,936 more recently, and covers 447 square miles (1,160 km2) centred near 31&deg;12&prime;N 81&deg;59&prime;W. 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