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Dublin, Georgia, USA — City — Location in Laurens County and the state of Georgia
Coordinates: 32°32′15″N 82°55′6″W / 32.5375°N 82.91833°WCoordinates: 32°32′15″N 82°55′6″W / 32.5375°N 82.91833°W Country United States State Georgia County Laurens Government - Mayor Phil Best - City Manager George Roussel Area - Total 13.3 sq mi (34.4 km2) - Land 13.2 sq mi (34.2 km2) - Water 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) Elevation 220 ft (67 m) Population (2010) - Total 16,201 - Density 1,200.7/sq mi (203.9/km2) Time zone EST (UTC-5) - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) ZIP codes 31021, 31027, 31040 Area code(s) 478 FIPS code 13-24376[1] GNIS feature ID 0313692[2] Website http://www.cityofdublin.org/ Dublin is a city in Laurens County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 16,201[3]. The city is the county seat of Laurens County[4].
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History
The original settlement was named after the city Dublin, Ireland.
Because of Dublin's location as a midpoint between Savannah and Atlanta, the town in recent decades became home to a small assortment of industrial distribution centers, which complemented various industries—textiles, furniture, and paper, among others—that had already established themselves there in the second half of the 20th century. Historically, however, Dublin's economy was based on the local cotton, corn, and soybean trades, which blossomed as the town's central location enabled it to thrive with the growth of the railroad.
Originally, Dublin and the surrounding area was home to Native Americans of the Muskogee people. Most of the Muskogee fled westward with the arrival of European settlers, many of them organizing themselves into armed resistance units, which fought government forces and British militias to protect their native territory well into the early 19th century. Ultimately, most of the Muskogee diaspora settled in what is now Oklahoma.
Despite the Irish ancestry of Dublin's first non-indigenous settlers, the town, like most of Middle Georgia, by the late 19th century had evolved from mixture of ethnicities. Most of population descended from Scottish, English, and other western European immigrants. The considerable African-American population descended from most of whose roots lay in Angola or throughout the in west Africa. By the end of the 20th century, the town had also become home to a growing population of recent immigrants, many of them professionals from India, Korea, and Latin America. As labor migrations from Mexico and Central America shifted from the southwest U.S. to much of the southeast, many immigrants from those regions also moved to Dublin in the first decade of the 21st century.
Dublin, according to a historical marker [5] at the town's main Oconee bridge, was one of the last encampments at which Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family stayed before being captured by Union forces in May 1865.
The town, along with a reference to the Oconee river and Laurens County, is mentioned in the opening paragraph of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake: "nor had topsawyer's rocks by the stream Oconee exaggerated themselves to Laurens County's gorgios while they went doublin their mumper all the time." (Joyce explained in a letter: "Dublin, Laurens Co, Georgia, founded by a Dubliner, Peter Sawyer, on r. Oconee. Its motto: Doubling all the time.")[6]
Geography
Dublin is located at 32°32′15″N 82°55′6″W / 32.5375°N 82.91833°W (32.537463, -82.918358)[7]. The town, named such because the Middle Georgia piedmont reminded Irish settlers of terrain in their native country, was founded on the Oconee river, which starts in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains in northern Georgia before combining with the Ocmulgee River to form the Altamaha, a river which then proceeds to its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 13.3 square miles (34 km2), of which, 13.2 square miles (34 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (0.45%) is water.
Government and infrastructure
The city was expected to approve a ban on sagged down trousers in September 2010.[8]
The United States Postal Service operates the Dublin Post Office and the Court Square Station in Dublin.[9][10]
Education
Dublin City School District
The Dublin City School District holds grades pre-school to grade twelve, that consists of four elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.[11] The district has 231 full-time teachers and over 3,262 students.[12]
- Hillcrest Elementary School
- Moore Street Elementary School
- Saxon Heights Elementary School
- Susie Dasher Elementary School
- Dublin Middle School
- Dublin High School
Laurens County School District
The Laurens County School District holds grades pre-school to grade twelve, that consists of four elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools.[13] The district has 381 full-time teachers and over 6,034 students.[14]
- East Laurens Elementary School
- East Laurens Primary School
- Northwest Laurens Elementary
- Southwest Laurens Elementary
- East Laurens Middle School
- West Laurens Middle School
- East Laurens High School
- West Laurens High School
Higher Education
- Heart of Georgia Technical College - Main Campus[15]
- Middle Georgia College - Dublin Campus[16]
Demographics
Location of the Dublin Micropolitan Statistical Area in Georgia
Dublin is the principal city of the Dublin Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Johnson and Laurens counties[17] and had a combined population of 53,434 at the 2000 census.[1]
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 15,857 people, 6,130 households, and 4,027 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,200.7 people per square mile (463.5/km²). There were 6,977 housing units at an average density of 528.3 per square mile (203.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 45.54% White, 51.42% African American, 0.20% Native American, 1.75% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.29% from other races, and 0.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.14% of the population.
There were 6,130 households out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.2% were married couples living together, 23.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3% were non-families. 31.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.05.
In the city the population was spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 85.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $28,532, and the median income for a family was $36,463. Males had a median income of $30,830 versus $21,553 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,560. About 22.5% of families and 27.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 41.1% of those under age 18 and 21.2% of those age 65 or over.
Media
Notable Events
Festivals
Dublin is known for its St Patrick’s festival which takes place during all of March.[18] Also the Redneck Games take place in nearby East Dublin, Ga.
Pageants
Dublin is home to a several scholarship pageants, which are largely popular in the Southern United States:
- The Miss Saint Patricks Scholarship pageant, sponsored by the Pilot Club, is held every year in March in conjunction with the Saint Patrick's Day celebration.
- Dublin and Laurens County's America's Junior Miss Pageant is a scholarship competition held yearly for high school juniors. The winners of both the Dublin and Laurens County pageants advance to the state pageant.
- The Miss and Outstanding Teen Irish Capital Scholarship Pageant is an official Miss America preliminary pageant and is held in the fall.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/1324376.html
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ a historical marker
- ^ Program Archive for 2001
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ CNN Wire Staff. "Georgia mayor to sign baggy pants ban." CNN. September 7, 2010. Retrieved on September 7, 2010.
- ^ "Post Office™ Location - DUBLIN." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on September 7, 2010.
- ^ "Post Office™ Location - COURT SQUARE STATION." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on September 7, 2010.
- ^ Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved June 4, 2010.
- ^ School Stats, Retrieved June 4, 2010.
- ^ Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved June 4, 2010.
- ^ School Stats, Retrieved June 4, 2010.
- ^ of Georgia Technical College, Retrieved June 4, 2010.
- ^ Middle Georgia College, Retrieved June 4, 2010.
- ^ MICROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS AND COMPONENTS[dead link], Office of Management and Budget, 2007-05-11. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
- ^ St Patrick’s festival home page
10. Miss Irish Capital Scholarship Organization
External links
Municipalities and communities of Laurens County, Georgia County seat: DublinCities Dublin | Dudley | East Dublin
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Categories:- Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Populated places in Laurens County, Georgia
- Dublin micropolitan area
- County seats in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Populated places in Georgia (U.S. state) with African American majority populations
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