Dooling, Georgia

{{redirect|Dooling|the surname|Dooling (surname)}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Dooling, Georgia | other_name = | native_name =  | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | motto =  | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = Dooly_County_Georgia_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Dooling_Highlighted.svg | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = Location in Dooly County and the state of Georgia | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map =  | pushpin_label_position =  | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_mapsize =  | coordinates = {{coord|32|13|48|N|83|55|44|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=GNIS/> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Georgia | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Dooly | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 =  | government_footnotes = | government_type = Mayor-council government | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Joseph Pavlo<ref>{{Cite web |title=DOOLING |url=https://www.gacities.com/Directories/Cities/DOOLING/23480 |access-date=December 18, 2024 |website=Georgia Municipal Association}}</ref> | leader_title1 = Councilmember | leader_name1 = Amanda Cromer | leader_title2 = Councilmember | leader_name2 = Judith Ross-Volner | leader_title3 = Councilmember | leader_name3 = Nancy Allen | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title =  | established_date = | established_title2 =  | established_date2 = | established_title3 =  | established_date3 =  | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_13.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=December 18, 2021}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 1.20 | area_land_km2 = 1.20 | area_water_km2 = 0.00 | area_total_sq_mi = 0.46 | area_land_sq_mi = 0.46 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi =  | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 68 | population_density_km2 = 56.74 | population_density_sq_mi = 146.87 | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  | timezone = Eastern (EST) | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = EDT | utc_offset_DST = -4 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=GNIS/> | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = 371 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = FIPS code | blank_info = 13-23480<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> | blank1_name = GNIS feature ID | blank1_info = 2406387<ref name=GNIS>{{GNIS|2406387|Town of Dooling}}</ref> | website = | footnotes = | pop_est_as_of = | pop_est_footnotes = | population_est = }}

'''Dooling''' is a town in Dooly County, Georgia, United States. The population was 68 at the 2020 census.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dooling town, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1323480|website=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 17, 2022}}</ref>

==History== The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1907 as the "Town of Dooling".<ref>{{cite book|title=Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FWp-89AXKDUC&pg=PA560|year=1907|publisher=Clark & Hines, State Printers|page=560}}</ref> The community was named after the maiden name of Ellen Dooling, the wife of a first settler.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/d.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=63 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> A post office called Dooling was established in 1890, and remained in operation until 1960.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=GA | title=Post Offices | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=April 22, 2018}}</ref>

==Geography==

Dooling is located in northwestern Dooly County at {{coord|32|13|48|N|83|55|42|W|type:city}} (32.229962, -83.928311).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is {{convert|9|mi|0}} southeast of Montezuma, the nearest city, {{convert|12|mi}} west of Unadilla, and {{convert|14|mi}} northwest of Vienna, the Dooly County seat.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Dooling has a total area of {{convert|1.2|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1323480| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Dooling town, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=October 23, 2015}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Demographics== {{US Census population |1990= 28 |2000= 163 |2010= 154 |2020= 68 |estyear= |estimate= |estref= |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref> 1850-1870<ref name=1870CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1870-1880<ref name=1880CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1890-1910<ref name=1910CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}</ref> 1920-1930<ref name=1930CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|pages=251–256}}</ref> 1940<ref name=1940CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1950<ref name=1950CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1960<ref name=1960CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1970<ref name=1970CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1980<ref name=1980CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 1990<ref name=1990CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2000<ref name=2000CensusGA>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia |website=US Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/> }}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Dooling town, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition''' {{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}} !Race / Ethnicity (''NH = Non-Hispanic'') !Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Dooling town, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=1600000US1323480&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Dooling town, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=1600000US1323480&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !% 2010 !% 2020 |- |White alone (NH) |36 |20 |23.38% |29.41% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |101 |46 |65.58% |67.65% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |0 |0 |0.00% |0.00% |- |Asian alone (NH) |0 |1 |0.00% |1.47% |- |Pacific Islander alone (NH) |0 |0 |0.00% |0.00% |- |Some Other Race alone (NH) |0 |0 |0.00% |0.00% |- |Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) |2 |0 |1.30% |0.00% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |15 |1 |9.74% |1.47% |- |'''Total''' |'''154''' |'''68''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |}

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Category:Towns in Dooly County, Georgia Category:Towns in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Populated places established in 1989