Editing Dooly County, Georgia

{{Short description|County in Georgia, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{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 (United States)|county]] located in the [[Central Georgia|central portion]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 11,208.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Vienna, Georgia|Vienna]].<ref name="GR6">{{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 }}</ref> The county was created by an act of the [[Georgia General Assembly]] on May 15, 1821, and named for Colonel [[John Dooly]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> a [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] [[American Revolutionary War]] fighter. It was one of the original landlot counties created from land [[cession|ceded]] from the [[Creek people|Creek Nation]].

The entire county of [[Crisp County, Georgia|Crisp]] and parts of [[Macon County, Georgia|Macon]], [[Pulaski County, Georgia|Pulaski]], [[Turner County, Georgia|Turner]], [[Wilcox County, Georgia|Wilcox]] and [[Worth County, Georgia|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.<ref name="GR1">{{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}}</ref> 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, Georgia|Unadilla]] south to [[Pinehurst, Georgia|Pinehurst]], then to the southeastern corner of the county, is located in the Middle [[Flint River (Georgia)|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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

===Major highways===
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* [[File:I-75.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 75 in Georgia|Interstate 75]]
* [[File:US 41.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 41 in Georgia|U.S. Route 41]]
* [[File:Georgia 7.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 7|State Route 7]]
* [[File:Georgia 27.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 27|State Route 27]]
* [[File:Georgia 90.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 90|State Route 90]]
* [[File:Georgia 215.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 215|State Route 215]]
* [[File:Georgia 230.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 230|State Route 230]]
* [[File:Georgia 230 Connector.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 230 Connector (Byromville)|State Route 230 Connector]]
* [[File:Georgia 257.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 257|State Route 257]]
* [[File:Georgia 329.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 329|State Route 329]]
* [[File:Georgia 401.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 401|State Route 401]] (unsigned designation for I-75)
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===Adjacent counties===
* [[Houston County, Georgia|Houston County]] - northeast
* [[Pulaski County, Georgia|Pulaski County]] - east
* [[Wilcox County, Georgia|Wilcox County]] - southeast
* [[Crisp County, Georgia|Crisp County]] - south
* [[Sumter County, Georgia|Sumter County]] - west
* [[Macon County, Georgia|Macon County]] - northwest

==Communities==

===Cities===
* [[Lilly, Georgia|Lilly]]
* [[Pinehurst, Georgia|Pinehurst]]
* [[Unadilla, Georgia|Unadilla]]
* [[Vienna, Georgia|Vienna]] (county seat)

===Towns===
* [[Byromville, Georgia|Byromville]]
* [[Dooling, Georgia|Dooling]]

==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=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{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}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|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 Decades|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br>1790-1880<ref name=1880CensusGACty>{{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=}}</ref> 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=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref><br> 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=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1930-1940<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=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1940-1950<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=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960-1980<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=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref><br> 1980-2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{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=}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{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}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Dooly County, 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 – Dooly County, Georgia |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=050XX00US13093&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</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) – Dooly County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13093&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) - Dooly County, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US13093&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|5,161
|6,461
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,611
|44.78%
|43.31%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |41.14%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|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 Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|17
|16
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17
|0.15%
|0.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|49
|93
|style='background: #ffffe6; |51
|0.43%
|0.62%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.46%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|11
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.10%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|5
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14
|0.04%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|66
|96
|style='background: #ffffe6; |176
|0.57%
|0.64%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.57%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|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%'''
|'''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==
{{Main|Vienna, Georgia#Education}}

==Politics==
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|2,243|1,921|13|Georgia}}{{PresRow|2020|Republican|2,159|1,911|36|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|1,951|1,872|36|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|1,985|2,285|32|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|1,991|2,138|32|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|1,853|1,973|20|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|1,588|1,901|31|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|990|1,951|219|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,034|1,993|360|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|1,386|1,613|22|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|1,435|1,726|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,083|2,364|55|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|655|2,441|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,904|590|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|454|879|1,803|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|1,662|1,471|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|220|1,733|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|174|1,851|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|197|1,764|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|22|577|53|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|87|845|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|124|1,209|4|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|41|1,339|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|8|1,139|4|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|156|744|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|45|590|2|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|39|544|0|Georgia}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|31|737|0|Georgia}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|33|609|5|Georgia}}

==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.

==See also==
{{Portal|State of Georgia}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Dooly County, Georgia]]
*[[List of counties in Georgia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |title= Southern Business Directory |editor=John P. Campbell |location=Charleston, SC |publisher=Press of Walker & James |year=1854 |chapter=Georgia: Dooly County |chapter-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxkwkk&seq=246&view=2up|via=[[HathiTrust]] }}
* {{citation |title=A Gazetteer of Georgia |author=[[Adiel Sherwood]] |location=Georgia |edition=4th |year=1860 |chapter= Dooly County |chapter-url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t3mw34f0s&seq=69 |via=HathiTrust }}
* {{cite book |editor1= [[Allen D. Candler]] |editor2= [[Clement A. Evans]] |title= Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons Arranged in Cyclopedic Form |publisher=State Historical Association |location=Atlanta |year= 1906
|chapter= Dooly County |chapter-url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=dul1.ark:/13960/t0ht6c842&seq=606&view=2up |volume=1 |page=611 |via=HathiTrust }}

==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, Georgia|Houston County]]
|East      = [[Pulaski County, Georgia|Pulaski County]]
|Southeast = [[Wilcox County, Georgia|Wilcox County]]
|South     = [[Crisp County, Georgia|Crisp County]]
|Southwest =
|West      = [[Sumter County, Georgia|Sumter County]]
|Northwest = [[Macon County, Georgia|Macon County]]
}}
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