Andersonville, GA

Andersonville is a city in Sumter County, Georgia, United States. The 2020 census counted 237 residents. Andersonville is located in the southwest part of the state, approximately 60 miles southwest of Macon on the Central of Georgia railroad. During the American Civil War, it was the site of a prisoner-of-war camp, which is now Andersonville National Historic Site. In Andersonville, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Andersonville, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Andersonville is part of the Americus micropolitan statistical area. The hamlet of Anderson was named for John Anderson, a director of the South Western Railroad in 1853 when it was extended from Oglethorpe to Americus. During the Civil War, the Confederate army established Camp Sumter at Andersonville to house incoming Union prisoners of war.