Folkston
Folkston is a city in South Georgia in the US South. Folkston is the gateway to the Okefenokee Swamp and the place of the Folkston Funnel. If you want to explore the best of Georgia's nature, from alligators to woodpeckers or bladderworts to water lilies, then the Okefenokee Swamp is the place to be.
- Type: Town with 4,460 residents
- Description: city in Charlton County, Georgia, United States
- Also known as: “Folkston (Georgia)”, “Folkston, GA”, “Folkston, Georgia”, “Фолкстон (Джорджия)”, “फोक्सटन (ज्योर्जिया)”, and “फोक्सटन, ज्योर्जिया”
- Postal code: 31537
Places of Interest
Highlights: Charlton County Courthouse and Charlton County High School.
Charlton County Courthouse
Courthouse
Charlton County High School
School
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Homeland.
Folkston
- Categories: city in the United States, municipality of Georgia, and locality
- Location: Charlton, Coastal Georgia, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.8306° or 30° 49′ 50″ north
Longitude
-82.0098° or 82° 0′ 35″ west
Population
4,460
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US FON
Open location code
862VRXJR+63
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Folkston” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فولكستون”
- Basque: “Folkston”
- Bulgarian: “Фолкстон”
- Catalan: “Folkston”
- Cebuano: “Folkston”
- Chamorro: “Folkston”
- Chechen: “Фолкстон”
- Chinese: “福克斯通”
- Danish: “Folkston”
- Dutch: “Folkston”
- French: “Folkston”
- German: “Folkston”
- Gilaki: “فؤلکستن (جؤرجيا)”
- Gilaki: “فؤلکستن”
- Greek: “Φόλκστον”
- Haitian: “Folkston, Georgie”
- Haitian: “Folkston”
- Hebrew: “פולקסטון”
- Hungarian: “Folkston”
- Ido: “Folkston, Georgia”
- Ido: “Folkston”
- Irish: “Folkston”
- Italian: “Folkston”
- Ladin: “Folkston (Georgia (stat American))”
- Ladin: “Folkston)”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Folkston”
- Mazanderani: “فلکستون”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Folkston”
- Newari: “फोक्सटन, जर्जिया”
- Newari: “फोक्सटन”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Folkston”
- Norwegian: “Folkston”
- Persian: “فلکستون، جورجیا”
- Persian: “فلکستون”
- Polish: “Folkston”
- Portuguese: “Folkston”
- Russian: “Фолкстон”
- Serbian: “Фолкстон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Folkston, Georgia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Folkston”
- South Azerbaijani: “فلکستون، جورجیا”
- Spanish: “Folkston”
- Swedish: “Folkston”
- Tatar: “Фолкстон”
- Ukrainian: “Фолкстон”
- Urdu: “فولکسٹن، جارجیا”
- Uzbek: “Folkston”
- Volapük: “Folkston”
- Waray (Philippines): “Folkston, Georgia”
- Waray (Philippines): “Folkston”
- Welsh: “Folkston, Georgia”
- Welsh: “Folkston”
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