Sylvania is the county seat of Screven County, Georgia, in the southeastern part of the state near the South Carolina line. The city sits along U.S. Highway 301, a major north-south corridor, roughly an hour's drive from both Savannah to the southeast and Augusta to the north, placing it within reach of two regional centers while remaining firmly small-town. Its population of about 2,600 anchors a county of roughly 14,000 residents. The area's history runs deep. The first Screven County seat was Jacksonborough, an early settlement whose story survives today through the Goodall House, built in 1815 for a prominent early resident and preserved just north of Sylvania. Sylvania later became the county seat and developed as an agricultural and commercial hub for the surrounding farm country, a role it still fills. The city's position on U.S. 301 also gave it a notable distinction: the Sylvania Historic Welcome Center here was the first visitor center built in Georgia and remains the oldest operating state welcome center in the nation. Today Sylvania functions as the administrative, educational, and retail center of Screven County. The Screven County School System, the courthouse, and the recreation department anchor local life, while agriculture, small manufacturing, and county services drive the economy. The community is close-knit, historically minded, and rooted in the rhythms of rural southeast Georgia. For homebuyers, Sylvania offers genuine small-town living with a low cost of entry, generous lots, and easy access to larger cities when needed. It suits families, retirees, and those seeking a quiet, community-centered life in the rural South, with the tradeoffs that come with distance from metropolitan amenities.