Country United States County Chatham FIPS code 13-24876 Elevation 2.4 m | State Georgia Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 0313744 Population 1,257 (2010) | |
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Area 8.029 km² (6.475 km² Land / 155 ha Water) | ||
Dutch Island is a census-designated place (CDP) in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area, and at the 2010 census, its population was 1,257.
Geography
Dutch Island is located southeast of Savannah at 32°0′21″N 81°1′52″W. It corresponds to the physical Dutch Island, a body of land surrounded by tidal channels: the Herb River to the northwest, the Wilmington River to the northeast, the Skidaway River to the southeast, and Grimball Creek to the southwest. The Wilmington and Skidaway rivers form part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. Dutch Island is connected by road to Isle of Hope to the southwest. By the road it is 14 miles (23 km) to downtown Savannah, though the straight-line distance is much less.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Dutch Island CDP has a total area of 3.1 square miles (7.9 km2), of which 2.5 square miles (6.4 km2) of it is land and 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2), or 19.56%, is water.