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Mar 31, 2006 · Dooly County. Dooly County, in central Georgia, is one of the state’s original counties, created in 1821 by the Georgia Land Lottery Act. It was named for John Dooly, a regimental commander in the American Revolution (1775-83) who was killed by loyalists to the British crown in his own home, following the restoration of the Colonial Assembly ...
Dooly County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,208. [1] The county seat is Vienna. [2]
Map of Dooly County, Georgia. Dooly County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It's county seat is Vienna. As per 2020 census, the population of Dooly County is 10885 people and population density is 27.7 square miles. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 393 sq mi (1,018 km2).
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1700'sDooly area's first settlers were the Creek Indians. Their leaders signed an agreement in the first Treaty of Indian Springs with the USA government. Thus these settlers lost their lands. Dooly county is currently 393 sq. mi. having lost territory to the creation of Crisp, Macon, Pulaski, Turner, Wilcox and Worth Counties. 1779Georgia’s 48th c...
1st Courthouse building was about 1821. This burned in 1850 and few records were preserved. 2nd Courthouse building 3rd Courthouse, 1892, is the third to be erected in Vienna. It has Romanesque design in the Romanesque revival style, the courthouse underwent renovations in both 1963 and the late 1980s. This 1892 courthouse replaces several earlier ...
Dimensions:- 35 meters long and 32 meters wideSize of 1,120 sq. mi.Rivers - the Flint River, creeks are Pennahatchee, Hogcrawl, Lampkin's Limestone and Cedar.Topography The face of the country is levelFarmland - productive. Lands considered worthless a few years ago bring high prices nowCounty Seat Vienna on the waters of Pennahatchee CreekIn 2000, there were 11,525 people in the county with a population density of 29 people/sq. mi. The racial makeup of the county was 45.97% White, 49.54% Black or African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.43% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 2.88% from other races, and 0.91% from two or more races. 4.66% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of an...
According to the 2010 U.S. census, the county's population is 14,918, an increase from the 2000 population of 11,525.
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/dooly-countyhttp://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/counties/doolyhttp://genealogytrails.com/geo/dooly/countyhistory.htmlhttps://georgia.gov/cities-counties/dooly-countyIn 2022, Dooly County, GA had a population of 11.2k people with a median age of 45.1 and a median household income of $54,109. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Dooly County, GA declined from 11,546 to 11,236, a −2.68% decrease and its median household income grew from $39,641 to $54,109, a 36.5% increase.
Dooly County was one of the original land lot counties but was divided to create Crisp and parts of Macon, Pulaski, Wilcox, Turner and Worth counties. It was designated in 1821 and named for Colonel John Dooly, a neighbor of the famed woman Patriot, Nancy Hart.
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Dooly County. Year Erected: 1954. Marker Text: This County, created by Acts of the Legislature May 15 & Dec. 24, 1821, is named for Col. John Dooly of Revolutionary fame who was murdered in his home by Tories in 1780. The original County Site was at Berrien on the Flint River in 1823, the name being changed to Drayton in 1833.
