Editing Dudley, Georgia

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'''Dudley''' is a city in [[Laurens County, Georgia|Laurens County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 593 in 2020.

==History==
Dudley had its start in 1891 when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The city was named for Senator [[Dudley Mays Hughes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7920|title=Profile for Dudley, Georgia|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|accessdate=2010-06-14|archive-date=June 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609024207/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7920|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Geography ==

Dudley is located in western Laurens County at {{coord|32|32|18|N|83|4|34|W|type:city}} (32.538345, -83.076179).<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. Route 80]] passes just north of the center of town, leading east {{convert|10|mi|0}} to [[Dublin, Georgia|Dublin]], the [[county seat]], and west {{convert|5|mi|0}} to [[Montrose, Georgia|Montrose]]. [[Interstate 16]] passes through the south end of the city, with access from Exit 42. I-16 leads northwest {{convert|40|mi}} to [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]] and east {{convert|125|mi}} to [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Dudley has a total area of {{convert|8.9|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.03|km2|order=flip|2}}, or 0.38%, are water.<ref name=Gazetteer>{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_13.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Georgia| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| accessdate=December 10, 2019}}</ref> The north side of the town drains to Turkey Creek, an east-flowing tributary of the [[Oconee River]], and the south side drains via Little Rocky Creek to Rocky Creek, a tributary of Turkey Creek.

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1910= 302
|1920= 227
|1930= 252
|1940= 259
|1950= 272
|1960= 360
|1970= 423
|1980= 425
|1990= 430
|2000= 447
|2010= 571
|2020= 593
|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"
|+Dudley racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1324488&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-18|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|476
|80.27%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|94
|15.85%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|3
|0.51%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|14
|2.36%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|6
|1.01%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 593 people, 273 households, and 196 families residing in the city.

== References ==
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{{Laurens County, Georgia}}

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[[Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Cities in Laurens County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Dublin, Georgia micropolitan area]]