Cochran
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county seat in Bleckley County, Georgia, USA
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Bleckley
- Mayor
- Billy Yeomans
- City manager
- Richard Newbern
- Total
- 4.86 sq mi (12.58 km )
- Land
- 4.69 sq mi (12.14 km )
- Water
- 0.17 sq mi (0.44 km )
- Elevation
- 341 ft (104 m)
- Density
- 1,072.7/sq mi (414.16/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Fips code
- 13-17328
- Gnis feature id
- 0355210
- Website
- cityofcochran.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Cochran
- Population
- 5026
- Area
- 12.330731
- Elevation
- 104
- Official website
- www.cityofcochran.com
- Image
- Cochran Municipal Building, Cochran, GA, US.jpg
- Households
- 1562
- Dialing code
- 478
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- Commons category
- Cochran, Georgia
- postal code
- 31014
- water as percent of area
- 3.6311
- per capita income
- 16062
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Cochran is a city in Bleckley County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 5,026. The city is the county seat of Bleckley County.
Cochran is named for Judge Arthur E. Cochran and was incorporated on March 19, 1869. Judge Cochran was largely instrumental in developing this section of Georgia through his work as president of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, now the Southern Railway (a component of Norfolk Southern Railway). Once known as Dykesboro, Cochran was settled by B. B. Dykes, who owned the site on which the town is built. The earliest settlers located here to work in the turpentine industry.