Townsend is an unincorporated community in McIntosh County, Georgia, United States.

It lies along State Route 57 northwest of the city of Darien, the county seat.

[3] Townsend includes the United States Marine Corps's Townsend Bombing Range, which is an over 34,000 acre area used for combat training by all the U.S. military branches' pilots.

[4] A post office called Townsend was established in 1894.

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