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Welcome to Exley ...

Exley is located in Effingham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Exley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Exley had a population of 2,894 people.<2> (see below for details).

Exley is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Exley lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Exley: 912 & 565<4>

Websites for Exley ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.effinghamcounty.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Exley, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Exley ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Exley.

  • Savannah
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pooler
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Port Wentworth Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Port Wentworth Junction is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Wentworth Junction
    • Estimated population in 2019: 9,641 people
  • Garden City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hardeeville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Springfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Rossignol Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rossignol Hill is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossignol Hill
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,009 people
  • Bloomingdale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Two Sisters Ferry
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Two Sisters Ferry is located in Effingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Sisters Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2019: 3,063 people
  • Thunderbolt
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Exley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Exley.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Exley. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Exley.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Exley. See our Newspapers Page for Exley.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Exley ...

Looking for more information about Exley? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Exley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Exley.

Adding Exley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Exley in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Exley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Exley post office opened in 1895. The Exley post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Exley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Effingham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Exley.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Exley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 912 code has been Overlayed with the 565 area code. New phone numbers in the Exley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 912 or 565. As a result, placing a call in the Exley area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/