Riceboro

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Riceboro

Total population

742

Elevation4 m

Land area29.44 km²

Coordinates31.72°, -81.44°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Riceboro is a city in Liberty County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Riceboro had a population of 615. It is a part of the Hinesville-Fort Stewart metropolitan statistical area.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

DeLisha Milton-Jones

American basketball player (born 1974)

Richard Howly

American politician (1740-1784)

John Elliott

American politician (1773-1827)

John W. Wilcox, Jr.

American admiral, college athletics administrator (1882-1942)

Joseph LeConte

American geologist (1823–1901)

D

Daniel Stewart

American politician and general (1761–1829)

Alfred Iverson Sr.

American politician (1798–1873)

Charles Colcock Jones

American planter

Frederick Hampden Winston

American diplomat (1830–1904)

John LeConte

American scientist

Susie Taylor

African American nurse & writer (1848-1912)

J

Joseph Jones

Surgeon in the Confederate States Army; Professor of Chemistry and Clinical Medicine at the University of Louisiana; President of the Louisiana State Board of Health (1889); Surgeon General in the United Confederate Veterans Association (1889-1894)

B

Buddy DeLoach

American politician

Al Williams

American politician

Daniel Baker

American Presbyterian minister and educator, founder of Austin College

Q

Quintin E. Primo, Jr.

American bishop (1913–1998)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Georgia

• Allenhurst
  10.6 mi away
• Walthourville
  11 mi away · pop. 3,823
• Flemington
  11.1 mi away · pop. 1,571
• Hinesville
  12.4 mi away · pop. 35,679
• Richmond Hill
  14.4 mi away
• Crescent
  14.8 mi away · pop. 882
• Ludowici
  17.5 mi away · pop. 1,897
• Vernonburg
  25.2 mi away
• Everett
  25.3 mi away
• Montgomery
  25.4 mi away
• Skidaway Island
  27.5 mi away
• Jesup
  28.1 mi away · pop. 9,942

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Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Main Trail, Chatham, Georgia
  Wildfires · 2026-08-14 · 29 mi
• Wildfire Mitchell, Ware, Georgia
  Wildfires · 2026-08-24 · 89 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

blue mistflower

Conoclinium coelestinum

Seen 2026-10-15

Two-lined Spittlebug

Prosapia bicincta

Seen 2026-10-14

Eastern Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina carolina

Seen 2026-10-11

Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo

Dasypus mexicanus

Seen 2026-10-08

Fragile Dapperling

Leucocoprinus fragilissimus

Seen 2026-10-08

perennial wooly bean

Strophostyles umbellata

Seen 2026-10-08

narrowleaf sunflower

Helianthus angustifolius

Seen 2026-10-07

woolgrass

Scirpus cyperinus

Seen 2026-10-07

Swamp Rosemallow

Hibiscus grandiflorus

Seen 2026-10-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-10-16 09:30 UTC.