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Eastman, GA - History
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Welcome to the Eastman Home page. The Eastman Home page provides as much information as possible on Eastman. Knowing Eastman’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Eastman’s Home page, you will also find Eastman’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Eastman has a population of 5110. 49.9% of Eastman’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.1 are female. 43.8% of Eastman is married and 47.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $128,859, and the average rent is $596. Household median income in Eastman is $33,729, and the individual median income is $24,127. Eastman’s Ethnic is the following: White(68.4%), Black(27.6%), Hispanic(7%), Multiple(2%), Asian(1.2%), Other(0.9%).
The first permanent settlement of the area took place in 1840. The population continued to grow when, in 1869, a station was built for the newly constructed Macon and Brunswick Railroad which passed through the area, stimulating an economic boom. The settlement was originally named Levison and was renamed Eastman by December 1869. Eastman was designated as the seat of newly formed Dodge County in 1871.
It was incorporated as a town in 1873 and as a city in 1905. Eastman is named for W. P. Eastman, who, with W. E. Dodge, presented the county with a courthouse.During that same time period, Ira Roe Foster, former Quartermaster General of Georgia, operated a sawmill in Dodge County. In 1869, Foster built a residence in what would become Eastman.
Foster was one of many who came to the area to participate in the timber and sawmill boom. During the boom, it was estimated that, on average, there was one mill every two miles along the industrial corridor created by the Macon and Brunswick Railroad. Unlike earlier eras, when timber was transported downstream in large river rafts, sawmills along the industrial corridor shipped their timber by rail.
In his book The New South Comes to Wiregrass Georgia 1860-1910, author Mark V. Wetherington states: "Ira R. Foster shipped lumber to Brunswick, where it was loaded onto timber schooners and transported to international markets like Liverpool, Rio de Janeiro, and Havana." When Eastman was incorporated in 1872, Foster served as its first mayor.In the early years of the 20th century, racial tensions increased between the white and black communities in and about Eastman, resulting in a number of documented lynchings.
In one instance, a man misidentified as the rapist Ed Claus was murdered before the real Claus was identified, apprehended, and lynched. In 1919, rumors that local blacks were intending to rise up and exterminate white residents, led to the murder of Eli Cooper and the burning of several black churches, which were believed to be the focal point of the uprising.
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