Fortson, Georgia

Fortsons Ferry
(Lincoln County)

Fortville
(Jones County)

Summary

Community
Profile

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Current Weather

Fortson is primarily located in Harris County. A portion of Fortson extends into Henry County and Muscogee County.

Fortson is 260 feet [79.25 m] above sea level.^<1>

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

Both Louisiana (historic ^<2>) and Washington have communities that are also named Fortson.

While we we don't have population counts for Fortson, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for Fortson).

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

Community	Direction	Distance ^<3>	2008 ^<4> Population	Change Since 2000
Fayetteville	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	15,136	35.77% increase
Forest Park	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	21,726	1.3% increase
Griffin	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	23,719	1.14% increase
Jackson	E	19 mi [30.58 km]	4,496	14.29% increase
McDonough	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	19,768	132.76% increase
Morrow	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	5,539	13.46% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Fortson.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
Georgia ^<5>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Fortson. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Off-the-Road Links

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Footnotes

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fortson - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fortson, please let us know so that we can make corrections. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Fortson and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<4>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Fortson. - Return to Citation
<5>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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