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Geography. Dearing is located in southeastern McDuffie County at 33°24′48″N 82°23′5″W (33.413425, -82.384781). [9] U.S. Routes 78 and 278 run together through the town, leading northwest 8 miles (13 km) to Thomson, the county seat, and east 4 miles (6 km) to Harlem. Augusta is 24 miles (39 km) east of Dearing.
The Tree That Owns Itself is a white oak tree that, according to legend, has legal ownership of itself and of all land within eight feet (2.4 m) of its base. Also known as the Jackson Oak, the tree is at the corner of South Finley and Dearing Streets in Athens, Georgia, US. The original tree, thought to have started life between the mid-16th ...
Dearing, as a name, may refer to: Bob Dearing (born 1935), Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate. Charles Dearing, former New Zealand fencer. Denise Dearing, American ecological physiologist and mammalogist. Edgar Dearing (1893–1974), American actor. James Dearing (1840–1865), Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War.
Appling CDP, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2020 [28] % 2020 White alone (NH) 553 84.04%
As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,235, [1] making it the second-least populous county in Georgia. The county seat is Georgetown . [ 2 ] The county was created on December 10, 1858, and named after General John A. Quitman , leader in the Mexican–American War , and once Governor of Mississippi .
National Register of Historic Places listings in Clarke County, Georgia. This is a list of properties and districts in Clarke County, Georgia that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 9, 2024.[ 1]
Reverend Romulus Moore (January 1818 – before 1888) was an American politician and leader of the early civil rights movement after the American Civil War during the Reconstruction Era in the U.S. state of Georgia. An African American, Moore was elected to the state legislature in 1868. Moore was expelled from the legislature in 1868 along ...
Chattooga County is a Republican stronghold in Northwest Georgia. The NW GA region has followed the state, particularly the suburbs of Atlanta, in a dramatic political shift to the right. While most counties in Northwest Georgia vote heavily Republican on the local, state, and national levels, Chattooga is still a Democratic County.