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A Brief History of Dodge County

Dodge county was organized on October 26, 1870, it contains about 496 square miles and was formed from Laurens, Pulaski, Montgomery and Telfair counties and is in the center of Wiregrass Region of Georgia. Eastman, the county seat is located 55 mile southeast of Macon, Georgia, with other incorporated towns being Chauncey, Chester, and Rhine. 

The county was named for William E Dodge (1805-1883), a New Yorker who came to the area as a timber businessman and a major landowner. Mr Dodge had a consortium of businessmen who purchased large amounts of timberland after the Civil War. The Dodge Land Company had over 300,000 acres but some was acquired in disreputable ways. Several court cases came about because of the questionable deeds and there were "land wars". Dodge County It stretches from the Oconee River to the Ocmulgee River. Mr. Dodge is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Eastman.

Dodge County is well-known as the "Candy Capital of the Georgia", due to the fact that Mr. Williamson Sylvester Stuckey and his wife Ethel, began the business in 1936 with a small roadside stand selling the best pecan candies in the nation which grew to become Stuckey's Candies. The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Stuckey still stands in the center of Eastman along U.S. Highway 23. The original location of Stuckey's Candies stands today as well and is known as Standard Candy Company.  (Click Image for larger view of photo) 

 

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Coordinator   If you have information to share about your Dodge County GA ancestors, please contact the Temporary County Coordinator:   Rebecca Maloney

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2025:

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State Coordinator: Paula Perkins  |  Assistant State Coordinator: Rebecca Maloney