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Dothan
City
Downtown Dothan
Downtown Dothan
Flag of Dothan
Flag
Official seal of Dothan
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Location of Dothan in Dale, Henry, and Houston Counties, Alabama
Location of Dothan in Dale, Henry, and Houston Counties, Alabama
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountiesHouston,Dale,Henry
Government
• TypeMayor - Council
• MayorMark Saliba (R)
Area
[1]
• Total90.16 sq mi (233.53 km2)
• Land89.84 sq mi (232.68 km2)
• Water0.33 sq mi (0.84 km2)
Population
(2020)
• Total71,072
• RankAL: 8th
• Density791.10/sq mi (305.45/km2)
•CSA
248,947
ZIP Codes
36301–36305, 36345, 36350
FIPS code01-21184
Websitewww.dothan.org

Dothan(/ˈdoʊθən/DOH-thən)[citation needed]is a city in and thecounty seatofHouston Countyin theU.S. stateofAlabama.A slight portion of the city extends intoDaleandHenrycounties. It had a population of 71,072 at the2020 census,[2]making it Alabama's eighth-largest city by population and the 5th largest in Alabama by total area. It is near the state's southeastern corner, about 20 miles (32 km) west ofGeorgiaand 16 miles (26 km) north ofFlorida.It is named after thebiblical citywhereJoseph's brothers threw him into a cistern and sold him into slavery in Egypt.[3]

Dothan is the principal city of theDothan, Alabama metropolitan area,which encompasses all ofGeneva,Henry, and Houston counties; the small portion in Dale County is part of theOzark Micropolitan Statistical Area.Together they form theDothan-OzarkCombined Statistical Area. Coffee County and its Enterprise micropolitan area was originally combined as a statistical area with both Dothan and Ozark as well, but is now split off as its ownstatistical areaby theUS Census Bureau.Together they form the Alabama portion of theWiregrassregion, of which Dothan is that portion's largest city. The combined population of the entire Dothan metropolitan area in 2020 was 151,007.[4]The city is the main transportation and commercial hub for a significant part of southeastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and nearby portions of theFlorida Panhandle.Since approximately one-fourth of the U.S.peanutcrop is produced nearby, much of it processed in the city, Dothan is known as "The Peanut Capital of the World". It also hosts the annual National Peanut Festival at the Peanut Festival Fairgrounds.[5]

History

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Earliest years

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Between 1763 and 1783, the region that is now Dothan was part of the colony ofBritish West Florida.[6]European-American settlers moving through the area during the late 18th and early 19th centuries discovered the Indian spring, naming it "Poplar Head". Most felt that the sandy soil common to this region would be unsuitable for farming, so they moved on.

A crudestockadewas constructed on the Barber Plantation, where settlers could take refuge whenever they felt threatened. Gradually the area received more white settlers. This fort disappeared by the 1840s, after the end of theIndian Warsin Alabama andIndian Removalin the 1830s, when most members of theFive Civilized Tribeswere forcibly taken toIndian Territorywest of theMississippi River.Those members of the tribe who stayed in the southeast were considered to have given up their tribal memberships and became state and U.S. citizens.

The first permanent white settlers consisted of nine families who moved into the area during the early 1830s to harvest the abundant timber. Their settlement, named Poplar Head after the spring, failed to thrive. It was all but abandoned by the time of theCivil War.After the war, a localPony Expressroute was founded; together with other developments during theReconstruction Era,the town began to grow. On November 11, 1885, the citizens voted toincorporate,naming their new city Dothan at the suggestion of a local clergyman after discovering that "Poplar Head" was already registered with the U.S. post office for a town in northern Alabama.[3]

