[5] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1891 as the "Town of Dexter".

[7] Georgia State Route 257 is the town's Main Street; the highway leads northeast 12 miles (19 km) to Dublin, the county seat, and southwest 6 miles (10 km) to Chester.

[8] The town sits on a low ridge between Boggy Branch to the north and Stitchihatchie Creek to the south.

Both streams flow northeast to Rocky Creek, part of the Oconee River watershed.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 655 people, 271 households, and 215 families residing in the town.