Dahlonega, Georgia

Dahlonega population, 2020 to 2024

Dahlonega added 304 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.0%. In the latest year it moved by +253. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 73rd; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Dahlonega is 48% of it.

Dahlonega covers 8.88 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 882 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Dahlonega is less dense than the typical town.

What county Dahlonega is in

All of Dahlonega's residents live in Lumpkin County, which had 36,016 residents in 2024. Dahlonega holds 21.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dahlonega

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Dahlonega by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30533, 30597. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Dahlonega is

The Census internal point of Dahlonega is at 34.529900, -83.979600. Atlanta, the capital, is 58.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gainesville, GA (47,712 people), 18.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 47.0 miles away.

Daylight in Dahlonega

At 34.53° N, Dahlonega gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dahlonega

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Dawsonville, 10.6 miles away, with 4,875 people.