{"id":2362,"date":"2023-03-20T19:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T19:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:16:15","slug":"spalding-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/spalding-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Spalding County, Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spalding County is a county in Georgia, United States, roughly 40 miles south of downtown Atlanta in the Piedmont region. It had a population of 67,306 at the 2020 census and covers 200 square miles (520 km2) centred near 33\u00b016\u2032N 84\u00b017\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Griffin is the county seat, and its postal code is 30223. The county has one incorporated city, one incorporated town, and about a dozen unincorporated communities and census-designated places. Spalding County is in the Eastern time zone and is part of the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metropolitan area.<\/p>\n

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

Spalding County has one city (Griffin, the seat), one incorporated town (Orchard Hill), two census-designated places (East Griffin and Experiment), and a scattering of older unincorporated communities and mill villages that never formally incorporated. “Unincorp.” below marks a rural community or crossroads with no municipal government of its own.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\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
Griffin<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n23,478<\/td>\n30223<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orchard Hill<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East Griffin<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n30223<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Experiment<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n30223<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birdie<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blantons Mill<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caruso<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Esmond<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heron Bay<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Highland Mills<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pleasant Grove<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pomona<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rio<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rover<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steeles Mill<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sunny Side<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n30284<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Towalaga<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vaughn<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walker Mill<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zetella<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

East Griffin and Experiment sit directly against Griffin’s city limits and are best known as the historic home of the Georgia Experiment Station, now the University of Georgia’s Griffin campus — hence the community name Experiment.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n