Shady Dale, GA

Shady Dale is a town in Jasper County, Georgia, United States. The 2020 census counted 252 residents. Shady Dale was founded ca. Georgia State Routes 83 and 142 intersect in the center of town. The town is well known for an annual professional rodeo the first weekend in June each year since 1983. A newcomer can read Shady Dale through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Shady Dale comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. GA 83 leads northeast 17 miles to Madison and southwest 8 miles to Monticello, the Jasper county seat, while GA 142 leads northwest 11 miles to Newborn and southeast 9 miles to Willard. Shady Dale includes the east side of town drains toward the Little River.