were below the poverty line, including 33.1% of those under age 18 and 25.0% of those age 65 or over. Climate Major highways U.S. Route 23 U.S. Route 341 Georgia State Route 27 Georgia State Route 46 Georgia State Route 87 Georgia State Route 117 Recreation Eastman has few recreational activities. The Dodge County Golf Club has a 9-hole golf course, a swimming pool and private golf cart selection. It is positioned next to the railroad tracks that run through the town. It also has a public baseball field located at the former Boys & Girls Club. The Eastman-Dodge County Recreational Fields, located along the Eastman-Dublin Highway (Highway 117), offers the following public sports for kids: football, baseball, tee ball, cheerleading, and soccer. Education Dodge County School District Dodge County students in kindergarten to twelfth grades are in the Dodge County School District, which consists of a pre-K school, two elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school. The district has 210 full-time teachers and over 3,500 students. Dodge PreK School South Dodge Elementary School North Dodge Elementary School Dodge County Middle School Dodge County High School Higher education Middle Georgia State University — Georgia Aviation Campus (previously known as Georgia Aviation Technical College before it merged with the Middle Georgia College). Peabody School Peabody School, also known as Peabody High School, is an historic school building located on Herman Avenue in Eastman, Georgia. Built in 1938, it was designed by Eastman-born American architect Edward Columbus Hosford, who is noted for the courthouses and other buildings that he designed in Florida, Georgia and Texas. In the days of segregation, it was an all-black public school. It was closed in 1970 and its students were integrated into Dodge County High School and other formerly all-white public schools in Dodge County. On November 20, 2004, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It was then vacant and in private ownership. Notable people Terry Coleman, Speaker of the House for 2003-2004 Legislative Session of Georgia General Assembly Leonard Floyd, linebacker for NFL's Los Angeles Rams, formerly Chicago Bears Ira Roe Foster, 19th century polymath, first mayor of Eastman, Quartermaster General of the State of Georgia, state senator and representative, brigadier general in Georgia Militia, built a sawmill in Dodge County Edward Columbus Hosford, architect that created courthouses and later in life constructed specialized buildings. The first courthouse he