Dooly County
Also known as Dooly County, Georgia, Dooly County, GA
county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- May 15, 1821 ; 205 years ago ( 1821-05-15 )
- Named after
- John Dooly
- Seat
- Vienna
- Largest city
- Vienna
- Total
- 397 sq mi (1,030 km )
- Land
- 392 sq mi (1,020 km )
- Water
- 5.3 sq mi (14 km ) 1.3%
- Estimate
- 11,156
- Density
- 29/sq mi (11/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
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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. The county seat is Vienna. The county was created by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on May 15, 1821, and named for Colonel John Dooly, a Georgia American Revolutionary War fighter. It was one of the original landlot counties created from land ceded from the Creek Nation.
The entire county of Crisp and parts of Macon, Pulaski, Turner, Wilcox and Worth counties were formed from Dooly's original borders.