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Gadsden County, Florida

55 topographic sheets cover 38 settlements here, and 18 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

18 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Florida within the United States
Gadsden County within Florida

What the record shows

  • 482 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 18 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 16 buildings and 2 districts.
  • 11 of the 18 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 38 populated places in this county; 38 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

18

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Chattahoochee Historic Districtdistrict2020100005240
Joshua Davis Housebuilding197575000554
Dezell Housebuilding200606000358
Willoughby Gregory Housebuilding198383003520
Gretna Schoolbuilding200808000502
E. C. Love Housebuilding197474000626
John Lee McFarlin Housebuilding197474000627
Dr. Malcolm Nicholson Farmhousebuilding199494001272
Northside High Schoolbuilding2019100003408
Old Philadelphia Presbyterian Churchbuilding197575000557
Planter's Exchange, Inc.building199999001147
Quincy Historic Districtdistrict197878000942
Quincy Librarybuilding197474000628
Quincy Woman's Clubbuilding197575000555
E. B. Shelfer Housebuilding197575000556
Stockton-Curry Housebuilding197474000629
U.S. Arsenal-Officers Quartersbuilding197373000578
Judge P. W. White Housebuilding197272000319

The county from the air

46 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,227 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 46 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-03-01, scale 1:23600
1952-03-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-03-01, scale 1:23600
1952-03-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-03-01, scale 1:23600
1952-03-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-03-01, scale 1:23600
1952-03-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-07, scale 1:20500
1967-03-07, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-07, scale 1:20500
1967-03-07, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-07, scale 1:20500
1967-03-07, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-07, scale 1:20500
1967-03-07, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1942-11-04, scale 1:43100
1942-11-04, scale 1:43100. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1942-11-04, scale 1:43100
1942-11-04, scale 1:43100. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1942-11-04, scale 1:43100
1942-11-04, scale 1:43100. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1942-11-04, scale 1:43100
1942-11-04, scale 1:43100. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-03-22, scale 1:43200
1947-03-22, scale 1:43200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-03-22, scale 1:43200
1947-03-22, scale 1:43200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-03-22, scale 1:43200
1947-03-22, scale 1:43200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-03-22, scale 1:43200
1947-03-22, scale 1:43200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-02-03, scale 1:57000
1951-02-03, scale 1:57000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-02-03, scale 1:60000
1951-02-03, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-02-03, scale 1:60000
1951-02-03, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-02-03, scale 1:60000
1951-02-03, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-02-18, scale 1:14400
1954-02-18, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-02-18, scale 1:14400
1954-02-18, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-02-18, scale 1:14400
1954-02-18, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-02-18, scale 1:14400
1954-02-18, scale 1:14400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-01-09, scale 1:20500
1970-01-09, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-01-09, scale 1:20500
1970-01-09, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-01-09, scale 1:20500
1970-01-09, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-01-09, scale 1:20500
1970-01-09, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-01, scale 1:30800
1974-02-01, scale 1:30800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-01, scale 1:30800
1974-02-01, scale 1:30800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-02-01, scale 1:20500
1975-02-01, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-02-01, scale 1:20500
1975-02-01, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-02-01, scale 1:20500
1975-02-01, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-02-01, scale 1:20500
1975-02-01, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-01-09, scale 1:80000
1976-01-09, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-01-09, scale 1:80000
1976-01-09, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-01-09, scale 1:80000
1976-01-09, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-01-09, scale 1:80000
1976-01-09, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-05, scale 1:80000
1978-03-05, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-05, scale 1:80000
1978-03-05, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-05, scale 1:80000
1978-03-05, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-05, scale 1:80000
1978-03-05, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-15, scale 1:64416
1979-11-15, scale 1:64416. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-15, scale 1:64416
1979-11-15, scale 1:64416. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-15, scale 1:64416
1979-11-15, scale 1:64416. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-15, scale 1:64416
1979-11-15, scale 1:64416. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

