Ellabell is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Bryan County, Georgia, United States. It is on the outskirts of
Savannah, It is located on
Georgia Route 204 about east of
Pembroke, Georgia
Pembroke is a city and county seat in Bryan County, Georgia, Bryan County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,513. It is located approximately 35 miles ...
, and about west of
Savannah. The community is centered around an intersection of GA SR 204 and Black Creek Church Road, which is a county road. The
Georgia Central Railway
The Georgia Central Railway operates about of former Seaboard Coast Line track from Macon, Georgia through Dublin, Georgia and Vidalia, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia. It also operates about of trackage between Savannah and Riceboro, Georgia, swi ...
which runs parallel to GA SR 204 (until a point about east of Ellabell) also passes through Ellabell. Ellabell is the location of
Glen Echo, which is listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
.
Ellabell is located in the
Savannah metropolitan area
The Savannah metropolitan area is centered on the principal city of Savannah, Georgia. The official name given by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the Savannah, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is used for statistical pur ...
.
Ellabell, Georgia shares zip code 31308 with the other surrounding unincorporated communities of
Blitchton, Georgia and
Black Creek, Georgia. According to the Census Bureau the population for the combined area was 7,353 in 2017.
Notable people
*
Mattie Belle Davis, the first woman judge of Metropolitan Court of Dade County, Florida and first woman in Florida elected to the American Bar Foundation, the second woman to be elected in the US. A street in Ellabell is named in her honor.
*
Justin Smiley, a former NFL player for the
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National ...
, is also from Ellabell.
References
Unincorporated communities in Bryan County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
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