St. SimonsGeorgia
St. Simons Island is a barrier island and census-designated place (CDP) located on St. Simons Island in Glynn County, Georgia, United States. The names of the community and the island are interchangeable, known simply as "St. Simons Island" or "SSI", or locally as "The Island".
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About St. Simons
Set in the southeastern part of Georgia, St. Simons is a small unincorporated community.
St. Simons holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 16.46 square miles.
📰 St. Simons News Today
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes St. Simons Unique
- The only place in America named St. Simons — 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 8 miles.
🍽️ Where to Eat in St. Simons
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Boathouse · Museum
- World War II Home Front Museum · Museum
- Saint Simons Island Lighthouse Museum · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in St. Simons
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in St. Simons
- Oglethorpe Point Elementary School
- St. Simons Elementary School
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.