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Welcome to Dothan ...The city of Dothan is primarily located in Houston County<1> and is the County Seat for Houston County. A portion of Dothan extends into Dale County and Henry County. The location of Dothan has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Dothan: doe-thin<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Dothan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858. When the people of Dothan refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Dothanite<4> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Dothan has a population of 69,280 people<5> (see below for details). Dothan is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<6>. Time Zone: Dothan lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Dothan (for example, toward Cedar Springs (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Dothan lies within the (334) area code. The ZIP codes for Dothan: 36301-36305<7> Websites for Dothan ...Official Website: www.dothan.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.dothan.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Dothan had an population of 69,280 people. This is an increase of 5.78% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 19.99% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Dothan had a population of 65,496 people (which is 64.34% of the total population of Houston County). This makes Dothan the county's most populous community. The population of Dothan represents 1.37% of the population of Alabama (which has 4,779,736 people), making it the state's 7th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 65,496 people, the population of Dothan increased 13.44% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 57,737 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Dothan. Communities Also Named Dothan ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Dothan - they are located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dothan. Communities near Dothan ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dothan.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dothan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dothan. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dothan. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dothan. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dothan. Our list includes 18 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Dothan. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dothan ...Looking for more information about Dothan? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Dothan, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Dothan. Adding Dothan to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Dothan in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dothan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> We also found Dothan on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Dothan. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Dothan: www.dothan.org/ The official website for Houston County: www.houstoncounty.org/ The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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