| Official Name: | Sylvester, Georgia |
| Nickname: | [1] [2] |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Motto: | "Small Town. Big Heart." |
| Image Blank Emblem: | City of Sylvester, GA Logo.png |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Worth |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1893 |
| Established Title3: | Incorporated (City) |
| Established Date3: | December 21st, 1898 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [3] |
| Area Total Km2: | 17.09 |
| Area Land Km2: | 16.99 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.10 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 6.60 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 6.56 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.04 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 5644 |
| Population Density Km2: | 332.21 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 860.37 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 31.5314°N -83.8361°W |
| Elevation M: | 118 |
| Elevation Ft: | 387 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 31791 |
| Area Code: | 229 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-75188[4] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0356576[5] |
Sylvester is the county seat of Worth County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,644 in 2020. The city is the county seat[6] and business center of Worth County[7] and is claimed to be the Peanut Capital of the World due to its peanut production.[1]
Sylvester was platted in 1893.[8] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Sylvester as a town in 1898.[9]
Sylvester is located at (31.531425, -83.836233).[10] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.7sqmi, of which 5.7sqmi is land and 0.04sqmi (0.52%) is water.
Sylvester is located on U.S. Highway 82 at the junction of Georgia State Route 33. Georgia State Route 256 enters into southeast Sylvester, where it is co-designated Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
| White (non-Hispanic) | 2,023 | 35.84% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 3,342 | 59.21% | |
| Native American | 6 | 0.11% | |
| Asian | 47 | 0.83% | |
| Pacific Islander | 6 | 0.11% | |
| Other/Mixed | 129 | 2.29% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 91 | 1.61% |
The Worth County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of two elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.[12] The district has 296 full-time teachers and over 4,354 students.[13]