Official Name: | Chauncey, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | City |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Dodge |
Government Type: | Mayor-Council |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Harrell Burch |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.47 |
Area Land Km2: | 4.47 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.73 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.73 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 289 |
Population Density Km2: | 64.66 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 167.44 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 32.105°N -83.0661°W |
Elevation M: | 94 |
Elevation Ft: | 308 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 31011 |
Area Code: | 229, 478 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-15648[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0312593[3] |
Chauncey is a city in Dodge County, Georgia, United States. The population was 289 at the 2020 census. It was formed around station number twelve on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad.
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the "Town of Chauncey" in 1883.[4] The community was named after William Chauncey, a businessperson in the local lumber industry.[5]
Chauncey is located in southeastern Dodge County at 32.105°N -83.0661°W (32.104972, -83.065991).[6] U.S. Routes 23 and 341 pass concurrently through the center of town, leading northwest 9miles to Eastman, the county seat, and east 10miles to McRae. Sugar Creek runs along the southwest border of the city.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Chauncey has a total area of 4.5km2, all of it land.[7]
White (non-Hispanic) | 169 | 58.48% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 100 | 34.6% | |
Asian | 3 | 1.04% | |
Other/Mixed | 4 | 1.38% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 4.5% |