Dodge County-GHM 045-1-Dodge Co
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N 32° 12.047 W 083° 10.548
17S E 294911 N 3564767
At Courthouse in Eastman
Waymark Code: WMA5GT
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2010
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This County created by Act of the Legislature Oct. 26, 1870, is named for William E. Dodge, a New York lumberman who owned large areas of the forest lands and who persuaded Congress to remove taxation from ´the great staple of our state.´ He built and gave to the new county its first Courthouse, which was replaced in 1908. The first County Officers included: Superior Court Judge J.R. Alexander, Clerk of Superior Court Ruben A. Harrell, Sheriff Jordan Brown, Tax Collector T.P. Willcox, Tax Receiver Jno. W. Bohannon and Ordinary S.W. Burch.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 045-1
Date: 1954
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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