Ephesus is a city in
Heard County,
Georgia
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, United States. The city was founded as "Loftin", and was incorporated as "Ephesus" in 1964, after the local church and school, which had been named for the biblical city of
Ephesus
Ephesus (; ; ; may ultimately derive from ) was an Ancient Greece, ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, in present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of Apasa, the former Arzawan capital ...
in present-day Turkey.
The population was 471 in 2020.
Postal addresses within the city do not use the Ephesus name, instead using the city names of
Roopville and
Bowdon.
Geography
Ephesus is located in the northwest corner of Heard County at (33.405084, -85.259625).
It is east of the
Alabama
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border.
Georgia State Route 100 passes through the center of town, leading north to
Bowdon and southeast to
Franklin, the Heard County seat.
Carrollton, the nearest city with more than 20,000 people, is to the northeast.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, Ephesus has an area of , all land.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 388 people, 154 households, and 111 families residing in the town.
In 2020, its population was 471.
Gallery
File:Ephesus, Georgia City Hall.JPG, Ephesus City Hall
File:Ephesus, Georgia Public Library.JPG, Ephesus Public Library
References
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Cities in Heard County, Georgia
Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)