| Official Name: | Dearing, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | McDuffie |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.13 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.11 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.82 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.81 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 529 |
| Population Density Km2: | 250.61 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 649.08 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 33.4133°N -82.3847°W |
| Elevation M: | 143 |
| Elevation Ft: | 469 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 30808 |
| Area Code: | 706 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-22024[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0355471[4] |
Dearing is a town in McDuffie County, Georgia, United States. The population was 529 at the 2020 census.[2] It is part of the Augusta metropolitan area.
An early variant name was "Lombardy".[5] A post office called Lombardy was established in 1823, and the name was changed to Dearing in 1893.[6] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1910 as the "Town of Dearing".[7] The present name is after William Dearing, a railroad official.[8]
Dearing is located in southeastern McDuffie County at (33.413425, -82.384781).[9] U.S. Routes 78 and 278 run together through the town, leading northwest 8miles to Thomson, the county seat, and east 4miles to Harlem. Augusta is east of Dearing.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.8sqmi, of which 0.01sqmi, or 1.09%, are water.[1] The town is drained to the south by tributaries of Headstall Creek, which flows south to Brier Creek, a tributary of the Savannah River.
As of the census of 2000, there were 441 people, 178 households, and 126 families residing in the town. By 2020, its population was 529.