Dooly County, Georgia

{{Infobox U.S. county

| county = Dooly County

| state = Georgia

| founded = {{start date and age|1821|05|15}}

| seat wl = Vienna

| largest city wl = Vienna

| area_total_sq_mi = 397

| area_land_sq_mi = 392

| area_water_sq_mi = 5.3

| area percentage = 1.3%

| census yr = 2020

| pop = 11208

| density_sq_mi = 29

| time zone = Eastern

| web = http://doolycountyga.com/

| ex image = Dooly County Courthouse (East face).JPG

| ex image cap = Dooly County Courthouse in Vienna

| district = 2nd

| named for = John Dooly

}}

Dooly County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,208.{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Dooly County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Dooly_County,_Georgia?g=0500000US13093|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 27, 2022}} The county seat is Vienna.{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }} The county was created by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on May 15, 1821, and named for Colonel John Dooly,{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA108 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=108}} a Georgia American Revolutionary War fighter. It was one of the original landlot counties created from land ceded from the Creek Nation.

The entire county of Crisp and parts of Macon, Pulaski, Turner, Wilcox and Worth counties were formed from Dooly's original borders.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of {{convert|397|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|392|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|5.3|sqmi}} (1.3%) is water.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} The county is located in the upper Atlantic coastal plain region of the state.

The western two-thirds of Dooly County, from west of Unadilla south to Pinehurst, then to the southeastern corner of the county, is located in the Middle Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The northeastern and eastern portion of Dooly County is located in the Lower Ocmulgee River sub-basin of the Altamaha River basin. The very southeastern corner of the county is located in the Alapaha River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin.{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 24, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}

=Major highways=

20px Interstate 75
20px U.S. Route 41
20px State Route 7
20px State Route 27
20px State Route 90
25px State Route 215
25px State Route 230
20px State Route 230 Connector
25px State Route 257
25px State Route 329
20px State Route 401 (unsigned designation for I-75)

=Adjacent counties=

Houston County - northeast
Pulaski County - east
Wilcox County - southeast
Crisp County - south
Sumter County - west
Macon County - northwest

Communities

=Cities=

Lilly
Pinehurst
Unadilla
Vienna (county seat)

=Towns=

Demographics

{{US Census population

|1830= 2135

|1840= 4427

|1850= 8361

|1860= 8917

|1870= 9790

|1880= 12420

|1890= 18146

|1900= 26567

|1910= 20554

|1920= 20522

|1930= 18025

|1940= 16886

|1950= 14159

|1960= 11474

|1970= 10404

|1980= 10826

|1990= 9901

|2000= 11525

|2010= 14918

|2020= 11208

|estyear=2023

|estimate=10981

|estref={{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 31, 2024}}

|align-fn=center

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}
1790-1880{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1880 Census Population by Counties 1790-1800 |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-08.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}} 1890-1910{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1910|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 |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}} 1930-1940{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
1940-1950{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia - |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1950|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1960-1980{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
1980-2000{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Georgia |publisher=United States Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 2010{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13093.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 15, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607123250/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/13093.html|archive-date=June 7, 2011}}

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|+Dooly County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition
{{nobold|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.}}

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2000{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Dooly County, Georgia |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=050XX00US13093&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}

!Pop 2010{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Dooly County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13093&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}

!{{partial|Pop 2020}}{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Dooly County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13093&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}

!% 2000

!% 2010

!{{partial|% 2020}}

White alone (NH)

|5,161

|6,461

|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,611

|44.78%

|43.31%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |41.14%

Black or African American alone (NH)

|5,679

|7,381

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,540

|49.28%

|49.48%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |49.43%

Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|17

|16

|style='background: #ffffe6; |17

|0.15%

|0.11%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%

Asian alone (NH)

|49

|93

|style='background: #ffffe6; |51

|0.43%

|0.62%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.46%

Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|11

|3

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2

|0.10%

|0.02%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%

Other race alone (NH)

|5

|6

|style='background: #ffffe6; |14

|0.04%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%

Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|66

|96

|style='background: #ffffe6; |176

|0.57%

|0.64%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.57%

Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|537

|862

|style='background: #ffffe6; |797

|4.66%

|5.78%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.11%

Total

|11,525

|14,918

|style='background: #ffffe6; |11,208

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 11,208 people, 5,020 households, and 3,350 families residing in the county.

Economy

The Big Pig Jig, Georgia's official State Barbecue Cooking Championship, is held annually in Fall in Dooly County and attracts a national audience. The county is also notable for cotton and peanut production.

Education

Politics

{{PresHead|place=Dooly County, Georgia|whig=no|source1={{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 19, 2018}}}}

Notable people

John Dooly after whom the county was named
Rooney L. Bowen, Georgia businessman and politician
George Busbee, governor of Georgia
Walter F. George, U.S. Senator
Jody Powell, press secretary and aide to Jimmy Carter
Roger Kingdom, Olympic gold medalist in track and field
David Ragan, NASCAR driver
Keith Mumphery, NFL player
Julian Webb, judge on the Georgia Court of Appeals and member of the Georgia State Senate.

References

External links

[http://georgia.gov/cities-counties/dooly-county Georgia.gov Dooly County history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302234030/http://georgia.gov/cities-counties/dooly-county |date=March 2, 2016 }}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060629232713/http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/courthouses/doolyCH.htm GeorgiaInfo Dooly County Courthouse info]
[http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/dooly/dooly-county Dooly County] historical marker
{{citation |encyclopedia=New Georgia Encyclopedia |publisher=Georgia Humanities Council |title=Dooly County |url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/dooly-county/ }}
Digital Public Library of America. Assorted items related to [https://dp.la/search?q=%22Dooly+County%22+Georgia Dooly County]

{{Geographic Location

|Centre = Dooly County, Georgia

|North =

|Northeast = Houston County

|East = Pulaski County

|Southeast = Wilcox County

|South = Crisp County

|Southwest =

|West = Sumter County

|Northwest = Macon County

}}

{{Coord|32.16|-83.80|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-GA_source:UScensus1990}}