{"id":1609,"date":"2023-02-20T07:41:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T07:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=1609"},"modified":"2026-08-07T10:25:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:25:03","slug":"colquitt-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/colquitt-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Colquitt County, Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colquitt County is a county in Georgia, United States, about 35 miles north of Tallahassee,<br \/>\nFlorida, and 200 miles south of Atlanta. It had a population of 45,898 at the 2020 census, an<br \/>\nestimated 47,438 by 2025, and covers 557 square miles (1,440 km2) centred near 31\u00b011\u2032N 83\u00b046\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Moultrie is the county seat and the county&#8217;s largest city; its main postal code is 31768. The<br \/>\ncounty holds 6 incorporated cities and towns and 19 unincorporated communities, and it runs on<br \/>\nEastern Time. Its FIPS code is 13071.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Colquitt County<\/h2>\n<p>Colquitt County has 25 named places on record: 6 incorporated cities and towns and 19<br \/>\nunincorporated communities with no local government of their own. Georgia has no civil townships,<br \/>\nso this table skips that column. Unincorp. covers rural crossroads communities with no formal<br \/>\nboundary or charter.<\/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>Moultrie<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>14,638<\/td>\n<td>31768<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Norman Park<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>963<\/td>\n<td>31771<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Doerun<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>738<\/td>\n<td>31744<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Berlin<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>511<\/td>\n<td>31722<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Funston<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>402<\/td>\n<td>31753<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ellenton<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>210<\/td>\n<td>31747<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Autreyville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Barbers<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bay<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Center Hill<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cool Springs<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Crosland<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ganor<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hartsfield<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kirkwood<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Minnesota<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Murphy<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Elm<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pineboro<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Riverside<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Schley<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sigsbee<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Moultrie<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunset<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ticknor<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>South Moultrie is a separate rural crossroads south of the city of Moultrie, not an annexed<br \/>\nsuburb &mdash; it has never been part of Moultrie&#8217;s city limits. New Elm also carries the older<br \/>\nnames Elm and Euella in county gazetteer records, all referring to the same place.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>31768 &mdash; Moultrie (the county&#8217;s most populous ZIP)<\/li>\n<li>31776 &mdash; Moultrie (post office box ZIP)<\/li>\n<li>31788 &mdash; Moultrie (post office box ZIP)<\/li>\n<li>31771 &mdash; Norman Park<\/li>\n<li>31744 &mdash; Doerun<\/li>\n<li>31722 &mdash; Berlin<\/li>\n<li>31753 &mdash; Funston<\/li>\n<li>31747 &mdash; Ellenton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>None of the county&#8217;s 19 unincorporated communities has a ZIP code of its own; mail there is<br \/>\ndelivered under whichever incorporated town&#8217;s code covers that rural route.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Colquitt County sits in Georgia&#8217;s coastal plain, a flat to gently rolling landscape of<br \/>\nfarmland and pine woods in the state&#8217;s far southwest. Of its 557 square miles, 544 are land and<br \/>\n12 are water, about 2.2 percent &mdash; low for the region, since the county has no large natural<br \/>\nlake and relies mainly on ponds and small creeks feeding the Ochlockonee and Warrior Rivers,<br \/>\nwhich drain the county&#8217;s east and west sides toward the Florida line.<\/p>\n<p>Worth County lies to the northwest, Tift County to the northeast, Cook County to the east,<br \/>\nBrooks County to the southeast, Thomas County to the southwest, and Mitchell County to the west.