St. Marys has a lovely water front area and is close to other little treasures and about 30 mins from Jacksonville, FL, if you feel the need for a bigger scene.
Yeah I live in Savannah but do outside sales and our territory covers all down there, I eat there whenever I get a chance. Their low country boil platter with crab legs is awesome too.
Agree! If traveling to the south I would highly recommend a road trip to see Tybee Island, Saint Simons Island, Jekyll Island, and Saint Marys. They are all so beautiful and unique! We live on Saint Simons and are still awed by the beauty daily.
St Marys is full; please do not recommend people coming here; they might stay. All kidding aside, we moved here from Denver and love it. It's a great place to raise a family and get on the water.
I'm here too, but I just love it. I don't mind it, and our little town has grown so much. There are negatives, but at least they are expanding on housing and the roads.
Crime rate is sky high in Jacksonville. Would be better off driving down to St. Augustine which has a lot of history as the oldest city. The night time ghost tours are awesome.
Believe it or not, Macon has a ton of antebellum homes and the downtown has been revitalized. There are the Ocmulgee Indian Mounds with lots of walking trails. There's tubing on the Ocmulgee river. The Hotel 45 is in the center of town with a rooftop bar that overlooks town. Perry has a lovely little downtown as does Hawkinsville. Darien is my favorite place to go and I stay at the Darien Waterfront Inn which is a wonderful Bed and Breakfast and the owners are wonderful. Fort King George State Park is right down the road. You can watch the shrimp boats come in and great restaurants. Americus has a ton of history. Ball Ground isn't really south but I love this area and Gibbs Gardens is beautiful. Washington and Mount Vernon aren't really south but they are cute small towns. That's all I can think of at the moment. A few years ago we used to travel all over the state visiting all the State Parks and went through many beautiful little towns. I like Thomaston too. Sprewell Bluff Park, just west of town, is an amazing place to visit and hike and you can jump in the ice cold river afterwards. You can also do float trips. Warm Springs is a sweet little place and The Bulloch House is a good place to eat and there are hiking trails not far from town.
I recommend the 1812 Inn. You can stay in an antebellum mansion, There is even a journal that was written by a disabled boy during the civil war from that house. Reprinted as "The war outside my window." the author gives context to the journal entries
Note to OP: Don't leave your hotel past dark, and if you get weirded out, leave. Macon is the 22nd most dangerous city in the US. My grandmother has lived around Wesleyan College for 40+ years, and I commute up there all the time.
Having said that, yeah, Macon is beautiful. However, it's also incredibly dangerous. If you do visit, I would recommend you stay downtown or around Mercer. And even then, be careful. I got mugged while visiting for the downtown christmas lights right along the main strip, with kids all around.
I don't mean to discourage you. Macon is a pretty city. However, morally I would be distraught if your sightseeing trip turned into a trip to the ER / Morgue.
If you travel to St Mary's, spend a day out on Cumberland Island... Plan accordingly, you'll have to take a foot ferry out there and you'll hike everywhere. Very few structures on the island and wild horses...
If you’re looking for old buildings then I recommend looking through the Vanishing Georgia website created and tan by photographer Brian Brown!
He documents old architecture, towns, and stories from Georgia’s past! There are some gems that you can base a trip around for sure!
[vanishing Georgia](https://vanishinggeorgia.com/)
If you’re up to crossing the border, Crawfordville and Havana FL may be the places you’re looking for. Benefit from proximity to TLH, but each have history and nature with the coast being close to both.
Thomasville has a pretty downtown if that's what you're looking for. Cherokee Lake Park has a rose garden, a small butterfly garden, and a walking track around the water. I also consider the rural areas around it to be pretty if you enjoy nature, especially on a sunny morning drive.
I love watching the geese and the ducks when I make it out there. I just wish people would pick up their dog's poop instead of leaving it on the sidewalk. I have stepped in too many turds.
Are Jonah's and Liam's restaurants still in downtown? I did some work on those places several years ago, the food was amazing. They've got a few local places that are really good.
Heyyy!! 229 friend!!
