Eastman, Georgia
| Eastman, Georgia | |
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Eastman City Hall in Eastman
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| Nickname(s): Azalea City, Paris of the Wiregrass | |
 Location in Dodge County and the state of Georgia |
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| Coordinates: 32°11′52″N 83°10′45″W / 32.19778°N 83.17917°WCoordinates: 32°11′52″N 83°10′45″W / 32.19778°N 83.17917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Dodge |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.47 sq mi (14.16 km2) |
| • Land | 5.42 sq mi (14.03 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2) |
| Elevation | 390 ft (119 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,962 |
| • Density | 916/sq mi (353.8/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 31023 |
| Area code(s) | 478 |
| FIPS code | 13-25552 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0355610 |
| Website | cityofeastman |
Eastman is a city in Dodge County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,962 at the 2010 census. Named after one of the founders who contributed a site and paid for the county courthouse, the city was established in 1871, and is the county seat of Dodge County.
In the 19th century, this was a center of the timber and sawmill industry. During the Great Depression in 1937, the first Stuckey's covenience store, now well known along roadways throughout the Southeastern United States, was founded in Eastman.
Eastman was founded in 1871 as the seat of the newly formed Dodge County. It was incorporated as a town in 1873 and as a city in 1905. Eastman is named for W. P. Eastman, who, with W. E. Dodge, presented the county with a courthouse.
During that same time period, Ira Roe Foster, former Quartermaster General of Georgia, operated a sawmill in Dodge County. In 1869, Foster built a residence in what would become Eastman. Foster was one of many who came to the area to participate in the timber and sawmill boom.
During the boom, it was estimated that, on average, there was one mill every two miles along the industrial corridor created by the Macon and Brunswick Railroad. Unlike earlier eras, when timber was transported downstream in large river rafts, sawmills along the industrial corridor shipped their timber by rail. In his book The New South Comes to Wiregrass Georgia 1860-1910, author Mark V. Wetherington states: "Ira R. Foster shipped lumber to Brunswick, where it was loaded onto timber schooners and transported to international markets like Liverpool, Rio de Janeiro, and Havana." When Eastman was incorporated in 1872, Foster served as its first mayor.
Eastman is located in the center of Dodge County at 32°11′52″N 83°10′45″W / 32.19778°N 83.17917°W (32.197760, -83.179271).U.S. Route 23 passes through the center of town, leading northwest 17 miles (27 km) to Cochran and southeast 20 miles (32 km) to McRae-Helena. U.S. Route 341 bypasses the city on the southwest, leading west 20 miles (32 km) to Hawkinsville and southeast with US 23 to McRae-Helena.
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