Georgetown is located at 61°53′N 157°42′W / 61.883°N 157.700°W / 61.883; -157.700 on the north bank of the upper Kuskokwim River in the Kilbuck-Kuskokwim mountains.

It is 16 miles (26 km) downstream of Red Devil just upstream of the mouth of the George River.

By 1953, the only large structure that remained at the original site was the two-story log house belonging to George Fredericks.

As mining activity declined, residents began leaving and the school was closed in 1970.

It was given the designation of Alaskan Native Village Statistical Area (ANVSA) in 1990, although it reported no residents that census.