Editing Dock Junction, Georgia

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'''Dock Junction''' is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Glynn County, Georgia|Glynn County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. It is part of the [[Brunswick, Georgia|Brunswick]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area|metropolitan statistical area]]. The population was 7,721 at the 2010 census, growing to 8,266 in 2020.<ref name=2020CensusP2/> Its original name was Arco until the 1970s, the name deriving from the Atlantic Refining Company.<ref>Temple, Robert D. ''Edge Effects: The Border-Name Places'', (2nd edition, 2009), iUniverse, page 323.</ref>

==Geography==

Dock Junction is located at {{coord|31|12|4|N|81|30|25|W|type:city}} (31.201106, -81.506921).<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>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|10.7|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|9.6|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|1.1|sqmi|km2}} (10.66%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1950= 4160
|1960= 5417
|1970= 6009
|1980= 6189
|1990= 7094
|2000= 6951
|2010= 7721
|2020= 8266
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 1850-1870<ref name=1870CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|page=}}</ref> 1870-1880<ref name=1880CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |accessdate=|page=}}</ref><br> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{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=|page=}}</ref> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{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=|pages=251–256}}</ref><br> 1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{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=}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{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=}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf|accessdate=}}</ref><br> 1970<ref name=1970CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf|accessdate=}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{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=}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf|accessdate=}}</ref><br> 2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= 2010 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date= 2010|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-12.pdf|accessdate=}}</ref> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

Dock Junction was first listed as an unincorporated place in 1950<ref name=1950CensusGA/> and designated a [[census designated place]] in 1980.<ref name=1980CensusGA/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Dock Junction, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{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.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Dock Junction CDP, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=160XX00US1323200|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Dock Junction CDP, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1323200&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Dock Junction CDP, Georgia |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1323200&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|4,634
|4,461
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,168
|66.67%
|57.78%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |50.42%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|2,005
|2,127
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,533
|28.84%
|27.55%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |30.64%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|12
|14
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12
|0.17%
|0.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|26
|115
|style='background: #ffffe6; |125
|0.37%
|1.49%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.51%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|9
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8
|0.13%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.10%
|-
|Some Other Race alone (NH)
|4
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |48
|0.06%
|0.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.58%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|50
|130
|style='background: #ffffe6; |336
|0.72%
|1.68%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.06%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|211
|867
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,036
|3.04%
|11.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12.53%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''6,951'''
|'''7,721'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''8,266'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 8,266 people, 2,976 households, and 1,942 families residing in the CDP.

==Education==
The community's public schools are operated by [[Glynn County School District|Glynn County School System]].

Zoned schools serving sections of the CDP include:<ref>"[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st13_ga/place/p1323200_dock_junction/DC10BLK_P1323200_000.pdf 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Dock Junction CDP, GA]." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on March 13, 2019. Pages [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st13_ga/place/p1323200_dock_junction/DC10BLK_P1323200_001.pdf 1] and [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st13_ga/place/p1323200_dock_junction/DC10BLK_P1323200_002.pdf 2].</ref>
* Glyndale Elementary School (GES), Golden Isles Elementary School (GIE), Goodyear Elementary School (GOE), and Sterling Elementary School (SES)<ref>"[http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/files/filesystem/2010-11%20Elementary%20Zones%20Map.pdf Elementary School Zones Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312204349/http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/files/filesystem/2010-11%20Elementary%20Zones%20Map.pdf |date=2019-03-12 }}." [[Glynn County School District|Glynn County School System]]. Retrieved on March 13, 2019.</ref>
* Glynn Middle School (GMS), Jane Macon Middle School (JMS), Needwood Middle School (NMS), and Risley Middle School (RMS)<ref>"[http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/files/filesystem/Middle%20Schools%20Zones%20Map%20(Revised%20January%202012).pdf Middle School Zones Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312204344/http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/files/filesystem/Middle%20Schools%20Zones%20Map%20(Revised%20January%202012).pdf |date=2019-03-12 }}." [[Glynn County School District|Glynn County School System]]. Retrieved on March 13, 2019. Detail maps: [http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/files/filesystem/Glynn%20Middle%20School%20Zone%20Map%20(Revised%20January%202012).pdf GMS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312204323/http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/files/filesystem/Glynn%20Middle%20School%20Zone%20Map%20(Revised%20January%202012).pdf |date=2019-03-12 }}, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190312210404/http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/files/filesystem/Jane%20Macon%20Middle%20School%20Zone%20Map%20(Revised%20January%202012).pdf JMS], [http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/files/filesystem/Needwood%20Middle%20School%20Zone%20Map%20(Revised%20January%202012).pdf NMS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312210407/http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/files/filesystem/Needwood%20Middle%20School%20Zone%20Map%20(Revised%20January%202012).pdf |date=March 12, 2019 }}, and [http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/files/filesystem/New%20Risley%20Middle%20School%20Zone%20Map%20(Revised%20January%202012).pdf RMS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312210148/http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/files/filesystem/New%20Risley%20Middle%20School%20Zone%20Map%20(Revised%20January%202012).pdf |date=March 12, 2019 }}.</ref>
* [[Brunswick High School (Georgia)|Brunswick High School]] (BHS) and [[Glynn Academy]] (GA)<ref>"[http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/files/filesystem/2010-11%20High%20School%20Zones%20Map.pdf High School Zones Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312204049/http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/files/filesystem/2010-11%20High%20School%20Zones%20Map.pdf |date=2019-03-12 }}." [[Glynn County School District|Glynn County School System]]. Retrieved on March 13, 2019.</ref>

==References==
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{{Glynn County, Georgia}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Glynn County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Brunswick metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Georgia (U.S. state)]]