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Welcome to Dooling ...

The town of Dooling is located in Dooly County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dooling, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Dooling has a population of 136 people<2> (see below for details).

Dooling is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Dooling lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Dooling, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Dooling: 229

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Dooling had an population of 136 people. This is a decrease of 11.69% since the 2010 Census.

At the time of the 2010 Census, Dooling had a population of 154 people. This makes Dooling the county's 6th most populous community.

More information can be found on the Census Page for Dooling.

Websites for Dooling ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.doolychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Dooling, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Dooling ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dooling.

  • Perry
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Perry is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,845 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <4>
  • Unadilla
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Vienna
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Montezuma
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Marshallville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Oglethorpe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Ideal
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Pinehurst
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Andersonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Andersonville is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
    • Former name for Andersonville:
    • Anderson
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andersonville <4>
  • Danville ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Danville is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
    • Estimated population in 2019: 212 people

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 Dooling. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dooling.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dooling. 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 Dooling.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dooling. See our Newspapers Page for Dooling.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dooling ...

Looking for more information about Dooling? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dooling, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dooling.

Adding Dooling to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dooling 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 (so far) for Dooling was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Dooling post office opened in 1890. The Dooling post office closed in 1960.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dooling.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Dooly, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Dooling.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dooling - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/