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Welcome to Doyle ...

Doyle is located in Marion County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Doyle, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Doyle is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Doyle (for example, toward Hurtsboro (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Doyle: 229

Communities Also Named Doyle ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Doyle - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Michigan (3), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2) and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Doyle.

Communities near Doyle ...

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

  • Americus
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Buena Vista
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Ellaville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Richland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Plains
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Ida Vesper
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
    • Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
  • Ideal
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Norwich
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Norwich is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
    • Estimated population in 2019: 222 people
  • Andersonville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • 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 <3>
  • Draneville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Draneville is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draneville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Doyle ...

Looking for more information about Doyle? 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 Doyle, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Doyle.

Adding Doyle to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Doyle 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 Doyle was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Doyle post office opened in 1891. The Doyle post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Doyle.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Doyle - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/