The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Lumber City as a town in 1889.

[6] U.S. Route 23/341 is the main route through the city, and leads northwest 17 mi (27 km) to McRae-Helena, the Telfair County seat, and southeast 7 mi (11 km) to Hazlehurst.

Other highways that run through the city include Georgia State Routes 19 and 117.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.9 square miles (5.0 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 967 people, 494 households, and 268 families residing in the city.