Dooling, Georgia

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| map_caption = Location in Dooly County and the state of Georgia

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| coordinates = {{coord|32|13|48|N|83|55|44|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_name1 = Georgia

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Dooly

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| government_type = Mayor-council government

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Joseph Pavlo{{Cite web |title=DOOLING |url=https://www.gacities.com/Directories/Cities/DOOLING/23480 |access-date=December 18, 2024 |website=Georgia Municipal Association}}

| leader_title1 = Councilmember

| leader_name1 = Amanda Cromer

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| leader_name2 = Judith Ross-Volner

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| leader_name3 = Nancy Allen

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| area_total_sq_mi = 0.46

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| population_total = 68

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| timezone = Eastern (EST)

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| blank_info = 13-23480{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}

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Dooling is a town in Dooly County, Georgia, United States. The population was 68 at the 2020 census.{{Cite web|title=Dooling town, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1323480|website=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 17, 2022}}

History

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1907 as the "Town of Dooling".{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FWp-89AXKDUC&pg=PA560|year=1907|publisher=Clark & Hines, State Printers|page=560}} The community was named after the maiden name of Ellen Dooling, the wife of a first settler.{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/d.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=63 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}} A post office called Dooling was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1960.{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=GA | title=Post Offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=April 22, 2018}}

Geography

Dooling is located in northwestern Dooly County at {{coord|32|13|48|N|83|55|42|W|type:city}} (32.229962, -83.928311).{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} It is {{convert|9|mi|0}} southeast of Montezuma, the nearest city, {{convert|12|mi}} west of Unadilla, and {{convert|14|mi}} northwest of Vienna, the Dooly County seat.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Dooling has a total area of {{convert|1.2|km2|order=flip}}, all land.{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1323480| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Dooling town, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=October 23, 2015}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Demographics

{{US Census population

|1990= 28

|2000= 163

|2010= 154

|2020= 68

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1850-1870{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}} 1870-1880{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}
1890-1910{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}} 1920-1930{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|pages=251–256}}
1940{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1950{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1960{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
1970{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1980{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1990{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
2000{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 2010 2020

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|+Dooling town, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition
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!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2010{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Dooling town, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=1600000US1323480&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}

!Pop 2020{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Dooling town, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=1600000US1323480&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}

!% 2010

!% 2020

White alone (NH)

|36

|20

|23.38%

|29.41%

Black or African American alone (NH)

|101

|46

|65.58%

|67.65%