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Welcome to Lights Ferry ...

Lights Ferry is located in Forsyth County<1>.

Lights Ferry is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lights Ferry: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Communities Also Named Lights Ferry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lights Ferry - it's located in West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lights Ferry.

Communities near Lights Ferry ...

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

  • Johns Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Gainesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Gainesville Mills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gainesville Mills is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville Mills
    • Estimated population in 2019: 43,232 people
  • Milton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Lawrenceville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Duluth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Duluth is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duluth <4>
  • Sugar Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Suwanee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Buford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Buford is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,750 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buford <4>
  • Braselton
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Lights Ferry. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lights Ferry.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lights Ferry. 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 Lights Ferry.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lights Ferry ...

Looking for more information about Lights Ferry? 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 Lights Ferry, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lights Ferry.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Forsyth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lights Ferry - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Lights Ferry area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Lights Ferry area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.