Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Depot

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Depot was a train station in Headland, Alabama, United States. The depot was constructed in 1893 by the Abbeville Southern Railway, which built a line to connect Abbeville with the Alabama Midland Railway at Grimes.”
Wikipedia article Headland station, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Henry County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
Address. Broad St., Headland, 36345
When was it listed? September 1980
Category. building
Census division. Headland-Newville
National Register reference number. 80000687 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

41 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Depot between 1998 and 2020, burning about 220 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Debris and open burning	13
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Arson/incendiarism	2
Natural	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
2 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	SER-20140902-001
14 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 2020	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20200809-6
26 August 2000	Natural	14 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
26 July 2020	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20200726-1
6 June 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	42 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 June 2013	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	SER-20130605-001
5 June 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Depot: 5 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Harbison-Walker Refractories Pit	Aluminum, Kaolin	Past Producer
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed Deposit	Iron	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Henry County

Storms near this property

36 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Headland, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 22 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 4 hail, 3 tornado. The reports record 8 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
December 2002	Tornado (F1)	Headland	8 hurt, $2,000,000	A tornado touched down in Headland, north of County Road 99 and U.S.Highway 431. The tornado caused extensive roof damage to several homes, businesses, and a school. It damaged six planes and a hanger at the Headland Airport. The tornado raced east-northeast, and destroyed a few barns and damaged a few mobile homes in the Tumbleton/Camp Springs area. The worst damage occurred in Haleburg where several mobile homes and barns were destroyed, with damage to a local church. Eight persons were injured, with six of them hospitalized. The tornado crossed the Chattahoochee River into Georgia. Reported by the Henry County EMA.
February 2016	Tornado (EF1)	Headland	$50,000	This tornado was the fifth tornado to be spawned by the same parent thunderstorm in southeast Alabama, this time in Henry county. The tornado initially developed near CR-83 and the city limits of Headland, where large trees were uprooted. The tornado crossed a wooded area near a creek and then ended near Knowles Road and CR-16 where a house had roof damage, an RV was overturned, a shed was destroyed, and some large trees were uprooted. This tornado was rated EF1 with max winds estimated near 100 mph. Damage cost was estimated.
November 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	$50,000	Straight-line winds downed numerous trees, limbs and power lines throughout the city. Phone lines were out as well. Equipment and building damage was reported at the city's recreation park. Power outages affected much of the city.
November 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	$20,000	Roofing material was blown off Headland High School and into portions of Headland Elementary School. The roofing material caused additional damage on the ground, including damaged power lines, a destroyed breezeway, and broken light poles. The material all blew off to the northeast suggesting straight line winds around 70 mph. No other significant damage was noted around the schools. Damage cost was estimated.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	$10,000	Multiple trees were blown down in the Headland area. A wooden swing set was blown into a fence. Damage was estimated.
June 2003	Flash Flood	Headland	$5,000	Torrential rainfall from thunderstorms flooded numerous streets in Headland. Reported by the Henry County EMA.
September 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	$3,000	Trees and power lines were blown down across Henry county.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	$3,000	Trees and power lines were down on State Highway 134 and throughout the Headland area.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	$2,000	A privacy fence was blown down in the Headland area.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	$2,000	A tree was blown down onto power lines near Headland resulting in power outages.
March 2021	Tornado (EF0)	Headland	$2,000	An EF0 tornado touched down in northwestern Houston County near Cedar Creek. Small trees and branches were snapped along Faulkner Rd and Suggs Rd. A carport on Suggs Rd sustained damage. The tornado then tracked northeast into Henry County, snapping some small trees and branches along Burdeshow Rd before lifting just south of Headland. Max winds were estimated around 80 mph.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	$2,000	The public reported that the roof on their porch blew off in Headland. Monetary damage was estimated.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	$2,000	Power lines down on State Road 134. Reported by the Henry County EMA.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	$2,000	Thunderstorm wind downed trees and power lines in Headland according to the Emergency Management Agency. A house was also struck by lightning causing significant damage in a resulting fire.
January 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	$2,000	no account filed
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	$1,000	A tree blew down onto Solomon Road.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	$1,000	Several downed trees reported by the Henry County Sheriff.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	$1,000	A few downed power lines reported by the Henry County Sheriff.
April 1996	Hail	Headland	$1,000	no account filed
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	$500	A few downed trees reported by the Henry County EMA.
January 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	-	A tree was blown down in Headland.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	-	A tree was blown down along Highway 431 near the border of Henry and Houston counties.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	-	A tree was blown down across Holman Dr.
September 2024	Flash Flood	Headland	-	Flash flooding was reported across Headland with road closures and over 9 inches of rain in a 5 hour period.
September 2024	Flash Flood	Headland	-	The public reported that County Road 22 was underwater.
September 2024	Flash Flood	Headland	-	The public reported that Boynton Street was closed due to flooding.
March 2024	Flash Flood	Headland	-	Flooding was reported in a neighborhood in Headland with water surrounding houses.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	-	A tree was blown down onto Solomon Road.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	-	The public estimated wind gusts of 60 mph in Headland.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	-	Two trees were blown down along County Road 55.
May 2012	Hail	Headland	-	A picture was posted on facebook of hail estimated at quarter size near Headland.
June 2008	Funnel Cloud	Headland	-	A funnel cloud was sighted just west of U.S. Highway 431.
September 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Headland	-	A few trees were blown down in Headland.
December 2005	Hail	Headland	-	The Headland Fire Department reported golf ball size hail.
May 2004	Funnel Cloud	Headland	-	A funnel cloud was reported by the public.
May 2002	Hail	Headland	-	Dime size hail reported by the Henry County Sheriff.

Every storm recorded in Henry County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Headland Commercial Historic District	0.1 miles	2024

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80000687 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Henry County	All 4 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.