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Sunlight

Ghost town · Stewart County, Georgia

Sanford quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000)
Sanford quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Sunlight is a ghost town in Stewart County, Georgia. It is one of 9 former communities in Stewart County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sunlight as a historical populated place on the Sanford 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 31.9990° N, 84.9052° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSanford
Elevation532 ft
Nearest living townLumpkin, GA
Distance to it7.1 miles
GNIS feature ID347366
Coordinates31.99905, -84.90520

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What's there now

Sunlight is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lumpkin, GA (population 815), about 7.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 532 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Sunlight?

Sunlight is in Stewart County, Georgia, at 31.9990, -84.9052.

How many ghost towns are in Stewart County?

Stewart County, Georgia has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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