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Birdford

Ghost town · Tattnall County, Georgia

Glennville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1920, 1:62,500)
Glennville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1920, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Birdford is a ghost town in Tattnall County, Georgia. It is one of 8 former communities in Tattnall County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 16th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Birdford as a historical populated place on the Glennville topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 31.9755° N, 81.8940° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGlennville
Elevation175 ft
Nearest living townGlennville, GA
Distance to it3.4 miles
GNIS feature ID347386
Coordinates31.97548, -81.89401

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Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Birdford today, aerial view
Glennville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1920, 1:62,500)

Left: Glennville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1920, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Birdford is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Glennville, GA (population 5,199), about 3.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 175 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Birdford?

Birdford is in Tattnall County, Georgia, at 31.9755, -81.8940.

How many ghost towns are in Tattnall County?

Tattnall County, Georgia has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-06.