Civil unrest

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On October 12, 1889,[7]Dothan was the scene of a deadly altercation resulting from a dispute over a tax levied on wagons operating within city limits. Local farmers opposed the levy and united in a body called the "Farmers Alliance". The arrest of some of the alliance's men led to a riot that left two men dead and others seriously wounded.[8]Chief of Police Tobe Domingus was found guilty of murder and sentenced to ten years in prison. Appeals to theAlabama Supreme Courtresulted in a new trial,[9]and Domingus was acquitted.[10]

Expansion and growth

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In 1893, Dothan secured a stop on the first railroad to be built in the region. This development brought new prosperity and growth, as local farmers had a means to market and transport their produce. The pine forests were harvested forturpentineand wood, which was transformed into ship masts,lumberand other wood products. As the pines were cut and land subsequently cleared,cottonwas cultivated as a staple of the local economy. The crops were devastated by theboll weevilin the early 1900s.

Farmers turned topeanutproduction, which was successful and brought financial gain to the city. It became a hub for the production and transport of peanuts and peanut-related products.[11]Today, one-quarter of the U.S. peanut crop is harvested within 75 miles (121 km) of Dothan.[11] Dothan also became a hub for industrial development in the 20th century, with textile and agricultural concerns being joined by manufacturing plants for theSony,Michelin,andGeneral Electriccorporations which began operating facilities in the city.

Looking up Foster St. toward downtown Dothan

Dothan also sought out industrial development, with textile and agricultural concerns being joined by manufacturing plants for the Sony, Michelin, and General Electric corporations in the 20th century. TheSouthern Companyconstructed theJoseph M. Farley Nuclear Generating Stationnear the city between 1970 and 1981; this 1,776-megawatt facility currently generates approximately 13,000 GW-h per year.[12]In 2010, Sony announced its closure of its Dothan plant. Pemco Aviation declared bankruptcy in March 2012 and in May that year announced the closing of its Dothan facility.

Originally part ofHenry County, Alabama,Dothan became the county seat of the newly formed Houston County on May 9, 1903. The city continued to flourish and grow throughout the twentieth century, with theDothan Regional Airportbeing constructed in 1965 andWallace Community Collegein 1969.Troy Universityestablished a Dothan campus in 1961 in the northwestern part of the city.[13]

Porter Hardware,the oldest hardware store in the state of Alabama, was located in Dothan from 1889 to 2014. In 2018 it reopened as a museum.[14]

Geography

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Dothan is in northwestern Houston County in southeastern Alabama. The city limits extend north intoHenry Countyand northwest intoDale County.According to theUnited States Census Bureau,the city has an area of 89.7 square miles (232.4 km2), of which 89.4 square miles (231.5 km2) is land and 0.31 square miles (0.8 km2), or 0.36%, is water.[15]

It is located in theWiregrass regionof southeastern Alabama, near both the Florida and Georgia state lines. The topography is generally flat and forested, with few small hills that gradually slope downward towards theChattahoochee Riverto the east and the gulf coastal plain to the south.

Ross Clark Circleon Dothan's east side

Climate

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Dothan has ahumid subtropical climate(KöppenCfa). This produces hot, humid summers and generally mild winters, with daily average temperatures ranging from 83.0 °F (28.3 °C) in the summer to 50.8 °F (10.4 °C) during winter. Precipitation is plentiful throughout the year, ranging from 6.17 inches (157 mm) in August, the wettest month, to 2.70 inches (69 mm) in October, the driest month. Snowfall is extremely rare; a two-inch snowfall occurs about once every ten years, which results in a yearly average of 0.2 inches (5.1 mm); the last major snow event occurred on February 12, 2010. Other significant snow events in the city's history occurred in 1973, 1977, 1989, and 1993.[16]Tornadoesare a frequent risk during the spring, summer and fall; the city's tornado activity is slightly below the Alabama state average, but 79% above the U.S. average.[17]

