Place:Dougherty, Georgia, United States
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NameDougherty
Alt namesDoughertysource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates31.533°N 84.2°W
Located inGeorgia, United States     (1852 - )
See alsoBaker, Georgia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Dooly, Georgia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Irwin, Georgia, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Oakview Cemetery
Pine Bluff Baptist Church Cemetery
Census-designated place
Putney
Inhabited place
Acree
Albany ( 1836 - )
Gillionville
Lockett Crossing
Pretoria
Radium Springs
River Bend
Williamsburg
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Dougherty County is located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 94,565. 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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History

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The county was created by the Georgia General Assembly on December 15, 1853, from a part of Baker County. It was named after Charles Dougherty, a respected judge and lawyer from Athens, Georgia. In 1854 and 1856 small areas were added from Worth County.

As noted above, the county was developed by European Americans using enslaved African Americans as workers for the production of cotton as a commodity crop. Its county seat of Albany, Georgia is located on the Flint River, which was originally the chief means of transportation for shipped products. Albany was later served by seven railroad lines, adding to its significance as a market center. The city was a center of the Civil Rights Movement, particularly during the early 1960s.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1849 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1852 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1854 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1854 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1854 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1860 8,295
1870 11,517
1880 12,622
1890 12,206
1900 13,679
1910 16,035
1920 20,063
1930 22,306
1940 28,565
1950 43,617
1960 75,680
1970 89,639
1980 100,718
1990 96,311
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Dougherty County, Georgia, United States

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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~gadoughe/

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