Harlem is a city in Columbia County, Georgia, United States.

[5] Harlem is the birthplace of comedian Oliver Hardy; the annual Harlem Oliver Hardy Festival is held on the first Saturday each October on Main Street in his honor.

From the building of the Georgia Railroad which passes through town until at least the 1860s, Harlem was known as Saw Dust.

The town is twinned with Ulverston in England, the birthplace of Stan Laurel, comedy partner of Oliver Hardy.

[4] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,571 people, 1,021 households, and 645 families residing in the city.