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Dougherty County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- 1853 ; 173 years ago ( 1853 )
- Named after
- Charles Dougherty
- Seat
- Albany
- Largest city
- Albany
- Total
- 335 sq mi (870 km )
- Land
- 329 sq mi (850 km )
- Water
- 5.9 sq mi (15 km ) 1.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 82,616
- Density
- 288/sq mi (111/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .dougherty .ga .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 85790
- Area
- 867
- Official website
- www.dougherty.ga.us
- Image
- Dougherty County Government Center.JPG
- Households
- 34233
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- Commons category
- Dougherty County, Georgia
- inception
- 1853-12-15
- water as percent of area
- 1.8
- native label
- Dougherty County
- per capita income
- 22647
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Dougherty County is located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 85,790. The county seat and sole incorporated city is Albany.
Dougherty County is included in the Albany, GA metropolitan statistical area. Historically dominated by cotton plantation agriculture in the nineteenth century, it is part of the Black Belt of the South.
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