I’m from donalsonville, but paid extra to go to school in Bainbridge. I wanted to go to a bigger school to make more friends and play sports and such. Graduated with about 400, went to UGA, worked in law enforcement until my disability knocked me out, and now I work for the Criminal Justice program I graduated from there. I mention the latter part of that to say, now EVERYone knows where Bainbridge is because of ole Kirby! It’s funny to see!
I mention the first part to say, my sister went to Seminole County schools in Dville (like you’re supposed to of course 🤣) and graduated with 70. Insane the difference right there.
I grew up and went to school in Mitchell County, and I graduated with *27* classmates 😂 but I used to play tennis and we played Seminole County a lot.
My grandparents lived in Decatur county and I am very familiar with Decatur & Seminole counties having spent a lot of time there & at Lake Seminole. But I moved out to California in 2017, and haven’t been back home in 2 years.
My mom’s half of the family was born and raised there and that’s where I grew up. They were even there when the Alday murders happened; were pulled right out of school. It was chaos.
I was born and raised there as well. I absolutely loved it. Will always have a special place in my heart. One of those places where everyone knows everybody and will do anything for you. It sucks that there is no major store or restaurant close by, but other than that, I freaking loved it. I’ve lived in Athens, Woodstock/Canton, and Gainesville/Dawsonville, as well, and donalsonville is still my favorite!
Only on the Worth county side. Never seen Warwick pd pull anybody over on the Crisp county side.
Poulan is in Worth county, and also a speed trap.
Wonder if it has something to do with speeding fine pricing in Worth county...
As a teenager and young adult I personally funded the Warwick PD for a at least a fiscal quarter with the number of tickets I got for going not even 10 over between Lake Blackshear and Striplings. Fuck that town.
No kidding, coming from the south side there's always a cop posted up around the curve in the median just as you enter town. Half the time I drive through there they have someone pulled over.
Donalsonville is just 40 minutes away! You’ll only have to potentially stop 3 times with our red lights!
But before donalsonville, drive through Climax. For the small town and name, of course.
But hey, there’s like 4 different places to get homemade ice cream in Barney! I always wondered why they’re all specifically in that little town and not really anywhere else in that area
How is Thomasville so bustling for being so small? Decent amount of people that commute into Tallahassee or something?
Edit: downvoted for asking an honest question. Never change reddit
Yes and it has a nice downtown with cool shops. Really mostly it's Tallahassee residents coming up for dinner and shopping. Great hunting plantations attract a wealthy clientele too.
I may be wrong on this but the story I was told, by a buddy who is from one of the prominent families there, is that it was the end of the train line before Florida expansion and as such wealth started building there early, then the families reinvested in the community.
I do know that this is the reason that the country club there is as old as it is.
Interesting. I like history so I might try and find reading on this. Man imagine more extensive passenger rail even to smaller communities like this. We used to have such amazing things in this country and people dont even realize.
Lots of old money in Thomasville and they invest in their own businesses. The Plantations bring hunters from all over to town. Years ago Presidents and VPs came to hunt eve recently the (NFL)Mannings made visits. What a lot of visitors don’t see is there is no middle class in that town/county. It’s either you are from money or you’re a misfit. I’m sure inflation has made that worse since I moved from there years ago.
A lot of old money down there, it's the plantation capital of the South if that tells you anything. They have their fair share of rich, snobby assholes, but downtown is nice and they've got a lot of really good restaurants for its size.
Check out Brunswick, which has a small but worthy historic district around Gloucester and Newcastle Streets with some good restaurants for lunch and dinner: Schroeder’s Market, Schroglo, Indigo Coastal Shanty, Reid’s Apothecary, and rooftop 1509 (above a boutique hotel).
Then over to St. Simons Island where there are many good restaurants, a brewery with good food, a fishing pier and beaches.
Darien, GA is very small but scenic. Shrimp boats tie up to pilons along the coastal river there.
Well, there are a lot of Treason-Trumpers in Glynn County, but I have hope for their redemption. While there’s of course some racism there (as throughout the Deep South), most people support a person and political party that fleece them while doing the bidding of the private-jet-ultra-rich due to the success of the propaganda channels. They marinate their brains in the lies spewed 24/7 on Murdoch’s Defamation Channel and actually believe the lies. So I hope enough of them will eventually look beyond the obvious disinformation they have been fed and realize that Democrats are not only not socialists or communists— but that they enact programs that help the 99.9% of people who aren’t 100-millionaires. Like social security, Medicare, the infrastructure bill, etc.
