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Dodge County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- 1870 ; 156 years ago ( 1870 )
- Named after
- William E. Dodge
- Seat
- Eastman
- Largest city
- Eastman
- Total
- 503 sq mi (1,300 km )
- Land
- 496 sq mi (1,280 km )
- Water
- 7.2 sq mi (19 km ) 1.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 19,663
- Density
- 40/sq mi (15/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- www .dodgecountyga .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William E. Dodge
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Contains
- Eastman
- Capital
- Eastman
- Population
- 19925
- Area
- 1303
- Shares border with
- Bleckley County
- Official website
- www.dodgecountyga.com
- Image
- Dodge County Courthouse.JPG
- Households
- 7530
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- Category:Dodge County, Georgia
- Commons category
- Dodge County, Georgia
- inception
- 1870-00-00
- different from
- Dodge County
- water as percent of area
- 1.4
- native label
- Dodge County
- per capita income
- 21144
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Encyclopedic overview
Dodge County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2020, the population was 19,925. The county seat is Eastman. Dodge County lies in the Historic South and Black Belt region of Georgia, an area that was devoted to cotton production in the antebellum years. It has significant historic buildings and plantations, has a substantial African-American population, and shows cultural aspects of the South.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dodge County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.