Georgia · Census place 1378996

Varnell, Georgia

Varnell is a city in Whitfield County, Georgia with an estimated 2,289 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 227th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,289
#227 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+2.1%
+48 people
Land area
4.0 sq mi
Density
577 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Varnell. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

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Varnell population, 2020 to 2024

Varnell added 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +16.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,243. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Varnell covers 3.97 square miles of land, for 577 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Varnell is less dense than the typical town.

What county Varnell is in

All of Varnell's residents live in Whitfield County, which had 105,070 residents in 2024. Varnell holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Varnell

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Varnell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30710, 30721, 30756. 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 Varnell is

The Census internal point of Varnell is at 34.901600, -84.965100. Atlanta, the capital, is 86.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ringgold, GA (3,425 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN, 19.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.901600, -84.965100
DMS
34°54'5.76"N 84°57'54.36"W
UTM
16N 685923.6E 3864020.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Varnell

At 34.90° N, Varnell gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Varnell

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Ringgold, 8.9 miles away, with 3,425 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Varnell, GA?

2,289 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 48 (2.1%) from 2,241 in July 2020.

What county is Varnell in?

Whitfield County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Varnell?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 30710, 30721, 30756.

How far is Varnell from Atlanta?

86.2 miles (138.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Varnell.

What is the nearest larger city to Varnell?

Ringgold, GA, with 3,425 residents, 8.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.