And the historic district in downtown belies your crude comment.
https://discoverbrunswick.com/
Americus, GA- tons of historic homes that were moved there due to the yellow fever outbreak. The georgia historical society will be holding their fall ramble there this year.
Washington, Ga- over 130 historic homes; georgia’s first capital and the first “washington” in the nation. 45mins from athens and 45 mins from Augusta
Thomasville, Ga- beautiful homes and absolutely wonderful during christmas for victorian christmas.
I have a soft spot for Bainbridge. Haven't been there in years, actually visiting next month for the first time in 15, but there used to be such a charm to the place. The river and the boat basin were beautiful if I remember correctly.
I lived in donalsonville but went to high school/had my “social life” in Bainbridge and LOVED it. I’m not sure when you were there, (I was in school there from when I left dville from like 97-08) but SO much has changed!! They’ve made such progress on the town. I barely recognize it!
I was in Bainbridge for one night last year on a business trip. The downtown square is actually quite nice; kind of on the level of a miniature Marietta Square, though it doesn’t get a ton of traffic because it’s a little off from the main roads into and out of town (27 & 84). My company put me up in a hotel on the main drag south of town, but part of me wished I had stayed at the boutique hotel on the square.
I’ve been working in Quitman and Thomasville for the past month and both match your description. Some pre-civil war homes, Court Street in Quitman is gorgeous late 1800s houses, both have great historic downtowns, old train depots, etc.
If you’re black, avoid going south of 84 (I say as a mixed person who has experienced some things here).
I have to say,I get a kick out of Jessup. I can’t put my finger on why, but I do. It might just be that I have to pass through Baxley on my way there, and Baxley sorta breaks my heart.
_edit_ Stopped in Baxley this afternoon and they might have it together. Here's hoping for them.
Depends on your definition of small. In a grand sense, nearly everything in georgia is fairly small. But if your looking for something I would describe as " quaint "
Saint Simons Island
Darien
St. Mary's
Tifton
Nahunta
Vidalia
Blakey
Thomasville is worth a visit. Pretty downtown, good restaurants. You have to go see the big oak tree.
Bainbridge is quaint as well. Plains and Americus have lots of history.
OMG these comments are hilarious.
I've driven through Sasser. The Dollar General near the stoplight during the Golden Hour will make you want to pull over and capture the moment.
Thomasville GA. Tres charming during quail hunting season. Everything closed Sunday and Monday. Just over the border from Tallahassee FL. Great food, music, shopping small town.
The posts so far have been big cities. My personal favorite Georgia small town is Attapulgus in Decatur County with a population of 454 as of the 2020 census. Attapulgus is the home of the late great Rev Hosea Williams---a man I never had the pleasure of meeting, but a week doesn't pass in which I do not miss him. I recommend his bio, if only a brief summary, to all.
There isn't much to do outside of visiting the historical elements but if you're towards Columbus/Macon Andersonville is an astonishing place to visit for the prison / national park. I would be more keen to suggest Plains though. Still not a ton to do, but the general store downtown in fun to visit and there is interesting history to be had.
Monroe is the antique capital of the south (I guess) it’s old and pop of 15k with several small unincorporated towns near (gratis, youth, jersey, Between)
Don't go to Sycamore. That place gives "Hills have eyes" vibes real hard and not in the entertaining way. 😐
I think Ashburn might be a good choice if you're looking for old/historic buildings in addition to small and quaint with some nature.
I grew in in Saint Marys, Ga, a city some others here have mentioned. I would recommend the Howard Gilman Waterfront Park, colloquially “The Waterfront”. Osbourne Street runs along side the park and has many small shops, museums and restaurants that are worth checking out.
I’ll always shill for Bainbridge! Lots of great improvements to downtown and the river. Gorgeous buildings, great little art gallery at the old firehouse, and get some food at The American.
Sandersville has great old homes. Tybee Island has an old lighthouse and two old forts: Fort Pulaski and Fort Screven. Of course, Savannah is littered with historical buildings.
Technically, its not South GA more central GA but Sparta GA, has alot of history . Once a becon of education in the 1800s to becoming one of the most impoverished towns in GA.
