Sylvester, Georgia

About Sylvester

Sylvester is a close-knit town in southern Georgia, home to 5,413 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Sylvester holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 6.57 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 824 residents per square mile.

📰 Sylvester News Today

• Man dead after crash in Sylvester WALB.com · Oct 3
• Perry Parker Obituary in Sylvester at Shipps Funeral Home, Inc. articobits.com · Jul 23
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Sylvester, Georgia - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jul 9
• Schedule - Worth County Rams (Sylvester, GA) JV Football 26-27 MaxPreps · Oct 5
• Sylvester Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Georgia headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Sylvester Unique

• Positioned in southern Georgia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Georgia — one of 675 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Big enough for services and schools, small enough to feel like home.
• Local businesses and schools anchored by a stable resident base of 5,413.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 12 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Sylvester

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🍽️ Where to Eat in Sylvester

• Isabella Station
• KuntryBoy BBQ — barbecue
• Old Mexico — mexican

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Sylvester

• Jeffords Park reviews ★
• Sylvester Commercial Historic District reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Sylvester

• Worth County Achievement Center
• Worth County Elementary School
• Worth County High School
• Worth County Middle School
• Worth County Primary School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare

• Phoebe Worth Medical Center · 24/7 ER · Critical Access Hospitals

Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Sylvester

🏘️ Nearby Communities