{"id":1658,"date":"2023-02-23T07:09:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T07:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2026-07-31T18:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:53:11","slug":"forsyth-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/forsyth-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Forsyth County, Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forsyth County is a county in Georgia, United States, about 39 miles north of downtown Atlanta along the GA 400 corridor. It had a population of 251,283 at the 2020 census, an estimated 282,805 by 2025, and covers 224 square miles (580 km2) of land centred near 34\u00b012\u2032N 84\u00b008\u2032W, with another 23 square miles of Lake Lanier along its eastern edge.<\/p>\n

Cumming is the county seat and the county’s only incorporated city; its postal code is 30040. The county holds 1 city and 14 named unincorporated communities, no civil townships (Georgia does not use them), and it runs on Eastern time. Its FIPS code is 13117.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Forsyth County<\/h2>\n

Forsyth County has 15 named places in all — one incorporated city and 14 unincorporated communities and crossroads. None of the unincorporated places has ever had its own Census population count; the Census Bureau tracks the county as a whole outside Cumming. ZIP codes shown for unincorporated communities are the post-office areas that serve them, not codes of their own.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Cumming<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n7,318<\/td>\n30040<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Big Creek<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n30005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chestatee<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n30028<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coal Mountain<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n30040<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daves Creek<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Drew<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ducktown<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n30028<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heardville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hightower<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n30506<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mars Hill Crossroads<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n30041<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matt<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oscarville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pirkle Woods<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n30004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sheltonville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Silver City<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n30024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Two names on this list need care. Oscarville, in the county’s northeast, is not a living roadside community — its former townsite was flooded in 1950 by the Buford Dam project and now sits under Lake Lanier; it appears here for historical reference, covered under History below. Big Creek names both a stream-side community and the wider Big Creek census county division used only for Census Bureau tabulation, not a place with its own boundary or population count.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n