Skidaway Island, Georgia
CDP
About Skidaway Island
Skidaway Island is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Georgia.
Skidaway Island holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 16.49 square miles.
📰 Skidaway Island News Today
- Georgia’s Skidaway Island, a gated community that’s wealthy and mostly white, was once the start of a Black utopia Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting · Aug 13
- Skidaway Island Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 24
- Watch your toes in this state park! It is the most snake infested in GA Savannah Morning News · Nov 23
- Man arrested in Skidaway Island bank robbery indicted - WSAV-TV WSAV-TV · Jan 15
- George Dancu Fox & Weeks · May 27
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Skidaway Island Unique
- The only place in America named Skidaway Island — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southeastern Georgia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Skidaway Island
- The Village Bar & Grille
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Skidaway Meadow · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateGeorgia
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area16.49 sq mi
Coordinates31.9378, -81.0464