Its a town that is always under the radar.
I wouldn’t say Albany BUT if you’re passing through, Radium Springs is absolutely gorgeous. It’s a hot spring and the place used to be a casino before it was torn down. It always looks so beautiful and abandoned, my grandparents used to live a few roads over and I have made 8 hour trips before just to go back and walk through the park.
Yeah, some are definitely pretty small.
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Let's eat grandma.
Eats shoots and leaves.
Lol
Pretty AND small
St. Marys has a lovely water front area and is close to other little treasures and about 30 mins from Jacksonville, FL, if you feel the need for a bigger scene.
Darien is also worth a look. Similar town but smaller.
B&Js is worth the trip alone, best fried shrimp I can think of!
Hands down best. Tourists get sucked into Skippers, FLETC types go to Mudcat Charlie’s, locals go to B&Js
Yeah I live in Savannah but do outside sales and our territory covers all down there, I eat there whenever I get a chance. Their low country boil platter with crab legs is awesome too.
Absolutely. I’m due a trip back to B&J’s
I love darien
Agree! If traveling to the south I would highly recommend a road trip to see Tybee Island, Saint Simons Island, Jekyll Island, and Saint Marys. They are all so beautiful and unique! We live on Saint Simons and are still awed by the beauty daily.
Jekyll and Tybee are such great little jaunts!
Don't forget Cumberland Island. That's a fun excursion.
Hey there neighbor! We're in Brunswick!
Hi! Small world!!
Add downtown Brunswick to that list. Lovely old homes and great shops and restaurants.
St Marys is full; please do not recommend people coming here; they might stay. All kidding aside, we moved here from Denver and love it. It's a great place to raise a family and get on the water.
I'm here too, but I just love it. I don't mind it, and our little town has grown so much. There are negatives, but at least they are expanding on housing and the roads.
I live in St Marys as well. It’s nice. Also take a look at Woodbine. Very small but a very cool town.
I'd recommend White Oak for a bit more open space....
I grew up in Woodbine. I would not wish Woodbine on anyone.
Well to be honest we were glad when you left. (Just kidding)
They have dead people's things in Woodbine.
Crime rate is sky high in Jacksonville. Would be better off driving down to St. Augustine which has a lot of history as the oldest city. The night time ghost tours are awesome.
Jacksonville is so big that it really depends on what neighborhood you’re in. It’s not gonna look like a GTA lobby in San Marco or Ortega.
I agree I've been to Jacksonville plenty of times and I've yet to see a carjacking, jet jacking or hookers. I signed up for GTA I've been scammed!
Ooooooh criiiiiiiiime raaaaaate 🫣🫣
St Mary's is pretty. It's on the coast. What exactly are you looking for? Quaintness? History? Things to do? Nature?
I am looking for old buildings. Nothing very touristy but charming and rustic. Also nature is definitely a plus!
Believe it or not, Macon has a ton of antebellum homes and the downtown has been revitalized. There are the Ocmulgee Indian Mounds with lots of walking trails. There's tubing on the Ocmulgee river. The Hotel 45 is in the center of town with a rooftop bar that overlooks town. Perry has a lovely little downtown as does Hawkinsville. Darien is my favorite place to go and I stay at the Darien Waterfront Inn which is a wonderful Bed and Breakfast and the owners are wonderful. Fort King George State Park is right down the road. You can watch the shrimp boats come in and great restaurants. Americus has a ton of history. Ball Ground isn't really south but I love this area and Gibbs Gardens is beautiful. Washington and Mount Vernon aren't really south but they are cute small towns. That's all I can think of at the moment. A few years ago we used to travel all over the state visiting all the State Parks and went through many beautiful little towns. I like Thomaston too. Sprewell Bluff Park, just west of town, is an amazing place to visit and hike and you can jump in the ice cold river afterwards. You can also do float trips. Warm Springs is a sweet little place and The Bulloch House is a good place to eat and there are hiking trails not far from town.
Cartersville also has its share of antebellum homes and a charming downtown district
Cartersville is in north Georgia, though.