Climate data for Dothan, Alabama (Dothan Regional Airport) 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1939–present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 83
(28) 		86
(30) 		90
(32) 		95
(35) 		100
(38) 		105
(41) 		105
(41) 		104
(40) 		102
(39) 		100
(38) 		88
(31) 		84
(29) 		105
(41)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 61.7
(16.5) 		65.8
(18.8) 		72.9
(22.7) 		79.3
(26.3) 		87.2
(30.7) 		91.3
(32.9) 		93.3
(34.1) 		92.0
(33.3) 		88.4
(31.3) 		80.8
(27.1) 		71.1
(21.7) 		63.8
(17.7) 		79.0
(26.1)
Daily mean °F (°C) 50.8
(10.4) 		54.6
(12.6) 		60.8
(16.0) 		67.2
(19.6) 		75.6
(24.2) 		81.1
(27.3) 		83.0
(28.3) 		82.0
(27.8) 		77.9
(25.5) 		68.9
(20.5) 		58.9
(14.9) 		53.1
(11.7) 		67.8
(19.9)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 39.8
(4.3) 		43.3
(6.3) 		48.8
(9.3) 		55.2
(12.9) 		64.0
(17.8) 		70.8
(21.6) 		72.7
(22.6) 		72.0
(22.2) 		67.3
(19.6) 		56.9
(13.8) 		46.7
(8.2) 		42.4
(5.8) 		56.7
(13.7)
Record low °F (°C) 4
(−16) 		12
(−11) 		19
(−7) 		32
(0) 		44
(7) 		52
(11) 		61
(16) 		59
(15) 		43
(6) 		30
(−1) 		17
(−8) 		7
(−14) 		4
(−16)
Averageprecipitationinches (mm) 4.76
(121) 		4.82
(122) 		4.72
(120) 		4.79
(122) 		2.92
(74) 		5.08
(129) 		5.95
(151) 		6.17
(157) 		3.27
(83) 		2.70
(69) 		3.91
(99) 		4.76
(121) 		53.85
(1,368)
Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) 10.5 9.9 8.8 7.4 7.9 12.8 13.8 13.4 8.4 7.0 8.4 10.7 119.0
Source:NOAA[18][19]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1890247—
19003,2751,225.9%
19107,016114.2%
192010,03443.0%
193016,04659.9%
194017,1947.2%
195021,58425.5%
196031,44045.7%
197036,73316.8%
198048,75032.7%
199053,5899.9%
200057,7377.7%
201065,49613.4%
202071,0728.5%
U.S. Decennial Census[20]
2018 Estimate[21]

The state-recognized Cher-O-Creek Intra Tribal Indians were in Dothan.[22]They descended from members of theCherokeeandCreekpeoples who occupied this area and resisted removal to Indian Territory in the 1830s.[23]

2020 census

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Dothan racial composition[24]
Race Num. Perc.
White(non-Hispanic) 39,834 56.05%
Black or African American(non-Hispanic) 23,755 33.42%
Native American 180 0.25%
Asian 1,124 1.58%
Pacific Islander 44 0.06%
Other/Mixed 3,004 4.23%
HispanicorLatino 3,131 4.41%

As of the2020 United States census,there were 71,072 people, 27,103 households, and 16,607 families residing in the city.

Government

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Houston County Courthouse in Dothan

Dothan is governed by a mayor andcity council(called the "board of commissioners" ), with acity manageremployed to manage city affairs.[25]The city is divided into six council districts, with one commissioner elected from eachsingle-member districtto a four-year term. Members of the commission serve part-time and are responsible for drafting all city ordinances and policies and appropriation of city funds. Dothan's mayor is elected at-large for four years and serves as a member of the board of commissioners. The city manager implements the board's policies and manages the city's day-to-day operations, including hiring, managing and firing the heads of city government departments. A total of 999 full-time and 215 part-time employees work for Dothan's city agencies, including police, fire, clerical, judicial, finance, public works and utilities.[26]

As of 2024, the mayor was Mark Saliba and the city manager was Open. Larry H. Williams served as city fire chief and Will Benny was police chief.[25][27][28]

