Doboy
Ghost town · McIntosh County, Georgia

Doboy is a ghost town in McIntosh County, Georgia. It is one of 2 former communities in McIntosh County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 87th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Doboy as a historical populated place on the Doboy Sound 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 31.3986° N, 81.3279° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Doboy Sound |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 10 ft |
| Nearest living town | Darien, GA |
| Distance to it | 6.8 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 356856 |
| Coordinates | 31.39856, -81.32788 |
What's there now
Doboy is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Darien, GA (population 1,260), about 6.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 10 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Sapelo Island Lightlighthouse · McIntosh County · 2.6 mi
- Sapelo Island Range Front Lightlighthouse · McIntosh County · 2.7 mi
- Brailsfordghost town · McIntosh County · 10.6 mi
- St. Simons Island Lightlighthouse · Glynn County · 18.7 mi
- Leichtghost town · Glynn County · 20.2 mi
- Fordghost town · Glynn County · 21.5 mi
- Bluntghost town · Glynn County · 21.5 mi
- Jenksghost town · Glynn County · 21.8 mi
- Tibetghost town · Long County · 22.3 mi
- Bethelghost town · Glynn County · 23.5 mi
- Dunhamghost town · Liberty County · 23.5 mi
- Unionghost town · Glynn County · 24.6 mi
Questions
Where is Doboy?
Doboy is in McIntosh County, Georgia, at 31.3986, -81.3279.
How many ghost towns are in McIntosh County?
McIntosh County, Georgia has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
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 2026-11-05.