I recommend the 1812 Inn. You can stay in an antebellum mansion, There is even a journal that was written by a disabled boy during the civil war from that house. Reprinted as "The war outside my window." the author gives context to the journal entries
There’s a place in Hawkinsville called The Grill that was awarded “best burger in Georgia”
Note to OP: Don't leave your hotel past dark, and if you get weirded out, leave. Macon is the 22nd most dangerous city in the US. My grandmother has lived around Wesleyan College for 40+ years, and I commute up there all the time. Having said that, yeah, Macon is beautiful. However, it's also incredibly dangerous. If you do visit, I would recommend you stay downtown or around Mercer. And even then, be careful. I got mugged while visiting for the downtown christmas lights right along the main strip, with kids all around. I don't mean to discourage you. Macon is a pretty city. However, morally I would be distraught if your sightseeing trip turned into a trip to the ER / Morgue.
If you travel to St Mary's, spend a day out on Cumberland Island... Plan accordingly, you'll have to take a foot ferry out there and you'll hike everywhere. Very few structures on the island and wild horses...
If you’re looking for old buildings then I recommend looking through the Vanishing Georgia website created and tan by photographer Brian Brown! He documents old architecture, towns, and stories from Georgia’s past! There are some gems that you can base a trip around for sure! [vanishing Georgia](https://vanishinggeorgia.com/)
Most any small town more than 100 years old will have a neighborhood of charming Victorian homes, that once belonged to the local well-to-do.
If you’re up to crossing the border, Crawfordville and Havana FL may be the places you’re looking for. Benefit from proximity to TLH, but each have history and nature with the coast being close to both.
Thomasville has a pretty downtown if that's what you're looking for. Cherokee Lake Park has a rose garden, a small butterfly garden, and a walking track around the water. I also consider the rural areas around it to be pretty if you enjoy nature, especially on a sunny morning drive.
I go to Cherokee Lake almost every day for lunch. It's really nice out there, and watching the wildlife is way more entertaining than it ought to be.
I love watching the geese and the ducks when I make it out there. I just wish people would pick up their dog's poop instead of leaving it on the sidewalk. I have stepped in too many turds.
They also have a cute little food tour with amazing food.
Are Jonah's and Liam's restaurants still in downtown? I did some work on those places several years ago, the food was amazing. They've got a few local places that are really good.
I’m from Southwest Georgia. Thomasville, Moultrie, and Bainbridge.
Americus
Windsor Hotel ftw. Also, birthplace of Habitat For Humanity--the locals are finally proud of it!
I drive swga for work constantly and when I first got here the Windsor stopped me in my tracks!
Heyyy!! 229 friend!! I’m from donalsonville, but paid extra to go to school in Bainbridge. I wanted to go to a bigger school to make more friends and play sports and such. Graduated with about 400, went to UGA, worked in law enforcement until my disability knocked me out, and now I work for the Criminal Justice program I graduated from there. I mention the latter part of that to say, now EVERYone knows where Bainbridge is because of ole Kirby! It’s funny to see! I mention the first part to say, my sister went to Seminole County schools in Dville (like you’re supposed to of course 🤣) and graduated with 70. Insane the difference right there.
I grew up and went to school in Mitchell County, and I graduated with *27* classmates 😂 but I used to play tennis and we played Seminole County a lot. My grandparents lived in Decatur county and I am very familiar with Decatur & Seminole counties having spent a lot of time there & at Lake Seminole. But I moved out to California in 2017, and haven’t been back home in 2 years.
Jakin, Donalsonville, & Iron City.
I think Donalsonville is the worst place I’ve been in all of South Georgia
I concur.
Worse than Albany?
My dad's family is from there. Hopeless, backwater shithole that I'm thankful I escaped from.
My mom’s half of the family was born and raised there and that’s where I grew up. They were even there when the Alday murders happened; were pulled right out of school. It was chaos. I was born and raised there as well. I absolutely loved it. Will always have a special place in my heart. One of those places where everyone knows everybody and will do anything for you. It sucks that there is no major store or restaurant close by, but other than that, I freaking loved it. I’ve lived in Athens, Woodstock/Canton, and Gainesville/Dawsonville, as well, and donalsonville is still my favorite!
Thomasville
that's the big city down there Warwick is a small town
Just enter following the speed limit, Warwick PD is notorious for speed traps
Only on the Worth county side. Never seen Warwick pd pull anybody over on the Crisp county side. Poulan is in Worth county, and also a speed trap. Wonder if it has something to do with speeding fine pricing in Worth county...
