Dublin, Georgia

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Dublin, Georgia
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|nickname                 = The Emerald City
|motto                    = 
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|image_caption            = Dublin City Hall
|image_flag               = Flag of Dublin, Georgia.png
|image_seal               = Seal of Dublin, Georgia.png
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Laurens County, Georgia|Laurens County]] and the state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
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|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Georgia|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Laurens County, Georgia|Laurens]]
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|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Joshua Kight
|leader_title1            = [[City manager]]
|leader_name1             = Josh Powell (interim)
|established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = December 9, 1812
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
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|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 42.478
|area_land_km2            = 42.232
|area_water_km2           = 0.245
|area_total_sq_mi         = 16.401
|area_land_sq_mi          = 16.306
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.095
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_est           = 15946
|pop_est_as_of            = 2022
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|population_footnotes     = <ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
|population_total         = 16074
|population_density_km2   = 385.7
|population_density_sq_mi = 999.0
|population_urban         = 20842
|population_metro         = 59223
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|timezone                 = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset               = –5
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|elevation_ft             = 223
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]s
|postal_code              = 31021, 31027, 31040
|area_code                = [[Area code 478|478]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 13-24376
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0313692<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|0313692}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|https://www.cityofdublin.org/|cityofdublin.org}}
|footnotes                = 
}}

'''Dublin''' (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath) is a city and [[county seat]] of [[Laurens County, Georgia|Laurens County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704084002/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=July 4, 2012 |df=mdy}}</ref> The population was 16,074 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Dublin_city,_Georgia?g=1600000US1324376 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=March 31, 2024}}</ref>

==History==
The original settlement was named after [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ |title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States |publisher=Govt. Print. Off. |author=Gannett, Henry |year=1905 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n108 109]}}</ref>

[[File:Veterans Administration Bldg., Dublin, Ga. (8367048897).jpg|thumb|left|Old postcard showing the Veterans Administration building]]
Dublin, according to a historical marker<ref>{{cite web|url=http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/gahistmarkers/jeffdavishistmarker3.htm |title=GeorgiaInfo :: Carl Vinson Institute of Government :: University of Georgia |publisher=Cviog.uga.edu |access-date=March 24, 2013}}</ref> at the town's main [[Oconee River]] bridge, was one of the last encampments at which [[President of the Confederate States of America|Confederate President]] [[Jefferson Davis]] and his family stayed before being captured by [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces in May 1865.

In the [[Dublin, Georgia riot|Dublin riot of July 1919]] there were a series of violent racial riots between white and black members of the community. These were part of a larger series of racial violence during the [[Red Summer|1919 Red Summer]].

On April 17, 1944, [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] gave his first public speech, "The Negro and the Constitution" at First African Baptist Church in Dublin.<ref>{{cite web|last1=University|first1=© Stanford|last2=Stanford|last3=California 94305|date=June 12, 2017|title=King delivers "The Negro and the Constitution" at oratorical contest|url=https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/king-delivers-negro-and-constitution-oratorical-contest|access-date=February 22, 2021|website=The Martin Luther King Jr., Research and Education Institute|language=en}}</ref>

==Geography==
Dublin is located in north-central Laurens County. The town, named such because the Middle Georgia [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]] reminded Irish settlers of terrain in their native country, was founded on the Oconee River, which starts in the foothills of the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]] in northern Georgia before combining with the [[Ocmulgee River]] to form the [[Altamaha River|Altamaha]], a river which then proceeds to its mouth on the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The Oconee forms the eastern boundary of Dublin, separating it from the city of [[East Dublin, Georgia|East Dublin]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|41.5|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|41.2|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.24|km2|order=flip|2}}, or 0.59%, are water.<ref name=Gazetteer>{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_13.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Georgia| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref>

===Location===
The city is located in the central part of the state along [[Interstate 16]]. Access to the city can be found from exits 49, 51, 54, and 58. Via I-16, [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] is {{convert|117|mi}} east, and [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]] is {{convert|53|mi}} northwest. US routes [[U.S. Route 80 in Georgia|80]], [[U.S. Route 319|319]], and [[U.S. Route 441 in Georgia|441]] also run through the city. US 441 connects the city to [[Milledgeville, Georgia|Milledgeville]], {{convert|47|mi}} northwest, and [[McRae–Helena, Georgia|McRae–Helena]], {{convert|35|mi}} south. Numerous state and local highways also run through the city.

