Current Grady County, Georgia Population, Demographics and stats in 2016, 2017.
James Arness as Matt Dillon in the television version of Gunsmoke (1956) Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West.
Gunsmoke was set in Dodge City, Kansas, during the thriving cattle days of the 1870s. Dunning notes, The show drew critical acclaim for unprecedented realism. Radio cast and character biographies. The radio series first aired on CBS on April 26, 1952 with the episode Billy the Kid, written by Walter Newman, and ended on June 18, 1961.