Editing Chauncey, Georgia

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'''Chauncey''' is a city in [[Dodge County, Georgia|Dodge County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 289 at the 2020 census. It was formed around station number twelve on the [[Macon and Brunswick Railroad]].

==History==
The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated the "Town of Chauncey" in 1883.<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PDRAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA824|year=1889|publisher=Clark & Hines, State Printers|page=824}}</ref> The community was named after William Chauncey, a businessperson in the local lumber industry.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=41 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>

==Geography==

Chauncey is located in southeastern Dodge County at {{coord|32|6|18|N|83|3|58|W|type:city}} (32.104972, -83.065991).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 23 in Georgia|23]] and [[U.S. Route 341|341]] pass concurrently through the center of town, leading northwest {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Eastman, Georgia|Eastman]], the [[county seat]], and east {{convert|10|mi|0}} to [[McRae, Georgia|McRae]]. [[Sugar Creek (Ocmulgee River tributary)|Sugar Creek]] runs along the southwest border of the city.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Chauncey has a total area of {{convert|4.5|km2|order=flip}}, all of it land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1315648| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Chauncey city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=October 21, 2015}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 683
|1900= 422
|1910= 350
|1920= 408
|1930= 397
|1940= 387
|1950= 348
|1960= 330
|1970= 308
|1980= 350
|1990= 312
|2000= 295
|2010= 342
|2020= 289
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|+Chauncey racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1315648&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-18|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|169
|58.48%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|100
|34.6%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|3
|1.04%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|4
|1.38%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|13
|4.5%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 289 people, 143 households, and 89 families residing in the city.

==References==
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{{Dodge County, Georgia}}

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[[Category:Cities in Dodge County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]