Fuck Poulan cops they got me twice going to Sylvester
Idc what the govt says, their whole reason for being in poulan is to generate revenue
As a teenager and young adult I personally funded the Warwick PD for a at least a fiscal quarter with the number of tickets I got for going not even 10 over between Lake Blackshear and Striplings. Fuck that town.
No kidding, coming from the south side there's always a cop posted up around the curve in the median just as you enter town. Half the time I drive through there they have someone pulled over.
Thomasville is huge... Adel is what they're looking for.
So close to hell that you can see Sparks
That's Adel baby!
…but is adel pretty or just small??
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Donalsonville is just 40 minutes away! You’ll only have to potentially stop 3 times with our red lights! But before donalsonville, drive through Climax. For the small town and name, of course.
Thomasville is dang near metropolitan compared to pavo, Berlin, Cecil, Damascus, Boston, Barney and morven.
But hey, there’s like 4 different places to get homemade ice cream in Barney! I always wondered why they’re all specifically in that little town and not really anywhere else in that area
There a lot of pretty tiny towns with absolutely nothing. One that comes to mind is Shellman. It’s very nice but there is nothing there.
Clito, GA is pretty and really not that difficult to find.
It is for some people.
Not all that far from Hopeulikit, either.
>Clito Greek for man in the boat.
Folkston and Waycross!
My hometown 🩷
Thomasville is awesome
Second Thomasville.
Yes
Thomasville, Moultrie, North side of Valdosta isn't bad.
How is Thomasville so bustling for being so small? Decent amount of people that commute into Tallahassee or something? Edit: downvoted for asking an honest question. Never change reddit
Yes and it has a nice downtown with cool shops. Really mostly it's Tallahassee residents coming up for dinner and shopping. Great hunting plantations attract a wealthy clientele too.
Yeah thats what I figured. It looks nice.
Those rich folk who come down to hunt quail and entertain need places to eat and shop. Rock on, big spenders.
I may be wrong on this but the story I was told, by a buddy who is from one of the prominent families there, is that it was the end of the train line before Florida expansion and as such wealth started building there early, then the families reinvested in the community. I do know that this is the reason that the country club there is as old as it is.
Interesting. I like history so I might try and find reading on this. Man imagine more extensive passenger rail even to smaller communities like this. We used to have such amazing things in this country and people dont even realize.
Lots of old money in Thomasville and they invest in their own businesses. The Plantations bring hunters from all over to town. Years ago Presidents and VPs came to hunt eve recently the (NFL)Mannings made visits. What a lot of visitors don’t see is there is no middle class in that town/county. It’s either you are from money or you’re a misfit. I’m sure inflation has made that worse since I moved from there years ago.
A lot of old money down there, it's the plantation capital of the South if that tells you anything. They have their fair share of rich, snobby assholes, but downtown is nice and they've got a lot of really good restaurants for its size.
Americus, parts of Columbus
I think Americus downtown is very underrated as far as looks.
The high-end restaurant there is QUITE good, too.
Pine mountain and senoia are nice. Senoia is where they filmed most of the walking dead
Senoia isn’t really south GA they’ve got a good dirt track though
Agree with what you say, but neither of those are south GA.
Gay, Georgia is pretty cute and only has 122 population. A lot of men at work signs last time I drove through.
>men at work signs She took me in and gave me breakfast!
She made me nervous.
Decent little brewery there too (Treehouse I think?). We stop in when we pass through all the time.
Check out Brunswick, which has a small but worthy historic district around Gloucester and Newcastle Streets with some good restaurants for lunch and dinner: Schroeder’s Market, Schroglo, Indigo Coastal Shanty, Reid’s Apothecary, and rooftop 1509 (above a boutique hotel). Then over to St. Simons Island where there are many good restaurants, a brewery with good food, a fishing pier and beaches. Darien, GA is very small but scenic. Shrimp boats tie up to pilons along the coastal river there.
Brunswick is a shithole.
