Eastman, Georgia | |
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City | |
City of Eastman | |
Nicknames: Candy Capital of Georgia, Azalea City, Paris of the Wiregrass[1] | |
Coordinates: 32°11′52″N 83°10′45″W / 32.19778°N 83.17917°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Georgia |
County | Dodge |
Government | |
• Type | Council-Manager |
• City Manager | J. Spencer Barron |
• Council Chairman | Graham Snyder |
• Council Vice-Chairman | Sebrina Williams |
Area | |
• Total | 6.53 sq mi (16.90 km2) |
• Land | 6.47 sq mi (16.75 km2) |
• Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.16 km2) |
Elevation | 390 ft (119 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 5,658 |
• Density | 875.04/sq mi (337.84/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 31023 |
Area code | 478 |
FIPS code | 13-25552[3] |
GNIS feature ID | 0355610[4] |
Website | cityofeastman |
Eastman is a city in Dodge County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,658 at the 2020 census, up from 4,962 at the 2010 census.[5] The city was named after William Pitt Eastman, a native of Massachusetts who purchased a large tract of land along the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, and settled a city on the site.
In the 19th century, this was a center of the timber and sawmill industry. During the Great Depression in 1937, the first Stuckey's Pecan Shoppe, once well-known along roadways throughout the United States, was founded in Eastman.