| Official Name: | Wadley, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jefferson |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 11.91 |
| Area Land Km2: | 11.80 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.11 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.60 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.56 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.04 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 1643 |
| Population Density Km2: | 139.23 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 360.62 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 32.8706°N -82.4039°W |
| Elevation M: | 77 |
| Elevation Ft: | 253 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 30477 |
| Area Code: | 478 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-79864[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0356616[3] |
Wadley is a city in Jefferson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,643 in 2020.
The community was named for William Morill Wadley, a railroad official.[4]
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Wadley as a town in 1876.[5] It was incorporated as a city in 1970.[6]
Wadley is located at (32.870491, -82.403756).[7]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.6sqmi, of which 4.6sqmi is land and 0.1sqmi (1.09%) is water.
| White (non-Hispanic) | 262 | 15.95% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,281 | 77.97% | |
| Native American | 1 | 0.06% | |
| Asian | 8 | 0.49% | |
| Other/Mixed | 29 | 1.77% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 62 | 3.77% |