| Official Name: | Ephesus, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Heard |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Denney Rogers |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.57 |
| Area Land Km2: | 9.57 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.69 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.69 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 471 |
| Population Density Km2: | 49.22 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 127.50 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 33.405°N -85.2597°W |
| Elevation M: | 376 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1234 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 30170, 30108 |
| Area Code: | 706 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-27708[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0355709[3] |
Ephesus is a city in Heard County, Georgia, United States. The city was founded as "Loftin", and was incorporated as "Ephesus" in 1964, after the local church and school, which had been named for the biblical city of Ephesus in present-day Turkey.[4] The population was 471 in 2020.
Postal addresses within the city do not use the Ephesus name, instead using the city names of Roopville and Bowdon.
Ephesus is located in the northwest corner of Heard County at 33.405°N -85.2597°W (33.405084, -85.259625).[5] It is 2miles east of the Alabama border. Georgia State Route 100 passes through the center of town, leading north 10miles to Bowdon and southeast to Franklin, the Heard County seat. Carrollton, the nearest city with more than 20,000 people, is to the northeast.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Ephesus has an area of 7.8km2, all land.[6]
As of the census of 2000, there were 388 people, 154 households, and 111 families residing in the town. In 2020, its population was 471.