| Official Name: | Hazlehurst, Georgia |
| Motto: | "Come linger' longer" |
| Flag Size: | 105px |
| Seal Size: | 75px |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | John Ramay |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 12.45 |
| Area Land Km2: | 12.26 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.20 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.81 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.73 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.08 |
| Population Total: | 4088 |
| Population Density Km2: | 333.48 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 863.72 |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 31.8661°N -82.5994°W |
| Elevation M: | 76 |
| Elevation Ft: | 249 |
| Postal Code: | 31539 |
| Blank Info: | 13-37564[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0315266[3] |
| Named For: | George Hazlehurst |
Hazlehurst is a city in and the county seat of Jeff Davis County, Georgia, United States.[4] The population was 4,088 in 2020.
Hazlehurst was founded circa 1880 as a depot on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad.[5] The community was named for railroad surveyor Col. George Hazlehurst.[6]
Hazlehurst is located in southeast Georgia, and is served by U.S. routes 23, 221 and 341.
| White (non-Hispanic) | 2,078 | 50.83% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,359 | 33.24% | |
| Native American | 9 | 0.22% | |
| Asian | 22 | 0.54% | |
| Pacific Islander | 3 | 0.07% | |
| Other/Mixed | 123 | 3.01% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 494 | 12.08% |
The Jeff Davis County School District consists of two elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.[8] The district has 210 classroom teachers and 3,075 students.[9]