- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Dublin
- Creator:
- Thompson, Scott B.
- Date of Original:
- 2003-12-17
- Subject:
- Dublin (Ga.)
Cities and towns--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Laurens County, 32.46366, -82.92224
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Dublin, Georgia. Dublin, the seat of Laurens County in central Georgia, was incorporated by an act of the state legislature on December 9, 1812. Jonathan Sawyer, a merchant and the first postmaster of Dublin, named the town in honor of his wife's ancestral home of Dublin, Ireland. The town nearly faded into obscurity, while the plantations across the northern half of the county thrived. The city was reincorporated in 1893 under its present system of government.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/dublin/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Dublin," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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