{"id":1689,"date":"2023-02-25T10:29:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T10:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2026-08-21T16:17:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:17:31","slug":"hart-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/hart-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Hart County, Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hart County is a county in Georgia, United States, on the South Carolina border along Lake Hartwell in the Piedmont. It had a population of 25,828 at the 2020 census and covers 257 square miles (670 km2), of which 232 square miles is land and 25 square miles is water, centred near 34°21′N 82°58′W.<\/p>\n

Hartwell is the county seat and its postal code is 30643. The county has one other wholly-contained town, Bowersville, plus the cities of Royston and Canon, which straddle its border with Franklin County, and a number of unincorporated communities. The whole county sits in the Eastern time zone.<\/p>\n

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

Hart County has two cities wholly inside its borders, one town, two cities that straddle the Franklin County line, and around a dozen unincorporated communities carried over from historic crossroads and mill sites. CDP = census-designated place; Unincorp. = unincorporated community with no formal town government.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Hartwell<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n4,470<\/td>\n30643<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bowersville<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n444<\/td>\n30516<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Royston<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n2,649<\/td>\n30662<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canon<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n643<\/td>\n30520<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bio<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cross Roads<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eagle Grove<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flat Shoals<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goldmine<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maretts<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mount Olivet<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nuberg<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parkertown<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reed Creek<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reeds<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shoal Creek<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vanna<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Royston and Canon are both split between Hart and Franklin counties, so a share of each city’s population and land area is credited to Franklin County’s own totals rather than Hart’s. Royston is best known as the birthplace of baseball’s Ty Cobb.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n