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. Numerous state and local highways also run through the city.ĭublin 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. US 441 connects the city to Milledgeville, 47 miles (76 km) northwest, and McRae–Helena, 35 miles (56 km) south.
US routes 80, 319, and 441 also run through the city. Via I-16, Savannah is 117 miles (188 km) east, and Macon is 53 miles (85 km) northwest. Access to the city can be found from exits 49, 51, 54, and 58. The city is located in the central part of the state along Interstate 16. The Oconee forms the eastern boundary of Dublin, separating it from the city of East Dublin.Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 16.0 square miles (41.5 km 2), of which 15.9 square miles (41.2 km 2) are land and 0.09 square miles (0.24 km 2), or 0.59%, are water. The town, named such because the Middle Georgia 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, a river which then proceeds to its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean. Geography ĭublin is located in north-central Laurens County. gave his first public speech, "The Negro and the Constitution" at First African Baptist Church in Dublin. On April 17, 1944, Martin Luther King, Jr.
These were part of a larger series of racial violence during the 1919 Red Summer. In the Dublin riot of July 1919 there were a series of violent racial riots between white and black members of the community.
Old postcard showing the Veterans Administration buildingĭublin, according to a historical marker at the town's main Oconee River bridge, was one of the last encampments at which Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family stayed before being captured by Union forces in May 1865.