Kings Bay Base, Georgia
census-designated place in Camden County, Georgia
Kings Bay Base is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Camden County, Georgia, United States; it is home to the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base. The population was 2,329 at the 2020 census, up from 1,777 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Kingsland, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Kings Bay Base is located in southeastern Camden County at 30°47′53″N 81°33′54″W (30.798022, -81.564966). It is bordered to the west by the city of St. Marys.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.81 square miles (7.28 km2), of which 0.069 square miles (0.18 km2), or 2.47%, is water.
Demographics
Kings Bay Base was first listed as a CDP in the 1990 U.S. census.
Racial and ethnic composition
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Kings Bay Base had a population of 2,329. The median age was 21.8 years.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kings Bay Base, Georgia” as census-designated place in Camden County, Georgia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as census-designated place in Camden County, Georgia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2881212. Authority coordinates are 30.798, -81.565. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 2010 and 1990.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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