Dothan is inAlabama's 2nd congressional district;its representative (as of 2021) isBarry Moore.The city is divided among three different state senate districts (28, 29 and 31)[29]and four state representative districts (85, 86, 87 and 93).[30]

Education

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Most K-12 students in Dothan and Houston County attendDothan City Schools[31]orHouston County Schools.[32]Others attend local private schools, such asHouston Academy,[33]Providence Christian School,[34]Northside Methodist Academy,[35]Emmanuel Christian School,[36]and Westgate Christian School.[37]Institutes of higher education includeFortis College,Troy UniversityDothan Campus,[38]Wallace Community College,Bethany Divinity College & Seminary,[39]and theAlabama College of Osteopathic Medicine.[40]

Infrastructure

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Airport

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Dothan Regional Airportis served byDelta Air Linesand Aero-One Aviation as of September 2017. The airport was established at the former Army airbase atNapier Fieldin 1965, after then-Mayor Richmond McClintock started a push to move the airport in the early 1950s. Jet services began in 1968 withSouthern Airways' acquisition ofDC-9aircraft, and continue today using theCRJ-200regional passenger jet.[41]

Unlike many municipal airports in the U.S., the Dothan airport is entirely self-supporting, operating without tax-generated funding. All airport revenue is generated by rental and other user fees charged to patrons and tenants of the facility.[42]

The airport serves as the local National Weather Service's weather observation station.[43]

Roadways

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U.S. Routes84,231,and431run through Dothan along various parts ofRoss Clark Circle(AL-210), the bypass encircling the city. U.S. 84 runs along the northern part of the bypass from west to east, leading east 55 mi (89 km) toBainbridge,Georgiaand west 30 mi (48 km) toEnterprise.U.S. 231 runs along the western part of the bypass from south to north, leading northwest 56 mi (90 km) toTroyand south 83 mi (134 km) toPanama City,Florida.U.S. 431 begins its path northward at the southern end of Ross Clark Circle, and runs along the eastern part of the bypass, leading north 51 mi (82 km) toEufaula.Other highways that run through Dothan include Alabama State Routes52and53.Dothan is currently the only city in Alabama's top ten largest that does not have Interstate access, with the closest Interstate beingInterstate 10that runs 32 miles to the south.

Transit

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Although passenger trains no longer operate through Dothan, the 1907Dothan stationstill stands.Greyhound Bus Linesmaintains a station in town.[44]Dothan does not have regularly scheduled public transportation, but offersdial-a-rideservice through its nonprofit Wiregrass Transit Authority.[45]

Religion

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The largest Christian denomination in Dothan is theSouthern Baptistchurch.[46]There are alsoAnglican,Churches of Christ,Methodist,Presbyterian,Lutheran,AME,Freewill Baptist,Episcopal,United Pentecostal,Assemblies of God,Seventh-day Adventistand variousEvangelicalchurches serving Dothan'sProtestantcommunity. Saint Michael's Orthodox Church[47]is anAntiochian Orthodox Church,serving the orthodox community in Dothan and the Wiregrass. St. ColumbaCatholic Church serves Dothan'sRoman Catholics.[48]Dothan hosts aReform Judaismsynagogue, Temple Emanu-El,[49]which became nationally famous in 2008 when the congregation offered Jewish families as much as $50,000 to relocate to Dothan to build up the community.[50]The city is also home to twomosques,[51]two Wards ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,[52]a Kingdom Hall ofJehovah's Witnesses.[53]