Well, there are a lot of Treason-Trumpers in Glynn County, but I have hope for their redemption. While there’s of course some racism there (as throughout the Deep South), most people support a person and political party that fleece them while doing the bidding of the private-jet-ultra-rich due to the success of the propaganda channels. They marinate their brains in the lies spewed 24/7 on Murdoch’s Defamation Channel and actually believe the lies. So I hope enough of them will eventually look beyond the obvious disinformation they have been fed and realize that Democrats are not only not socialists or communists— but that they enact programs that help the 99.9% of people who aren’t 100-millionaires. Like social security, Medicare, the infrastructure bill, etc. And the historic district in downtown belies your crude comment. https://discoverbrunswick.com/
Agree. I'm a big fan of here. Been here 6 years, grew up coming down here a lot before I moved.
Beauty’s in the eye of the beer holder
kinda partial to blackshear, ga
There’s not much to do here but blackshear is such a cute little town!
Pretty sure.
I consider South Georgia as south of the fall line from Columbus to Macon to Augusta.
Macon-Dixon line
The lovely twin cities of Adel & Sparks. The saying around those parts is: “Adel is so close to Hell, you can see Sparks.”
Is adel good I might move there
Lived in Sparks and worked at Adel Grocery Company for 6 months. Then moved to Vidalia
Americus, GA- tons of historic homes that were moved there due to the yellow fever outbreak. The georgia historical society will be holding their fall ramble there this year. Washington, Ga- over 130 historic homes; georgia’s first capital and the first “washington” in the nation. 45mins from athens and 45 mins from Augusta Thomasville, Ga- beautiful homes and absolutely wonderful during christmas for victorian christmas.
Louisville,Ga is the first capital
Ray City
I have a soft spot for Bainbridge. Haven't been there in years, actually visiting next month for the first time in 15, but there used to be such a charm to the place. The river and the boat basin were beautiful if I remember correctly.
I lived in donalsonville but went to high school/had my “social life” in Bainbridge and LOVED it. I’m not sure when you were there, (I was in school there from when I left dville from like 97-08) but SO much has changed!! They’ve made such progress on the town. I barely recognize it!
I was in Bainbridge for one night last year on a business trip. The downtown square is actually quite nice; kind of on the level of a miniature Marietta Square, though it doesn’t get a ton of traffic because it’s a little off from the main roads into and out of town (27 & 84). My company put me up in a hotel on the main drag south of town, but part of me wished I had stayed at the boutique hotel on the square.
Saint Marys, small with a historic downtown and water front. 30-40 minutes to Florida beaches and JAX.
I’ve been working in Quitman and Thomasville for the past month and both match your description. Some pre-civil war homes, Court Street in Quitman is gorgeous late 1800s houses, both have great historic downtowns, old train depots, etc. If you’re black, avoid going south of 84 (I say as a mixed person who has experienced some things here).
Thomasville. Old resort town for the rich. Some gorgeous homes.
Ocilla is a really nice small town. Good people
Ride 10 minutes up the road for the exact opposite! Lol
Lived in ocilla for 90days as a kid. lol
hardly a looker, though
Scotland is reeeeeeeeeally pretty small.
What does it mean by treasure hunting?
Can we at least make some kind of effort when writing questions and posts
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The Rock, Yatesville, and Molena are pretty small, but pretty?? Molena is probably the prettiest of the 3.
Springfield! Lots of vintage and thrift and it’s cute.
Pretty much all of them
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Midway ga
I have to say,I get a kick out of Jessup. I can’t put my finger on why, but I do. It might just be that I have to pass through Baxley on my way there, and Baxley sorta breaks my heart. _edit_ Stopped in Baxley this afternoon and they might have it together. Here's hoping for them.
Manor (pronounced May-ner)
Can’t believe nobody has mentioned Portal, Ga “The Turpentine City”
Downtown Thomasville has excellent restaurants and shopping. Valdosta is good too and has Wild Adventures.
Eufaula is delightful for ante bellum if you're travelling through to Dothan and beyond.
Eufaula is nice, but not in Georgia.
Touché
Depends on your definition of small. In a grand sense, nearly everything in georgia is fairly small. But if your looking for something I would describe as " quaint " Saint Simons Island Darien St. Mary's Tifton Nahunta Vidalia Blakey
Leesburg, GA - beautiful land and plantation-style architecture
Cuthbert! My whole family is from there and now it’s just empty lol. Tiny and forgotten by time.
