Official Name: | Lumber City, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | City |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Telfair |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 5.02 |
Area Land Km2: | 4.99 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.94 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.93 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 967 |
Population Density Km2: | 193.90 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 502.08 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 31.93°N -82.6836°W |
Elevation M: | 42 |
Elevation Ft: | 138 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 31549 |
Area Code: | 912 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-47952[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0356372[3] |
Lumber City is a city located in Telfair County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 967.
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Lumber City as a town in 1889.[4] The community was named for a sawmill near the original town site.[5]
Lumber City is located at 31°55'48" North, 82°41'1" West (31.930033, -82.683723).[6]
U.S. Route 23/341 is the main route through the city, and leads northwest 17 mi (27 km) to McRae-Helena, the Telfair County seat, and southeast 7 mi (11 km) to Hazlehurst. Other highways that run through the city include Georgia State Routes 19 and 117.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.9 square miles (5.0 km2), all land.
It is located at the confluence of the Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers, which combine to form the Altamaha River.
White (non-Hispanic) | 413 | 42.71% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 507 | 52.43% | |
Native American | 2 | 0.21% | |
Asian | 1 | 0.1% | |
Other/Mixed | 25 | 2.59% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 19 | 1.96% |