===Historic districts===
Dublin has two historic districts designated by the [[National Register of Historic Places]]: the [[Dublin Commercial Historic District]] and the [[Stubbs Park–Stonewall Street Historic District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/SearchResults|title=National Register of Historic Places : Search Results|website=Npgallery.nps.gov|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref> The Dublin Commercial Historic District consists of the original downtown commercial core, including the earliest extant building in the district: the Hicks Building, dating to 1893. The historic district contains 78 contributing properties, including the [[Dublin Carnegie Library]]<ref name="dublincarnegie.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dublincarnegie.com/|title=Dublin Carnegie|website=Dublincarnegie.com|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref> [[First National Bank Building (Dublin, Georgia)|First National Bank Building]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dtdublin.com/success-stories|title=Success Stories|website=Dtdublin.com|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref> and the former United States Post Office building.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oldpostofficedublin.com/|title=The Old Post Office|website=Oldpostofficedublin.com|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref> Structures within the district represent a wide range of architectural styles, including [[Colonial Revival]], [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]], [[Chicago school (architecture)|Commercial]], and [[Art Deco]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/f551a849-6b11-4235-8b7b-8c7971761f67?branding=NRHP|title=NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES : Dublin Commercial Historic District 
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The Stubbs Park-Stonewall Street Historic District is located west of Dublin's [[central business district]]. The district contains 470 contributing properties, most of which are residential homes constructed between the late 1910s to the early 1940s. The predominant architectural styles of the area consist of [[American Craftsman|Craftsman]], [[Gothic Revival]], [[Folk Victorian]], and [[Georgian Cottage]]. In addition to historic residences, the district contains properties including historic churches, historic cemeteries, and Dublin's first public park, Stubbs Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/7d71b6d6-7edd-4aeb-a526-d94fdc658ecc?branding=NRHP|title=NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES : Stubbs Park-Stonewall Street Historic District|website=Npgallery.nps.gov|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref>

===Climate===
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| location    = Dublin, Georgia, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1892&ndash;present

|Jan record high F = 85
|Feb record high F = 85
|Mar record high F = 92
|Apr record high F = 99
|May record high F = 102
|Jun record high F = 108
|Jul record high F = 109
|Aug record high F = 109
|Sep record high F = 108
|Oct record high F = 102
|Nov record high F = 92
|Dec record high F = 88

|Jan avg record high F = 74.9
|Feb avg record high F = 78.3
|Mar avg record high F = 83.8
|Apr avg record high F = 88.7
|May avg record high F = 94.4
|Jun avg record high F = 97.8
|Jul avg record high F = 99.9
|Aug avg record high F = 98.7
|Sep avg record high F = 95.3
|Oct avg record high F = 89.0
|Nov avg record high F = 83.1
|Dec avg record high F = 76.9
|year avg record high F = 100.4

