Saint George, an
unincorporated community
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located in the "Georgia Bend" of the
St. Mary's River, is the southernmost named settlement in
Georgia
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. It is in
Charlton County, south of
Folkston. In 2020, the population of the St. George
census county division
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(CCD) was 2,237. Most of this population is in the town of St. George, but the figure also includes rural areas not recognized by the Census Bureau, including communities like
Moniac
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. The ZIP Code for Saint George is 31562.
History
The
Georgia General Assembly
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Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are directl ...
incorporated Saint George as a town in 1906. The town's municipal charter was repealed in 1924.
Education
Students from St. George and the surrounding rural areas attend St. George Elementary School of the
Charlton County School District. It serves students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through sixth. After sixth grade, students are taught at Bethune Middle School and Charlton County High School in Folkston.
Transportation
The main roads through Saint George are
Georgia State Route 94
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which runs west to east through the Georgia Bend from two separate bridges of the Saint Mary's River, and
Georgia State Routes 121 and
23 which run south to north from a bridge over the Saint Mary's River through Folkston, then branch off separately while being overlapped by US 1-23 and 301 in
Homeland
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.
The sole railroad line through Saint George is the
Norfolk Southern Railway
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's
Valdosta District, which runs parallel to GA 94 and has been running through the community since 1899.
See also
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References
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Former municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Unincorporated communities in Charlton County, Georgia
Census county divisions