Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dougherty County, Georgia.

Official Website

The county was created by the Georgia General Assembly on December 15, 1853, from a part of Baker County. It was named after Charles Dougherty, a respected judge and lawyer from Athens, Georgia. In 1854 and 1856 small areas were added from Worth County.

Albany was a center of the Civil Rights Movement, particularly during the early 1960s and is part of the Black Belt of the South.

Adjacent Counties

• Calhoun County
• Lee County
• Worth County
• Mitchell County
• Baker County
• Terrell County

Cities & Communities

• Acree
• Albany (County Seat)
• Dosaga
• Doublegate
• Ducker
• Four Points
• Gillionville
• Hotalihuyana
• Ocmulgee (Ghost Town)
• Pecan City
• Pretoria
• Putney
• Radium Springs
• Turner City
• Walker
• Williamsburg

Links

Wikipedia

Nat'l Reg. of Hist. Places

Slaveholders and Slave surname matches (1860 & 1870 Census)