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/worth-county\/\">Worth County<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/tift-county\/\">Tift County<\/a>, Cook County,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/brooks-county\/\">Brooks County<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/thomas-county\/\">Thomas County<\/a> and<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/mitchell-county\/\">Mitchell County<\/a> all border Colquitt<br \/>\ndirectly.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Colquitt County had a population of 45,898 at the 2020 census, and the latest estimate puts<br \/>\nthe county near 47,438 residents. Moultrie and Norman Park are the two largest communities, with<br \/>\nMoultrie alone holding almost a third of the county&#8217;s total population. Median household income<br \/>\nruns $49,341, well below Georgia&#8217;s statewide figure of $74,632. Population density works out to<br \/>\nroughly 84 people per square mile of land, typical for a rural south Georgia county built on<br \/>\nfarming rather than a metro core.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Health care and social assistance employs the most workers in the county, about 2,874 people,<br \/>\nfollowed by manufacturing at 2,617 and agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting at 2,389.<br \/>\nSanderson Farms runs a large poultry processing plant in Moultrie employing more than 1,000<br \/>\nworkers, and Maule Air builds single-engine aircraft in the city as well. Row-crop and peanut<br \/>\nfarming, along with pine timber, still anchor the rural economy outside Moultrie. The county&#8217;s<br \/>\nbiggest annual event is the Sunbelt Ag Expo each October, billed as North America&#8217;s largest<br \/>\nfarm show, held at a dedicated 290-G Harper Boulevard facility in Moultrie and drawing farmers<br \/>\nand exhibitors from across the Southeast.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Georgia&#8217;s General Assembly created Colquitt County on 25 February 1856, naming it for Walter<br \/>\nTerry Colquitt, a U.S. senator from Georgia. The county seat, originally called Ochlockoney, was<br \/>\nincorporated in 1859 and renamed Moultrie for General William Moultrie, a Revolutionary War<br \/>\nofficer who defended Charleston in 1776. Norman Park takes its name from J.B. Norman, founder of<br \/>\nthe now-defunct Norman College once located there.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>No interstate crosses Colquitt County. US 319, US 82 and US 129 run through it, along with GA<br \/>\n33 and GA 111, connecting Moultrie to the surrounding region.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Albany &mdash; about 40 miles northwest<\/li>\n<li>Tifton &mdash; about 30 miles northeast<\/li>\n<li>Thomasville &mdash; about 30 miles southwest<\/li>\n<li>Valdosta &mdash; about 45 miles southeast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Albany&#8217;s Southwest Georgia Regional Airport, roughly 40 miles northwest of Moultrie, is the<br \/>\nnearest commercial airport with scheduled flights. Moultrie Municipal Airport handles general<br \/>\naviation. There is no Amtrak station in the county; the nearest is in Jesup, Georgia.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Colquitt County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits in Georgia&#8217;s coastal plain in the state&#8217;s far southwest, about 35 miles north of<br \/>\nTallahassee, Florida, bordered by Worth, Tift, Cook, Brooks, Thomas and Mitchell counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Colquitt County?<\/strong><br \/>\n45,898 at the 2020 census, with a 2025 estimate near 47,438.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Colquitt County?<\/strong><br \/>\n557 square miles (1,440 km2) total, of which 544 square miles are land and 12 square miles are<br \/>\nwater.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Colquitt County?<\/strong><br \/>\nMoultrie, incorporated in 1859, is the county seat and largest city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Colquitt County?<\/strong><br \/>\nSix incorporated places &mdash; Moultrie, Norman Park, Doerun, Berlin, Funston and Ellenton<br \/>\n&mdash; plus 19 unincorporated communities including Autreyville, Barbers and Riverside.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Colquitt County use?<\/strong><br \/>\n31768, 31776 and 31788 for Moultrie; 31771 for Norman Park; 31744 for Doerun; 31722 for Berlin;<br \/>\n31753 for Funston; and 31747 for Ellenton.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Colquitt County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Sunbelt Ag Expo, North America&#8217;s largest farm show, held each October in Moultrie, and a<br \/>\nfarm economy built on poultry, row crops, peanuts and pine timber.<\/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>Colquitt County is a county in Georgia, United States, about 35 miles north of Tallahassee, Florida, and 200 miles south of Atlanta. It had a population of 45,898 at the 2020 census, an estimated 47,438 by 2025, and covers 557 square miles (1,440 km2) centred near 31\u00b011\u2032N 83\u00b046\u2032W. 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