<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =58.3
| Feb high F  =62.0
| Mar high F  =70.7
| Apr high F  =78.3
| May high F  =85.6
| Jun high F  =90.7
| Jul high F  =94.0
| Aug high F  =92.2
| Sep high F  =87.0
| Oct high F  =77.9
| Nov high F  =68.5
| Dec high F  =60.6
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| Jan mean F  =46.7
| Feb mean F  =50.0
| Mar mean F  =57.3
| Apr mean F  =64.5
| May mean F  =72.5
| Jun mean F  =79.2
| Jul mean F  =82.5
| Aug mean F  =81.3
| Sep mean F  =75.7
| Oct mean F  =65.4
| Nov mean F  =55.3
| Dec mean F  =48.8
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| Jan low F  =35.1
| Feb low F  =38.0
| Mar low F  =44.0
| Apr low F  =50.6
| May low F  =59.4
| Jun low F  =67.7
| Jul low F  =71.0
| Aug low F  =70.4
| Sep low F  =64.4
| Oct low F  =52.9
| Nov low F  =42.1
| Dec low F  =37.0

|Jan avg record low F = 20.0
|Feb avg record low F = 23.5
|Mar avg record low F = 27.9
|Apr avg record low F = 36.0
|May avg record low F = 45.9
|Jun avg record low F = 58.2
|Jul avg record low F = 63.6
|Aug avg record low F = 62.8
|Sep avg record low F = 51.9
|Oct avg record low F = 36.8
|Nov avg record low F = 27.1
|Dec avg record low F = 23.4
|year avg record low F = 18.1

|Jan record low F = 0
|Feb record low F = 9
|Mar record low F = 14
|Apr record low F = 28
|May record low F = 38
|Jun record low F = 40
|Jul record low F = 50
|Aug record low F = 52
|Sep record low F = 33
|Oct record low F = 25
|Nov record low F = 11
|Dec record low F = 5

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| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =4.38
| Feb precipitation inch  =4.14
| Mar precipitation inch  =4.58
| Apr precipitation inch  =2.75
| May precipitation inch  =2.62
| Jun precipitation inch  =5.25
| Jul precipitation inch  =4.50
| Aug precipitation inch  =4.81
| Sep precipitation inch  =3.58
| Oct precipitation inch  =3.15
| Nov precipitation inch  =3.08
| Dec precipitation inch  =4.43

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 8.5
|Feb precipitation days = 6.5
|Mar precipitation days = 7.4
|Apr precipitation days = 5.4
|May precipitation days = 5.5
|Jun precipitation days = 10.1
|Jul precipitation days = 8.0
|Aug precipitation days = 8.9
|Sep precipitation days = 6.1
|Oct precipitation days = 5.6
|Nov precipitation days = 5.5
|Dec precipitation days = 7.0

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|source 2 = XMACIS2/NWS<ref name = NOWData>
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|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Atlanta
|access-date = February 23, 2023
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|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = xmACIS2
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 574
|1890= 862
|1900= 2987
|1910= 5795
|1920= 7707
|1930= 6681
|1940= 7814
|1950= 10232
|1960= 13814
|1970= 15143
|1980= 16083
|1990= 16312
|2000= 15857
|2010= 16201
|2020= 16074
|estyear=2022
|estimate=15946
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2022">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |date=March 31, 2024|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020–2022|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 31, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref><br>2020 Census<ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Dublin racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1324376&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 18, 2021|website=Data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Number
!Percent
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|9,811
|61.04%
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|5,144
|32.0%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|23
|0.14%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|342
|2.13%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|1
|0.01%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|421
|2.62%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|332
|2.07%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], there were 16,074 people, 6,459 households, and 3,944 families residing in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: Household Type |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Dublin%20city,%20Georgia%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=March 31, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The [[population density]] was {{convert|1009.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 7,224 housing units.

===Dublin micropolitan statistical area===
[[File:Dublin Micropolitan Area.png|thumb|left|upright|Location of the Dublin Micropolitan Statistical Area in Georgia]]
Dublin is the principal city of the [[Dublin, Georgia, micropolitan area|Dublin micropolitan statistical area]], a [[United States micropolitan area|micropolitan area]] that covers [[Johnson County, Georgia|Johnson]] and Laurens counties,<ref>[https://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/List5.txt MICROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS AND COMPONENTS] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629011245/http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/List5.txt |date=June 29, 2007}}, [[Office of Management and Budget]], May 11, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2008.</ref> and had a combined population of 58,759 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

