Dudley, Georgia | |
Settlement Type: | City |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Laurens |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 8.86 |
Area Land Km2: | 8.83 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.42 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.41 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 593 |
Population Density Km2: | 67.17 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 174.00 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 32.5383°N -83.0761°W |
Elevation M: | 102 |
Elevation Ft: | 335 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 31022 |
Area Code: | 478 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-24488[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0355563[3] |
Dudley is a city in Laurens County, Georgia, United States. The population was 593 in 2020.
Dudley had its start in 1891 when the railroad was extended to that point.[4] The city was named for Senator Dudley Mays Hughes.[5]
Dudley is located in western Laurens County at 32.5383°N -83.0761°W (32.538345, -83.076179).[6] U.S. Route 80 passes just north of the center of town, leading east 10miles to Dublin, the county seat, and west 5miles to Montrose. Interstate 16 passes through the south end of the city, with access from Exit 42. I-16 leads northwest to Macon and east to Savannah.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Dudley has a total area of 8.9km2, of which 0.03km2, or 0.38%, are water.[7] The north side of the town drains to Turkey Creek, an east-flowing tributary of the Oconee River, and the south side drains via Little Rocky Creek to Rocky Creek, a tributary of Turkey Creek.
White (non-Hispanic) | 476 | 80.27% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 94 | 15.85% | |
Native American | 3 | 0.51% | |
Other/Mixed | 14 | 2.36% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 1.01% |