{"id":1714,"date":"2023-03-05T14:09:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T14:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2026-08-21T16:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:17:34","slug":"jeff-davies-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/jeff-davies-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Davis County, Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff Davis County is a county in Georgia, United States, in the southeastern part of the state, roughly midway between Macon and the Golden Isles coast. It had a population of 14,779 at the 2020 census and covers 335 square miles (870 km2), of which 331 square miles is land, centred near 31\u00b048\u2032N 82\u00b038\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Hazlehurst is the county seat, and its postal code is 31539. The county has 2 cities, 1 census-designated place, 3 unincorporated communities and 1 ghost town, and sits entirely in the Eastern time zone.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Jeff Davis County<\/h2>\n

Only Hazlehurst and Denton are incorporated cities; Satilla is a census-designated place with no city government, and Roper, Snipesville and Tallahassee are unincorporated communities without their own municipal boundaries. Bingham is a former settlement now considered a ghost town.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Hazlehurst<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n4,088<\/td>\n31539<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Denton<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n189<\/td>\n31532<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Satilla<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n31539<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Snipesville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n31539<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roper<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n31539<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tallahassee<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n31539<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bingham<\/td>\nGhost town<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The old scrape of this page misspelled the county as “Jeff Davies” \u2014 the correct name is Jeff Davis County, after Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Its unincorporated Tallahassee is a small farming community with no connection to Florida’s capital of the same name.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n