==Government==
[[File:Post Office, Belleveue Ave, Dublin.jpg|thumb|Post Office]]
Dublin's city government is made up of a mayor and a city council composed of seven council members. Four of the council members represent wards, or districts, within the city boundaries; the remaining three members are considered council members at large, representing the entire city as legislative members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.municode.com/ga/dublin/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTICH|title=Municode Library|website=Library.municode.com|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref>

Dublin was chosen as a City of Excellence by the Georgia Municipal Association and ''Georgia Trend'' magazine in 2000.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dublinlaurensgeorgia.com/index.php/living_here/awards_recognition |title=Dublin-Laurens County &#124; Living Here &#124; Awards & Recognition |date=August 28, 2016 |website= |access-date=April 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828093544/http://www.dublinlaurensgeorgia.com/index.php/living_here/awards_recognition |archive-date=August 28, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> This distinction recognized Dublin as one of the ten best managed and most livable cities in Georgia when evaluated on areas like public safety, cultural activities, fiscal management, and downtown viability.

In 2005, Dublin was designated as a "Signature Community" by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.<ref name="auto1"/> Dublin was also recognized by the American Association of Retirement Communities (AARC) as a Seal of Approval Community in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gmanet.com/Advice-Knowledge/Articles-and-Resources/Downtown-Redevelopment-and-Retiree-Attraction-Goo.aspx |title=Downtown Redevelopment and Retiree Attraction: Good Timing |website=www.gmanet.com |access-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327214119/https://www.gmanet.com/Advice-Knowledge/Articles-and-Resources/Downtown-Redevelopment-and-Retiree-Attraction-Goo.aspx |archive-date=March 27, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Dublin Post Office and the Court Square Station in Dublin.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/dublin-514-bellevue-ave-dublin-ga-1354534 Post Office Location - DUBLIN] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616064313/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/dublin-514-bellevue-ave-dublin-ga-1354534 |date=June 16, 2012 }}." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on September 7, 2010</ref><ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/court-square-station-100-n-franklin-st-rm-103-dublin-ga-1359432] {{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

The Carl Vinson Veterans Administration Medical Center is located in Dublin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dublin.va.gov/ |title=VA Dublin Health Care &#124; Veterans Affairs |website=Dublin.va.gov |date= |access-date=April 4, 2022}}</ref> It was originally commissioned as Naval Hospital Dublin on January 22, 1945, as an ideal location for convalescence from [[rheumatic fever]]. As such it was the site of the commissioning of [[Naval Medical Research Unit Four]] on May 31, 1946, to study the disease. The Navy transferred the hospital to the Veterans Affairs Department in November 1947, and it was subsequently named for congressman [[Carl Vinson]] who was responsible for getting it built in Dublin. Today, the medical center provides a range of services to veterans in Middle and South Georgia, including primary care, mental health, ambulatory and urgent care, optometry, women's health, and extended care. The medical center features a 340 operating-bed facility and has approximately 1,100 employees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.va.gov/directory/guide/facility.asp?ID=42|title=Carl Vinson VA Medical Center - Locations|website=Va.gov|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref>

Dublin's Laurens County Library is known for its [[genealogy]] department, with archives and records going back two hundred years.

==Arts and culture==
===Theatre Dublin===
Theatre Dublin, originally known as the Martin Theater, was constructed in 1934 in Dublin's Historic Downtown Commercial District.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatredublinga.com/ |title=Theatre Dublin |website=Theatredublinga.com |date=March 26, 2022 |access-date=April 4, 2022}}</ref> The theatre features [[Art Deco]] architectural design, with flat symmetrical wall surfacing and horizontal bands, in addition to an overhanging [[marquee (structure)|marquee]] and neon sign.<ref name="auto"/>

Since its renovation in 1996, Theatre Dublin has served as a performing arts center for Dublin-Laurens County and surrounding areas. The theatre houses a regular variety of events and performances, including musical artists, plays and performances, orchestras, concerts, and showings of both classical and contemporary films.

