Centralhatchee, GA

Centralhatchee is a small village in Heard County, Georgia, United States. The 2020 census counted 348 residents. Centralhatchee was originally a militia district known as "Black Ankle". The community of Glenloch, to the north, was known as "Blue Shin". That mix gives Centralhatchee a clear local shape within Georgia, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Centralhatchee Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Chattahoochee River, passes just outside of the town limits to the west. U.S. Route 27, a four-lane highway, passes through the west side of town, leading south 7 miles to Franklin, the Heard County seat, and north 16 miles to Carrollton.