{"id":1717,"date":"2023-03-05T14:15:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T14:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=1717"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:30:21","slug":"jefferson-county-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/jefferson-county-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Jefferson County, Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jefferson County is a county in Georgia, United States, about 40 miles northeast of Augusta. It<br \/>\nhad a population of 15,709 at the 2020 census, an estimated 15,011 by 2025, and covers 530 square<br \/>\nmiles (1,400 km2) centred near 33\u00b003\u2032N 82\u00b025\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Louisville is the county seat and the county&#8217;s largest city; its postal code is 30434. The<br \/>\ncounty holds 6 cities, 1 town and 1 census-designated place, plus a scattering of unincorporated<br \/>\ncommunities, and it runs on Eastern Time.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Jefferson County<\/h2>\n<p>Jefferson County has 24 named places on record: 6 cities, 1 town, 1 census-designated place<br \/>\n(CDP) and 16 unincorporated communities with no local government of their own. CDP stands for<br \/>\ncensus designated place; Unincorp. covers crossroads and rural communities with no formal<br \/>\nboundary.<\/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>Louisville<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>2,381<\/td>\n<td>30434<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wrens<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>2,217<\/td>\n<td>30833<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wadley<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>1,643<\/td>\n<td>30477<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Keysville<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>300<\/td>\n<td>30816<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stapleton<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>402<\/td>\n<td>30823<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Avera<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>223<\/td>\n<td>30803<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bartow<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>186<\/td>\n<td>30413<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matthews<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>146<\/td>\n<td>30818<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Aldreds<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Almira<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Atwell<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brinson Crossing<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cunningham Corner<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ellis Plantation<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Magnolia<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Moxley<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Noah<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Old Town<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Omaha Springs<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pine Hill<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stapletons Crossroads<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stellaville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wrens Station<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Zebina<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Keysville straddles the county line: most of its area and the bulk of its 300 residents sit<br \/>\nacross the border in Burke County, with only the western edge of the municipality reaching into<br \/>\nJefferson. Its population figure above is citywide, not a Jefferson County-only count.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>30434 &mdash; Louisville<\/li>\n<li>30833 &mdash; Wrens<\/li>\n<li>30818 &mdash; Wrens Station area and Matthews<\/li>\n<li>30477 &mdash; Wadley<\/li>\n<li>30823 &mdash; Stapleton<\/li>\n<li>30803 &mdash; Avera<\/li>\n<li>30413 &mdash; Bartow<\/li>\n<li>30816 &mdash; Keysville (shared with Burke County)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aldreds, Almira, Atwell, Brinson Crossing, Cunningham Corner, Ellis Plantation, Magnolia,<br \/>\nMoxley, Noah, Old Town, Omaha Springs, Pine Hill, Stapletons Crossroads, Stellaville and Zebina<br \/>\nhave no ZIP code of their own; mail to these crossroads communities is delivered under the<br \/>\nnearest incorporated town&#8217;s code.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Jefferson County sits in Georgia&#8217;s upper coastal plain, a belt of flat to gently rolling<br \/>\nfarmland between the fall line and the Savannah River basin. Of its 530 square miles, 526 are<br \/>\nland and 3.2 are water, a little over half a percent &mdash; the county has no large natural lake<br \/>\nand only Rocky Comfort Creek and the Ogeechee River&#8217;s headwater tributaries account for most<br \/>\nof its surface water. The Ogeechee River forms part of the county&#8217;s southern edge.