===Dublin Carnegie Library===
The Dublin Carnegie Library was built in 1904 by a grant from [[Andrew Carnegie]].<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.dublincarnegie.com/ |title=Dublin Carnegie |publisher=Dublin Carnegie |date=November 7, 1904 |access-date=April 4, 2022}}</ref> It is located in Dublin's Historic Downtown Commercial District, and the Dublin Carnegie is one of only three surviving [[Carnegie Libraries]] in the state of Georgia listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] and still in its original form. The Dublin Carnegie served as public library for the region until the 1960s, at which point the city and county constructed a larger public library. In the late 1970s, the Dublin Carnegie Library was structurally stabilized and maintained by the Dublin-Laurens Historical Society.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laurenshistory.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109030900/http://laurenshistory.org/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 9, 2010 |title=Laurens County Historical Society |publisher=Laurenshistory.org |date= |access-date=April 4, 2022}}</ref> For more than 35 years, the building served as the home of the Dublin-Laurens Museum.<ref name="dublincarnegie.com"/>

In 2014, the Dublin-Laurens Museum moved to a new location, leaving the Dublin Carnegie Library unoccupied. The Dublin Downtown Development Authority then renovated the building to its historic stature, restoring many of the building's original features. Since the renovation by the DDA in 2014, the Dublin Carnegie has served as an event space and fine arts gallery, featuring local and statewide art displays.<ref name="dublincarnegie.com"/>

==Education==
===Public schools===
{{Main|Dublin City School District (Laurens County, Georgia)}}
[[File:Dublin High School, Dublin.jpg|thumb|[[Dublin High School (Dublin, Georgia)|Dublin High School]]]]
The [[Dublin City School District (Laurens County, Georgia)|Dublin City School District]] holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of two elementary schools, a middle school, a high school, and an alternative school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dublincityschools.us/en-US|title=Home - Dublin City Schools|website=Dublincityschools.us|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref> The district has approximately 2,400 students as of 2016.<ref>https://app3.doe.k12.ga.us/ows-bin/owa/fin_pack_revenue.display_proc {{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
*Hillcrest Elementary School
*Susie Dasher Elementary School
*Dublin Middle School
*[[Dublin High School (Dublin, Georgia)|Dublin High School]]
*Moore Street School (Alternative)

The [[Laurens County School District]] holds grades pre-school to grade twelve, and serves areas outside of the Dublin city limits.

===Private schools===
*Trinity Christian School

===Higher education===
*[[Georgia Military College]] - Dublin Campus<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gmc.edu/campuses/dublin/|title=Dublin|website=Gmc.edu|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref>
*[[Oconee Fall Line Technical College]] - South Campus<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oftc.edu/|title=Home|website=Oftc.edu|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref>
*[[Middle Georgia State University]] - Dublin Campus<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mga.edu/|title=Middle Georgia State University|website=Mga.edu|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref>

==Notable events==
===Festivals===
Dublin is known for its St Patrick's festival which takes place annually during March.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dublinstpatricks.com/|title=Dublin St. Patrick's Festival|website=Dublin St. Patrick's Festival|access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref>

===Sister city===
*[[Osaki, Miyagi]], Japan<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sister Partnerships by US State |url=https://asiamattersforamerica.org/asia/data/sister-partnerships |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=Asia Matters for America |language=en}}</ref>

