Welcome to Cordele ...

The city of Cordele is located in Crisp County<1> and is the County Seat for Crisp County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cordele, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Cordele has a population of 10,504 people<2> (see below for details).

Cordele is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Cordele lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Cordele: (229)

The ZIP codes for Cordele: 31010, 31015<4>

Websites for Cordele ...

Official Website:   www.cityofcordele.com/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cordele-crisp-chamber.com/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Cordele had an population of 10,504 people. This is a decrease of 5.77% since the 2010 Census.

At the time of the 2010 Census, Cordele had a population of 11,147 people (which is 47.56% of the total population of Crisp County). This makes Cordele the county's most populous community.

The population of Cordele represents 0.12% of the population of Georgia (which has 9,687,653 people), making it the state's 72nd most populous community.

More information can be found on the Census Page for Cordele.

Communities Also Named Cordele ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cordele - it's located in Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cordele.

Communities near Cordele ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cordele.

• Ashburn
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburn
  • Ashburn is located in Turner County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,653 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashburn <5>
• Vienna
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
  • Vienna is located in Dooly County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,483 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vienna <5>
• Rochelle
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rochelle have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle
  • Rochelle is located in Wilcox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rochelle <5>
• Arabi
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabi
  • Arabi is located in Crisp County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arabi <5>
• Byromville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byromville
  • Byromville is located in Dooly County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byromville <5>
• Pineview
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview
  • Pineview is located in Wilcox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pineview <5>
• Warwick
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
  • Warwick is located in Worth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warwick <5>
• Leslie
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leslie have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Leslie is located in Sumter County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leslie <5>
• Pinehurst
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
  • Pinehurst is located in Dooly County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 350 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinehurst <5>
• Pitts
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts
  • Pitts is located in Wilcox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pitts <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cordele. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cordele.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cordele. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cordele.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cordele. Our list includes 8 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Cordele.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cordele ...

Looking for more information about Cordele? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Cordele, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Cordele.

Adding Cordele to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cordele in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Cordele was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Cordele post office opened in 1890.

We also found Cordele on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cordele.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Cordele: www.cityofcordele.com/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/