Eastman, Georgia
Eastman, Georgia | |
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City | |
| City of Eastman | |
Eastman City Hall in Eastman | |
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Seal | |
| Nicknames: Candy Capital of Georgia, Azalea City, Paris of the Wiregrass | |
Location in Dodge County and the state of Georgia | |
| 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 | 0.062 sq mi (0.16 km2) |
| Elevation | 390 ft (119 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 5,658 |
| • Density | 875.0/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 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0355610 |
| Website | cityofeastman |
Eastman is a city in and the county seat of Dodge County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,658 at the 2020 census, up from 4,962 at the 2010 census. 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.