===Pageants===
Dublin is home to several scholarship pageants, which are largely popular in the southern United States:
* The Miss Saint Patrick's Scholarship pageant, sponsored by the [[Pilot Club]], is held every year in March in conjunction with the [[Saint Patrick's Day]] celebration.
* Dublin and Laurens County's [[America's Junior Miss]] Pageant is a scholarship competition held yearly for high school juniors. The winners of both the Dublin and Laurens County pageants advance to the state pageant. Its new name is Distinguished Young Women.
* The Miss and Outstanding Teen Irish Capital Scholarship Pageant is an official [[Miss Georgia (U.S. state)|Miss Georgia]] and [[Miss America]] preliminary pageant and is held in the fall. The Miss Irish Capital Pageant is currently on hiatus and will hopefully return soon. Former Miss Irish Capital winners are: Donna Sellers, Carly Floyd, Amanda Rampley and Brittney Griffith. Former Miss Irish Capital Outstanding Teen winners are: Katie Lassiter, Jordan Mason and Katherine Phipps. Tom Lively started the pageant and was the executive director for the first three years until moving to the Atlanta, Georgia, area and was the executive director of the Miss Southern Empire Pageant for two years. Kenn Nix was the last executive director for the Miss Irish Capital Pageant.

==In literature==
Dublin, the Oconee River, and Laurens County are mentioned in the opening page of James Joyce's ''[[Finnegans Wake]]'': "nor had topsawyer's rocks by the stream Oconee exaggerated themselves to Laurens County's gorgios while they went doublin their mumper all the time." (Joyce explained in a letter: "Dublin, Laurens Co, Georgia, founded by a Dubliner, Peter Sawyer, on r. Oconee. Its motto: Doubling all the time.")<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joycesociety.org/sched_2001.html |title=The James Joyce Society: Archive for 2001 |website=Joycesociety.org |access-date=March 24, 2013 |archive-date=February 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217055123/http://joycesociety.org/sched_2001.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Jamel Ashley]], retired track athlete who competed in the sprint events
*[[Jermaine Hall]], basketball player for [[Maccabi Ashdod]] of the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]]
* [[Matt Hatchett]] - Businessman and politician. He is a member of the [[Georgia House of Representatives]] from the 150th District.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/122896/matt-hatchett  |title=Matt Hatchett's Biography |publisher=[[Vote Smart]] |access-date=March 11, 2021}}</ref>
*[[Eleanor Ison Franklin]] (1929–1998), medical physiologist and endocrinologist 
*[[Anthony Kewoa Johnson]], retired American mixed martial artist who competed in the light heavyweight division of the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]]
* [[Marcos Knight]], professional basketball player
*[[J. Roy Rowland]], [[United States House of Representatives|congressman]] from 1983 to 1995 and a resident of Dublin<ref>{{cite book
 |author = Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa
 |year = 1987
 |title = The Almanac of American Politics 1988
 |work = National Journal
 |location = Washington, D.C.
  |page = 306
}}</ref>
*[[Imagene Stewart]] (1942–2012), Baptist clergywoman and activist
*[[Demaryius Thomas]], football player in the NFL for the [[Denver Broncos]]
*[[Quincy Trouppe]], baseball player in the [[Negro league baseball|Negro leagues]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum: Personal Profiles: Quincy Trouppe|url=http://www.nlbemuseum.com/history/players/trouppe.html|access-date=2020-08-21|website=Nlbemuseum.com}}</ref>
*[[Erik Walden]], National Football League player
*[[Darrell Williams Jr.]], football player in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers
*Ron Rogers, retired Football Player at Georgia Tech and in the NFL for the Baltimore Ravens
*[[Leh Keen]], racing driver

==See also==
{{Portal|Georgia (U.S. state)}}
* [[List of Irish place names in other countries]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Dublin, Georgia}}
*[https://www.cityofdublin.org/ City of Dublin – Official Website]
*[http://www.dublin-georgia.com/ Dublin-Laurens County Chamber of Commerce]
*[http://www.dublincarnegie.com/ Dublin Carnegie Library]
*[http://www.dtdublin.com/ Dublin Downtown Development Authority]
*[https://www.dublin.va.gov/ Carl Vinson Veterans Administration Medical Center]
*[http://www.theatredublinga.com/ Theatre Dublin]
*[http://www.dublinstpatricks.com/ Dublin St. Patricks Festival]

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