Sunlight
Ghost town · Stewart County, Georgia

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 quadrangle | Sanford |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 532 ft |
| Nearest living town | Lumpkin, GA |
| Distance to it | 7.1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 347366 |
| Coordinates | 31.99905, -84.90520 |
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.
Nearby places
- Tilleyghost town · Stewart County · 5.4 mi
- Mount Zionghost town · Stewart County · 7.6 mi
- Roanokeghost town · Stewart County · 8.9 mi
- Cedarghost town · Barbour County · 12.3 mi
- Orlettaghost town · Stewart County · 12.8 mi
- Sawoklighost town · Russell County · 13.1 mi
- Spring Groveghost town · Stewart County · 13.1 mi
- Big Eddyghost town · Barbour County · 13.6 mi
- Blufftownghost town · Stewart County · 13.8 mi
- Green Hillghost town · Stewart County · 17.9 mi
- Slaughter Creekghost town · Stewart County · 18.4 mi
- Fieldsghost town · Barbour County · 18.8 mi
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.
- 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.