Coastal Georgia · GA
Woodbine
A railroad town on the tidal Satilla River, home of Georgia's crawfish festival.
- Population
- 1,062 (2020 census)
- Settled
- 1893
- Crawfish Festival
- Every April since 1985
Then
- 1893
The railroad reaches Camden County. Landowner James King Bedell sells the right-of-way on the condition that the first rail town be named Woodbine, after the old Woodbine Plantation.
- 1908
Woodbine incorporates as a town on August 13.
- 1985
Georgia's Official Crawfish Festival is held for the first time, on the fourth Saturday of April.
- 2023
The proposed Spaceport Camden is cancelled after voters reject it.
Now
Woodbine is the Camden County seat, on the south bank of the Satilla near the head of its tide. The East Coast Greenway follows the Woodbine Riverwalk.
2 tide stations around Woodbine
- Ceylon4.1 mi
- Burnt Fort10.5 mi