Media

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Dothan is served by a daily newspaper, theDothan Eagle,[54]a weekly newspaper, theDothan Progress,[55]and a blog,Rickey Stokes News.[56]It has four television stations,WRGX-LD 23(NBC),[57]WDFX 34(FOX),[58]WDHN 18(ABC) and the oldest television station in southeastern Alabama,WTVY 4(CBS/MyNetworkTV/CW).WOW!,ComcastandSpectrum(formerlyTime Warner Cable) providecable televisionservice.DirecTVandDish Networkprovidedirect broadcast satellitetelevision, including local and national channels. The city is also served by several radio stations; among the oldest is 560WOOF-AM,which went on the air as an AM station in 1947; 99.7WOOF-FMwent on the air in 1964.[59]As of 2020, the radio formats in Dothan are top 40/CHR/pop (106.7WKMX), adult contemporary (107.7W299BX,99.7WOOF-FM), classical (88.7WRWA), Christian (94.3WIZB), rock (100.5WJRL-FM), classic hits (102.5WESP), country (95.5WTVY-FM,105.3WECB), rap/hip hop/urban (700/105.9WARB/W290DG), urban adult contemporary (93.1WBBK-FM), talk radio (103.9WDBT), and sports (560/101.1/107.1WOOF-AM/W261AT/W296DQ).[60]Dothan Magazine[61]offers a bimonthly, people-focused viewpoint of the Dothan area keeping readers up to date on the latest community events, trends and issues. Archived issues ofDothan Magazineare online.[62]

Sports

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Dothan hostedminor league baseballteams from 1915 to 1917, with theDothanteam (AL-FL-GA League andDixie League) and from 1936 to 1962 (AL-FL League,GA-FL Leagueand AL State League). Teams were known at varying times as the Boll Weevils,Dothan Browns,Rebels, Cardinals and Phillies.Major Leagueaffiliations were maintained in later years with theSt. Louis Cardinalsand thePhiladelphia Phillies.All teams played at the "D" league level, a defunct minor-league classification that represented the entry or "rookie" level in the minors. Ballparks included Baker Field, City Park, Stadium Park, Jill Alexander Miracle Field and the Wiregrass Memorial Stadium.[63]

The city served host to theUltimate Fighting Championshipon February 7, 1997, at the Dothan Civic Center Arena.[64]

Dothan was selected as one of 11 Alabama sites for a course on theRobert Trent JonesGolf Trail.[65]

Further information:Dothan National Golf Club

In 2007–10, Dothan was recognized as part of the "Playful City USA" initiative byKaBOOM!,created to honor cities that ensure that their children have great places to play.[66]

Economy

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Dothan has a diverse economy.Agricultureis the largest industry, though retail sales and restaurants have experienced a rapid growth in recent years. Peanut production remains a mainstay of the agricultural sector, but cotton is gaining in importance.Tomatoproduction is significant as well, especially in the nearby town ofSlocomb,which styles itself "the Tomato Capital of the World".[67]

Top employers

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According to the city's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[68]the top employers in the city are:

# Employer Employees
1 Southeast Alabama Medical Center 2,500
2 Dothan City&Houston County Schools 1,973
3 Flowers Hospital 1,100
4 City of Dothan 927
5 Southern Nuclear(Farley) 860
6 Perdue Farms 800
7 Michelin 542
8 Houston County 430
9 AAA Cooper 425
10 Twitchell 387

Crime

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According to records available on a police violence tracking website, police have killed 20 people directly or indirectly between 2000 and 2020. Most of the victims were shot, tasered or asphyxiated.[69]Particularly brutal was the killing of a man at a local animal shelter over his refusal to show proper identification to police.[70]A federal judge cleared the police officer after body camera footage showed that the man had taken the officer's taser and attempted to use it on the officer during an altercation.[71]In 2021, the city of Dothan settled a lawsuit with a payment of $250,000.[72]

Culture

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Festivals

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The National Peanut Festival occurs annually in November and attracts up to 200,000 visitors. The festival hosts a wide variety of carnival rides, games, live music, and competitions. A large midway, entertainment by nationally known recording artists, and the largest parade in the area are featured attractions.On the last day of the fair, a peanut festival parade takes place in downtown Dothan.[73]

Dothan is also home to two professionalbarbecuecompetitions. The Tri-State BBQ Festival is held the second weekend in April, and is sanctioned by the Florida Bar-B-Que Association. It was begun in 2006 and is currently put on at the Houston County Farm Center. PorktoberQue, an Oktoberfest and Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) sanctioned event, is held the last weekend of September in Dothan at the same location as the Peanut Festival.

