Dry Branch, Georgia

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Dry Branch (also Drybranch, Pikes Peak) is an unincorporated community located in Twiggs and Bibb counties, Georgia, United States.{{cite gnis|355553|Dry Branch, Georgia}} Its ZIP code is 31020.{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|accessdate=2012-02-15|author=United States Postal Service|year=2012}} The area covered by the ZIP code has a population of 3,198 and contains 100.81 square miles of land and is 0.4% water.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allplaces.us/z/31020|title = Dry Branch GA 31020 (Twiggs County)}}

History

The first permanent settlement at Dry Branch was made in 1808.{{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=65 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}} A post office has been in operation at Dry Branch since 1879.{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=GA | title=Post Offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=1 May 2018}} According to tradition, the community was so named on account of it being a dry area.

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