Dry Branch
Unincorporated community
Dry Branch is located in Georgia
Dry Branch
Dry Branch
Location within the state of Georgia
Dry Branch is located in the United States
Dry Branch
Dry Branch
Dry Branch (the United States)
Coordinates: 32°48′02″N 83°29′55″W / 32.80056°N 83.49861°W / 32.80056; -83.49861
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountiesTwiggs, Bibb
Elevation
361 ft (110 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
31020
Area code478
GNIS ID355553[1]

Dry Branch (also Drybranch, Pikes Peak) is an unincorporated community located in Twiggs and Bibb counties, Georgia, United States.[1] Its ZIP code is 31020.[2] The area covered by the ZIP code has a population of 3,198 and contains 100.81 square miles of land and is 0.4% water.[3]

History

The first permanent settlement at Dry Branch was made in 1808.[4] A post office has been in operation at Dry Branch since 1879.[5] According to tradition, the community was so named on account of it being a dry area.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dry Branch, Georgia". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Dry Branch GA 31020 (Twiggs County)".
  4. 1 2 Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 65. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.
  5. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 1, 2018.


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