Museums and monuments

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TheUS Army Aviation Museum,at nearbyFort Novosel,houses one of the largest helicopter collections in the world. The museum focuses on the role of fixed and rotary-wing flight in the U.S. Army. The exhibits depict over 100 years of Army aviation, and include a number of life sizedioramas,films, and interpretive material.

The George Washington Carver Museum relates the story of the African-American genius and offers information on African cultures and their influences on the world, prominent African-American scientists, explorers and inventors, and the positive contributions African Americans have made in military affairs and social development.[74]

TheWiregrass Museum of Art,in the city's original power and water plant (1913), features ongoing exhibitions of visual and decorative art. Its permanent collection includes works by contemporarySoutheasternartists such asDale Kennington,Frank Flemming, Dale Lewis and Cal Breed, as well by nationally recognized artists includingFrank StellaandJim Dine.The museum was organized in 1989 by private citizens and the City of Dothan; it is operated by the Wiregrass Museum of Art, Inc., a 501(c)3 organization.[75]

Wiregrass Museum of Art

Art and theatre scene

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Southeast Alabama Community Theater offers live entertainment and theatrical productions for the Dothan community.[76]

Spark Theater Company is a nonprofit theater company and performing-arts educational program. Spark Theater offers several public theater productions each year by Dothan-area youth and teens, an after-school theater program, as well as supplemental theater classes for the public school system.[77]

Notable public art

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TheJosephstatue at Millennium Park is a ten-foot castbronzesculpture in the downtown area. It represents the Bible verse "For I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan" (Genesis 37:17), on which the town based its name.[78]

Peanuts Around Townis a public art project organized by The Downtown Group, consisting of 5-foot-tall (1.5 m) peanut sculptures decorated in various fashions and displayed around Dothan.[79]

"Wiregrass Festival of Murals" is an ongoing project offering historic murals painted by nationally and internationally acclaimed muralists on walls of buildings in the downtown historic district. Guided tours are available upon request.[80]

Local music

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TheDothan Opera House,built in 1915, features theatre performances, concerts,symphonies,ballet performances, and other cultural events. Tours are available upon request.[81]

Music South, formerly the Southern Alabama Symphony Association, offers a wide variety of musical performances, from classical symphony performances to jazz, African and other musical styles. "Music by Moonlight" offers four free concerts per year at Dothan's Landmark Park, featuring classical, jazz, Celtic and bluegrass musicians, among others.[82]

Patti Rutland Jazzis a professional contemporary jazz and hip-hop dance company in Dothan. The company produces two full-length jazz and hip-hop theatrical dance productions yearly (one in late February and one in early June) at its home in the Cultural Arts Center,[83]as well as at Dothan's historical landmark Opera House. Patti Rutland Jazz operates as a nonprofit501(c)(3) organization whose core mission is to offer its dancers to the Wiregrass Region to assist underserved youths with free dance classes. This mutually beneficial program hopes to make Dothan a destination for, and a source of, future professional dance talent in the United States.[84]

Area attractions

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Dothan Area Botanical Gardens
  • The Dothan Area Botanical Gardens include 50 acres (20 ha) of cultivated gardens and undeveloped, wooded landscapes.
  • Landmark Park is a 135-acre (55 ha) park built to preserve the natural and cultural heritage of southeast Alabama's Wiregrass Region and serves as Alabama's official museum of agriculture.
  • Highland Oaks Golf Course is part of Alabama'sRobert Trent Jones Golf Trail.[85]
  • The "World's Smallest City Block" is behind the Dothan City Civic Center between North Appletree Street, North College Street, and East Troy Street.[86]

Notable people

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