![An empty road leading towards a rural countryside of Dawson, Ga.](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/2021-10/dawson_georgia_road.jpeg?itok=6BRdJWyd)
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An empty road leads towards a rural countryside in Dawson, Ga. While the southwestern city of Dawson lost numbers in the past decade, Dawson County, located in the north central region of the state, is among Georgia's fastest-growing counties.
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