Rhine, Georgia
town in Dodge County, Georgia, USA
Rhine is a town in Dodge County, Georgia, United States. The population was 295 in 2020.
History
A post office called Rhine was established in 1890. The community was named after the Rhine river, in Germany, the native land of a large share of the first settlers. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Rhine as a town in 1891.
Geography
Rhine is located in southern Dodge County at 31°59′23″N 83°11′56″W (31.989696, -83.198762). U.S. Route 280 passes through the town, leading west 6 miles (10 km) to Abbeville and east 8 miles (13 km) to Milan. Georgia State Route 117 crosses US 280 in the center of Rhine, leading north 15 miles (24 km) to Eastman, the Dodge County seat, and southeast 19 miles (31 km) to Jacksonville, Georgia. State Route 165 diverges from SR 117 in the north part of town and leads 11 miles (18 km) northeast to Chauncey.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Rhine has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.1 km2), all land.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Rhine, Georgia” is town in Dodge County, Georgia, USA. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Rhine, Georgia and town, not as a finished interpretation.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2156232. Authority coordinates are 31.990, -83.199. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1890 and 1891.
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This entry incorporates text from “Rhine, Georgia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.