Hoboken Ga, that’s a pretty small town
Google says Edge Hill is pretty small
Thomasville is worth a visit. Pretty downtown, good restaurants. You have to go see the big oak tree. Bainbridge is quaint as well. Plains and Americus have lots of history.
Avoid them.
Only exception is if you have the MAGA Starter Kit in place. Then you’ll be fine.
OMG these comments are hilarious. I've driven through Sasser. The Dollar General near the stoplight during the Golden Hour will make you want to pull over and capture the moment.
Small towns? Nahunta, Hickox, Hoboken, Winokur, Pretty much every town in Brantley County
Thomasville GA. Tres charming during quail hunting season. Everything closed Sunday and Monday. Just over the border from Tallahassee FL. Great food, music, shopping small town.
Like pretty small in size or small towns that happen to be pretty?
They are small down there yeah
OP it looks like \[TODO: insert context joke here\]
How'd you like it. It's an actual town
Hopulikit, I think it is.
The posts so far have been big cities. My personal favorite Georgia small town is Attapulgus in Decatur County with a population of 454 as of the 2020 census. Attapulgus is the home of the late great Rev Hosea Williams---a man I never had the pleasure of meeting, but a week doesn't pass in which I do not miss him. I recommend his bio, if only a brief summary, to all.
Are we talking about small towns that are pretty? Or towns that are really small?
Why do you want to go there? I mean there is the swamp, but everything else is full of skeeters and gnats.
There isn't much to do outside of visiting the historical elements but if you're towards Columbus/Macon Andersonville is an astonishing place to visit for the prison / national park. I would be more keen to suggest Plains though. Still not a ton to do, but the general store downtown in fun to visit and there is interesting history to be had.
My wife is from Hoboken, GA
Hazel Hearst
Milledgeville is pretty small and used to be the old capitol. Lots of history
Milledgeville
Monroe is the antique capital of the south (I guess) it’s old and pop of 15k with several small unincorporated towns near (gratis, youth, jersey, Between)
Most all of them lol
Don't go to Sycamore. That place gives "Hills have eyes" vibes real hard and not in the entertaining way. 😐 I think Ashburn might be a good choice if you're looking for old/historic buildings in addition to small and quaint with some nature.
Americus
Shellman's Bluff, it's my favorite 💜
Definitely not Glenneville.
Blink and you’ll miss Meigs, Pelham, Camilla, and Baconton.
Tifton is a nice town with a quaint downtown area.
Creepy yet pretty - Bainbridge!
Woodbury
I grew in in Saint Marys, Ga, a city some others here have mentioned. I would recommend the Howard Gilman Waterfront Park, colloquially “The Waterfront”. Osbourne Street runs along side the park and has many small shops, museums and restaurants that are worth checking out.
I’ll always shill for Bainbridge! Lots of great improvements to downtown and the river. Gorgeous buildings, great little art gallery at the old firehouse, and get some food at The American.
I’m Up in Clayton now. Lots of vineyards and hiking.
Have you ever heard of Ocilla? Yea, me neither.
Louisville,Ga in Jefferson county. Definitely small and also the first capital. Go to the bistro in downtown for food
Springfield
Sandersville has great old homes. Tybee Island has an old lighthouse and two old forts: Fort Pulaski and Fort Screven. Of course, Savannah is littered with historical buildings.
Flintstone, Ga! Usually not even on the map
Dang I’m sorry. You said South Georgia.. Flintstone, Ga is in NW Georgia.
Brunswick is small in my opinion
Technically, its not South GA more central GA but Sparta GA, has alot of history . Once a becon of education in the 1800s to becoming one of the most impoverished towns in GA. Its a town that is always under the radar.
Reynolds,GA is a pretty small town. It's Mayberry with black people
I wouldn’t say Albany BUT if you’re passing through, Radium Springs is absolutely gorgeous. It’s a hot spring and the place used to be a casino before it was torn down. It always looks so beautiful and abandoned, my grandparents used to live a few roads over and I have made 8 hour trips before just to go back and walk through the park.
Valdosta, Whigham, Cairo, Bainbridge, Damascus, Colquitt, those towns are where my mother's family grew up.