{"id":1804,"date":"2023-03-14T15:24:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T15:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2026-08-11T21:32:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:32:50","slug":"peach-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/peach-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Peach County, Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peach County is a county in Georgia, United States, about 30 miles south of Macon. It had a<br \/>\npopulation of 27,981 at the 2020 census, an estimated 29,877 by 2025, and covers 151 square miles<br \/>\n(390 km2) centred near 32\u00b034\u2032N 83\u00b050\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Valley is the county seat and largest city; its postal code is 31030. The county holds 2<br \/>\ncities in full, plus small unincorporated edges of 2 more, and 3 unincorporated communities. It<br \/>\nruns on Eastern Time and was carved from Houston and Macon counties in 1924, making it Georgia&#8217;s<br \/>\nnewest county.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Peach County<\/h2>\n<p>Peach County has 7 named places on record: 2 incorporated cities entirely within its borders,<br \/>\n2 larger cities that are based mostly in a neighboring county but reach into Peach along their<br \/>\nedges, and 3 unincorporated communities with no local government of their own. Unincorp. covers<br \/>\ncrossroads and rural communities with no formal boundary.<\/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>Fort Valley<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>8,780<\/td>\n<td>31030<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Byron<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>5,702<\/td>\n<td>31008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Warner Robins<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Perry<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Echeconnee<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Miami Valley<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Powersville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Warner Robins and Perry are both based mainly in neighboring Houston County; only narrow<br \/>\nunincorporated slivers of each city cross into Peach County, so no Peach-specific population or<br \/>\nZIP figure exists for either &mdash; their full citywide totals (80,308 and 20,624 at the 2020<br \/>\ncensus) belong overwhelmingly to Houston County, not Peach. Byron itself is mostly in Peach<br \/>\nCounty but also extends into Houston and Crawford counties along its edges.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>31030 &mdash; Fort Valley (the county&#8217;s most populous ZIP)<\/li>\n<li>31008 &mdash; Byron<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Echeconnee, Miami Valley and Powersville have no ZIP code of their own; mail there is<br \/>\ndelivered under Fort Valley&#8217;s code. The Peach County slivers of Warner Robins and Perry use ZIP<br \/>\ncodes administered from Houston County, not counted among Peach County&#8217;s own codes.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Peach County sits in central Georgia&#8217;s Fall Line Hills, a transitional belt between the<br \/>\nPiedmont and the coastal plain. Of its 151 square miles, 150 are land and 1.0 is water, about 0.7<br \/>\npercent &mdash; the county has no large natural lake, and Echeconnee Creek, which gives the<br \/>\nunincorporated community its name, is the main watercourse crossing the county on its way toward<br \/>\nthe Ocmulgee River.<\/p>\n<p>Bibb County lies to the north, Houston County to the east, Crawford County to the northwest,<br \/>\nTaylor County to the west, and Macon County to the southwest. <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/bibb-county\/\">Bibb County<\/a>, Houston County, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/crawford-county-georgia\/\">Crawford County<\/a>, <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/taylor-county-georgia\/\">Taylor County<\/a> and <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/macon-county\/\">Macon County<\/a> all border Peach directly.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Peach County had a population of 27,981 at the 2020 census, up from 27,695 in 2010, and the<br \/>\nlatest estimate puts the county near 29,877 residents by 2025. Fort Valley and Byron are the two<br \/>\nlargest fully-contained communities, together holding roughly half the county&#8217;s population.<br \/>\nMedian household income runs $71,293 (2024, Data USA), below Georgia&#8217;s statewide figure of<br \/>\n$74,632 (2023 ACS). Population density works out to roughly 187 people per square mile of land,<br \/>\nmoderate for a county this close to the Warner Robins and Macon metro areas.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Health care and social assistance employs the most workers in the county, about 1,833 people,<br \/>\nfollowed by retail trade at 1,453 and public administration at 1,260 (Data USA, 2024). Blue Bird<br \/>\nCorporation, headquartered in Fort Valley since 1935, runs Georgia&#8217;s only school bus<br \/>\nmanufacturing plant and is the county&#8217;s largest private employer. Fort Valley State University, a<br \/>\nhistorically Black land-grant university founded in 1895, anchors the city&#8217;s east side and<br \/>\nemploys faculty and staff across the county. The Medical Center of Peach County, also in Fort<br \/>\nValley, is the county&#8217;s main hospital. Byron hosts the Georgia Peach Festival each June, the<br \/>\ncounty&#8217;s biggest annual event, celebrating the region&#8217;s peach orchards with a parade and cook-off.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Georgia&#8217;s General Assembly created Peach County on 18 July 1924, carving it out of Houston and<br \/>\nMacon counties &mdash; making it, even a century later, Georgia&#8217;s newest county. Lawmakers named<br \/>\nit for the peach, reflecting the orchards that already dominated the local economy. Fort Valley,<br \/>\nfounded in 1836 and incorporated as a town in 1854 and a city in 1907, became the county seat.<\/p>\n<p>Byron was incorporated in 1874 under the name Byron, chosen to honor the poet Lord Byron after<br \/>\nan earlier name, Jackson, was dropped to avoid confusion with another Georgia town. In July 1970<br \/>\nByron hosted the Atlanta International Pop Festival, a three-day rock concert that drew crowds<br \/>\nlarger than any other Georgia gathering until the 1996 Olympics; a historical marker installed in<br \/>\n2012 commemorates the event.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Interstate 75 crosses the county&#8217;s eastern side through Byron. US Route 41 and US Route 341 run<br \/>\nthrough the county, along with Georgia Routes 7, 11, 42, 49, 96 and 127, and the Fall Line<br \/>\nFreeway (State Route 540).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Macon &mdash; about 16 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Warner Robins &mdash; about 10 miles east<\/li>\n<li>Perry &mdash; about 15 miles southeast<\/li>\n<li>Columbus &mdash; about 60 miles west<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Middle Georgia Regional Airport, in Bibb County about 15 miles north of Fort Valley, is the<br \/>\nnearest commercial airport. No Amtrak line runs through Peach County; the nearest passenger rail<br \/>\nservice is in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Peach County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits in central Georgia&#8217;s Fall Line Hills, about 30 miles south of Macon, bordered by Bibb,<br \/>\nHouston, Crawford, Taylor and Macon counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Peach County?<\/strong><br \/>\n27,981 at the 2020 census, with a 2025 estimate near 29,877.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Peach County?<\/strong><br \/>\n151 square miles (390 km2), of which 150 square miles are land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Peach County?<\/strong><br \/>\nFort Valley, founded in 1836 and incorporated as a city in 1907, is the county seat and largest<br \/>\ncity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns and cities are in Peach County?<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo cities lie fully within the county, Fort Valley and Byron, plus narrow unincorporated edges<br \/>\nof Warner Robins and Perry, and three unincorporated communities: Echeconnee, Miami Valley and<br \/>\nPowersville.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Peach County use?<\/strong><br \/>\n31030 for Fort Valley and 31008 for Byron.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Peach County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nBlue Bird Corporation&#8217;s school bus factory in Fort Valley, Fort Valley State University, the<br \/>\nGeorgia Peach Festival in Byron each June, and being Georgia&#8217;s newest and smallest-in-population<br \/>\ncounty at its 1924 creation.<\/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>Peach County is a county in Georgia, United States, about 30 miles south of Macon. It had a population of 27,981 at the 2020 census, an estimated 29,877 by 2025, and covers 151 square miles (390 km2) centred near 32\u00b034\u2032N 83\u00b050\u2032W. Fort Valley is the county seat and largest city; its postal code is 31030. 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