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Dooly County Historic Population Profile

Dooly County was created on May 15, 1821 by an act of the General Assembly from Creek Indian land between the Ocmulgee and Flint rivers (see map) ceded on Jan. 8, 1821 in the first Treaty of Indian Springs. Later, portions of Dooly County were used to create the following counties: Worth (1853), Wilcox (1857), Crisp (1905), and Turner (1905).

 

Useful Census Links:

U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Historical Census Data Browser

Office of Planning and Budget Census Data Program

Georgia 2000 Information System (University of Georgia ITOS)

 

Census

Pop. 

2000

 11,525

1990

9,901

1980

 10,826

1970

10,404

1960

11,474

1950

14,159

1940

 16,886

1930

 18,025

1920

20,522

1910

20,554

1900

26,567

1890

18,146

1880

12,420

1870

9,790

1860

8,917

1850

8,361

1840

4,427

1830

2,135

1820

1810

 

1800

  

1790

 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

 


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