<\/p>\n<p>McDuffie County lies to the north, Richmond County to the northeast, Burke County to the east,<br \/>\nEmanuel County to the south, Johnson County to the southwest, Washington County to the west, and<br \/>\nGlascock and Warren counties to the northwest. <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/mcduffie-county\/\">McDuffie County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/richmond-county\/\">Richmond County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/burke-county\/\">Burke County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/emanuel-county\/\">Emanuel County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/glascock-county\/\">Glascock County<\/a> and <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/washington-county-georgia\/\">Washington County<\/a> all have<br \/>\ntheir own pages on this site; Johnson and Warren counties border Jefferson directly but their<br \/>\nGeorgia pages are not yet live here.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Jefferson County had a population of 15,709 at the 2020 census, and the latest estimate puts<br \/>\nthe county near 15,011 residents, a decline from the 2020 count. Louisville and Wrens are by far<br \/>\nthe two largest communities, together holding almost a third of the county&#8217;s population.<br \/>\nMedian household income runs $53,014, well below Georgia&#8217;s statewide figure of $74,632<br \/>\n(2023 ACS). The county&#8217;s poverty rate stands near 16.9 percent, above both the state and<br \/>\nnational averages. Population density works out to roughly 30 people per square mile of land,<br \/>\nlow even for rural middle Georgia.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Manufacturing employs the most workers in the county, about 1,064 people, followed by<br \/>\ntransportation and warehousing at 945 and health care and social assistance at 759. The county<br \/>\nremains largely agricultural outside its small industrial base, with row crops, timber and<br \/>\npoultry houses dominating the land beyond its towns. Louisville&#8217;s downtown centers on the<br \/>\nJefferson County courthouse, built in 1904 on the site of Georgia&#8217;s first permanent state<br \/>\ncapitol building, and the Old Market, an open-sided market house that still stands nearby.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>The Georgia General Assembly created Jefferson County on 20 February 1796, naming it for<br \/>\nThomas Jefferson, principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later the third<br \/>\npresident of the United States. Louisville was already Georgia&#8217;s state capital<br \/>\nwhen the county formed &mdash; it had served in that role since 1796 and continued until the<br \/>\ncapital moved to Milledgeville in 1806. Louisville itself was incorporated on 26 January 1786 and<br \/>\nnamed for King Louis XVI of France, in recognition of French support during the American<br \/>\nRevolution.<\/p>\n<p>The Old Market in downtown Louisville, still standing today, historically included sections<br \/>\nused for the sale of enslaved people during the antebellum period, a documented and<br \/>\nuncomfortable part of the town&#8217;s history as Georgia&#8217;s early capital.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>No interstate highway crosses Jefferson County. US 1, US 221 and US 319 run through the<br \/>\ncounty, along with Georgia routes 4, 17, 24, 47, 78, 80, 88, 102, 171, 242, 296 and 540.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Augusta &mdash; about 40 miles northeast<\/li>\n<li>Sandersville &mdash; about 24 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Waynesboro &mdash; about 23 miles east<\/li>\n<li>Swainsboro &mdash; about 29 miles southeast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Augusta Regional Airport, roughly 40 miles northeast of Louisville, is the nearest major<br \/>\ncommercial airport.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Jefferson County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits in Georgia&#8217;s upper coastal plain, about 40 miles northeast of Augusta, bordered by<br \/>\nMcDuffie, Richmond, Burke, Emanuel, Johnson, Washington, Glascock and Warren counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Jefferson County?<\/strong><br \/>\n15,709 at the 2020 census, with a 2025 estimate near 15,011.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Jefferson County?<\/strong><br \/>\n530 square miles (1,400 km2), of which 526 square miles are land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Jefferson County?<\/strong><br \/>\nLouisville, Georgia&#8217;s state capital from 1796 to 1806, is the county seat and largest<br \/>\ncity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns and cities are in Jefferson County?<\/strong><br \/>\nSix cities &mdash; Louisville, Wrens, Wadley, Keysville (partly), Stapleton and Avera &mdash; one<br \/>\ntown, Bartow, and one census-designated place, Matthews, plus 16 unincorporated<br \/>\ncommunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Jefferson County use?<\/strong><br \/>\n30434 for Louisville, 30833 for Wrens, 30477 for Wadley, 30823 for Stapleton, 30803 for Avera,<br \/>\n30413 for Bartow, and 30816 and 30818 shared with neighboring counties for Keysville and<br \/>\nMatthews.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Jefferson County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nLouisville&#8217;s role as Georgia&#8217;s first state capital, and the 1904 courthouse built on<br \/>\nthe site of the state&#8217;s original capitol building.<\/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>Jefferson County is a county in Georgia, United States, about 40 miles northeast of Augusta. It had a population of 15,709 at the 2020 census, an estimated 15,011 by 2025, and covers 530 square miles (1,400 km2) centred near 33\u00b003\u2032N 82\u00b025\u2032W. 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