Dearing, Georgia

Dearing, Georgia
Dearing, Georgia
Town
	Location in McDuffie County and the state of Georgia
	Coordinates: 33°24′48″N 82°23′5″W / 33.41333°N 82.38472°W
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	McDuffie
Area
• Total	0.82 sq mi (2.13 km2)
• Land	0.81 sq mi (2.11 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation	469 ft (143 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	529
• Density	649.08/sq mi (250.61/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	30808
Area code	706
FIPS code	13-22024
GNIS feature ID	0355471

Dearing is a town in McDuffie County, Georgia, United States. The population was 529 at the 2020 census.^[2] It is part of the Augusta metropolitan area.

History

An early variant name was "Lombardy".^[5] A post office called Lombardy was established in 1823, and the name was changed to Dearing in 1893.^[6] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1910 as the "Town of Dearing".^[7] The present name is after William Dearing, a railroad official.^[8]

Geography

Dearing is located in southeastern McDuffie County at 33°24′48″N 82°23′5″W / 33.41333°N 82.38472°W / 33.41333; -82.38472 (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.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²), of which 0.01 square miles (0.03 km²), or 1.09%, are water.^[1] The town is drained to the south by tributaries of Headstall Creek, which flows south to Brier Creek, a tributary of the Savannah River.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1920	256	—
1930	246	−3.9%
1940	273	11.0%
1950	325	19.0%
1960	403	24.0%
1970	555	37.7%
1980	539	−2.9%
1990	547	1.5%
2000	441	−19.4%
2010	549	24.5%
2020	529	−3.6%
U.S. Decennial Census^[10]