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Dooly County, Georgia
Dooly County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Vienna
Year Organized: 1821
Square Miles: 393 |
Court House: P.O. Box 348
Vienna, GA 31092-0348
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Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for Colonel John Dooly, a revolutionary war hero who helped prosecute Tories in 1779 and was murdered by them the following year.
History
Dooly County, the 48th county formed in Georgia, was created in 1821. It was one of the original land lot counties and was later divided to make Crisp and parts of Macon, Pulaski, Turner, Wilcox, and Worth counties.
The county was named for Colonel John Dooly, a revolutionary war hero who helped prosecute Tories in 1779 and was murdered by them the following year. Vienna (pronounced vyeĞ-enna locally), the county seat, was named after the capital of Austria.
Historic sites in the county include the Dooly County Courthouse. Built in 1891 of granite, slate, and brick, the structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Dooly Campground, which was built in 1875, is an open-air tabernacle constructed with hand-hewn timbers that still
hosts many community activities.
Points of Interest
Vienna is home to the Georgia State Cotton Museum and Dooly County Welcome Center.
Hunting is popular in Dooly County, with sportsmen bagging deer, dove, quail, duck, rabbit, squirrel, and turkey. The county participates in a pilot deer hunting program designed to increase the number of large bucks in the area.
Notable Citizens
Dooly County claims several notable Georgians past and present. Walter F. George was a member of the US Senate from 1922-1957, served as President Pro Tem of the Senate and chaired the Finance and Foreign Relations Committees. A museum honoring George, located in his old law office, operates in
Vienna. George Busbee, governor from 1975-1983, was born and raised in Dooly County. Roger Kingdom, gold medalist in the high hurdles at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, was born in Dooly County. Jody Powell, press secretary to President Jimmy Carter, also hails from the county.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Houston County; Pulaski County
- Southeast: Wilcox County
- South: Crisp County
- Southwest: Sumter County
- Northwest: Macon County
Cities and Towns:
| - Byromville |
town |
Incorporated Area |
| - Dooling |
town |
Incorporated Area |
| - Lilly |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Montezuma |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Pinehurst |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Unadilla |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Vienna (County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
Chamber of Commerce http://www.doolychamber.com/
Additional County Info http://www.georgiaplanning.com/CountyPortal/countyportal.asp?FIPS=13093
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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