Dearing is a town in McDuffie County, Georgia, United States. The population was 529 at the 2020 census.[2] It is part of the Augusta metropolitan area.
An early variant name was "Lombardy".[5] A post office called Lombardy was established in 1823, and the name was changed to Dearing in 1893.[6] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1910 as the "Town of Dearing".[7] The present name is after William Dearing, a railroad official.[8]
Dearing is located in southeastern McDuffie County at 33°24′48″N 82°23′5″W / 33.41333°N 82.38472°W / 33.41333; -82.38472 (33.413425, -82.384781).[9] U.S. Routes 78 and 278 run together through the town, leading northwest 8 miles (13 km) to Thomson, the county seat, and east 4 miles (6 km) to Harlem. Augusta is 24 miles (39 km) east of Dearing.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2), or 1.09%, are water.[1] The town is drained to the south by tributaries of Headstall Creek, which flows south to Brier Creek, a tributary of the Savannah River.
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 441 people, 178 households, and 126 families residing in the town. By 2020, its population was 529.