Sylvester
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human settlement in Worth County, Georgia, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Worth
- Incorporated city
- December 21st, 1898
- Total
- 6.60 sq mi (17.09 km )
- Land
- 6.56 sq mi (16.99 km )
- Water
- 0.039 sq mi (0.10 km )
- Elevation
- 387 ft (118 m)
- Density
- 860.4/sq mi (332.21/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 13-75188
- Gnis feature id
- 0356576
- Website
- cityofsylvester .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Sylvester
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Worth County
- Population
- 5644
- Area
- 16.083354
- Elevation
- 118
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Worth County
- Official website
- www.cityofsylvester.com
- Image
- Sylvester City Hall.JPG
- Households
- 2354
- Dialing code
- 229
Show 6 more facts
- P8168
- Luis Barragán
- Commons category
- Sylvester, Georgia
- postal code
- 31791
- inception
- 1893-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.6474
- per capita income
- 24422
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Encyclopedic overview
Sylvester is the county seat of Worth County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,644 in 2020. The city is the county seat and business center of Worth County and is claimed to be the Peanut Capital of the World due to its peanut production.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sylvester” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.