13 stations, 8 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

36 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 20-1Havana town - That part north of Old Spanish Trail, Fourth W. and Ninth Ave.
  • 20-2Havana town - That part south of Old Spanish Trail, Fourth W. and Ninth Ave.
  • 20-3Commissioner's District 1 - That part south and east of State Hwy. 12 and northeast of State Hwy. 63, outside Havana town
  • 20-4Commissioner's District 1 - That part north and west of State Hwy. 12 and U.S. Hwy. 90, outside Havana town
  • 20-5Commissioner's District 1 - That part southeast of U.S. Hwy. 90, southwest of State Hwy. 63 and northeast of State Hwy. 10, out iide Havana town
  • 20-6Commissioner's District 1 - That part southwest of State Hwy. 10
  • 20-7Quincy city - That part in Commissioner's District 2 Bounded by City limits; City limits; State Rd. 76, Jefferson; Commissioner's District line, Washington, Adams, King and Medison
  • 20-8Quincy city - That part in Commissioner's District 2 Bounded by Seaboard Air Line Railway, City limits; Madison; King; 8th, Bonita Ave., Seaboard Air Line Railway
  • 20-9Quincy city - That part in Commissioner's District 2 Bounded by City limits; Seaboard Air Line Railway; King; 14th
  • 20-10Quincy city - That part in Commissioner's District 2 Bounded by Seaboard Air Line Railway, Bonita Ave., 8th, and King; Adams; Washington; Seaboard Air Line Railway
  • 20-11Quincy city - That part in Commissioner's District 5 Bounded by Crawford, Duval, Jefferson; State Hwy. 76, City limits; City limits; Seaboard Air Line Railway, Live Oak, Cooper, 4th, Key
  • 20-12Quincy city - That part in Commissioner's District 5 Bounded by Washington, Commissioner's District line, Jefferson; Duval, Crawford, Key 4th, Cooper, Live; Oak; Seaboard Air Line Railway
  • 20-13Quincy city - That part in Commissioner's District 5 Bounded by City limits; 14th, King, Seaboard Air Line Railway; City limits; City limits
  • 20-14District 2, Outside Quincy city: Commissioner's District 2 - That part northeast of Willocoochee Creek, northwest of State Hwy. 12 and east of State Hwy. 65, outside Quincy city
  • 20-15Commissioner's District 2 - That part west of State Hwy. 65, outside Quincy city
  • 20-16Commissioner's District 2 - That part southwest of Willocoochee Creek and southeast of State Hwy. 12, outside Quincy city (Remainder of Commissioner's District 2 is in Quincy city)
  • 20-17Commissioner's District 3: Chattahoochee town: Chattahoochee town - That part, excluding Florida State Hospital (Part) Bounded by Town limits; Town limits; Spanish Trail; Decatur
  • 20-18Harder Hall (In Sebring city, Commissioner's District 5)
  • 20-19Chattahoochee town - That part Bounded by Town limits; Decatur, Spanish Trail, Main; Mosquito Creek; Town limits
  • 20-20Chattahoochee town - That part Bounded by Spanish Trail; Town limits; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Mosquito; Creek; Main
  • 20-21Chattahoochee town - That part Bounded by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Town limits; Town limits; Town limits
  • 20-22Chattahoochee town - That part Bounded by Mosquito Creek; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Town limits
  • 20-23Commissioner's District 3 - That part northeast of State Hwy. 10 and east of Greensboro - Faceville Rd.
  • 20-24Commissioner's District 3 - That part southwest of State Hwy. 10 and east of Greensboro - Faceville Rd.
  • 20-25Commissioner's District 3 - That part west of Greensboro - Faceville Rd. and east of State Hwy. 269, outside Chattahoochee town, and excluding Florida State Hospital (Part)
  • 20-26Florida State Hospital (part) (In Commissioner's District 3) (Remainder of Florida State Hospital is in Chattahoochee town)
  • 20-27Commissioner's District 3 - That part west of State Hwy. 269, outside Chattahoochee town
  • 20-28Commissioner's District 4: Greensboro town
  • 20-29Commissioner's District 4 - That part southeast of State Hwy. 12, outside Greensboro town
  • 20-30Commissioner's District 4 - That part northwest of State Hwy. 12, outside Greensboro town
  • 20-31Commissioner's District 5 - That part north of State Hwy. 12 and east of State Hwy. 10, outside Quincy city
  • 20-32Commissioner's District 5 - That part west of State Hwy. 10 and north of State Hwy. 12
  • 20-33Commissioner's District 5 - That part south of State Hwy. 12, west of State Hwy. 267 and north of Rocky Comfort Creek, outside Quincy city
  • 20-34Commissioner's District 5 - That part south of Rocky Comfort Creek and east of State Hwy. 267, outside Quincy city (Remainder of Commissioner's District 5 is in Quincy city)
  • 20-35AGretna town - That part Bounded by Town limits; Town limits; Town limits; State Hwy. 10 (Main)
  • 20-35BGretna town - That part Bounded by Town limits; State Hwy. 10 (Main); Town limits; Town limits

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

766 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 766 of them, burning about 4,810 acres. 28 started naturally and 25 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning268
Railroad operations and maintenance208
Missing data/not specified/undetermined116
Equipment and vehicle use44
Natural28
Arson/incendiarism25
Smoking25
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Recreation and ceremony12
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Other causes6
Fireworks2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenance187 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1993Natural160 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 February 1992Railroad operations and maintenance136 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 February 2005Debris and open burning80 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBARBER RD
3 October 2010Debris and open burning80 acresFlorida Forest Service(20) BALL PARK FIRE 2010-04-0486
4 July 2019Natural75 acresFlorida Forest ServiceINDEPENDENCE (20)
9 April 2015Debris and open burning75 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCANE CREEK FIRE (20)
4 March 2006Debris and open burning75 acresFlorida Forest Service(20) HORSESHOE RD FIRE

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1957 to 2026

60 of 278 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 278 reports for this county, causing 4 deaths, 9 injuries and about $2,898,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind191
Tornado35
Hail31
Flash Flood15
Lightning3
Flood3

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 1974Tornado (F2)not stated1 killed, 4 hurt, $250,000no account filed
June 1997LightningHavana1 killed, 2 hurtno account filed
December 1995Tornado (F2)Mt. Pleasant1 killed, 1 hurt, $30,000A tornado destroyed a mobile home carrying the two residents over 125 yards. The men were found four hours later, one man (50) was dead, the other, his brother, (49) was severely injured. Items from the dwelling were found three miles away. M50MH
July 2024LightningDouglas City1 killedAt 3:30 pm EDT on July 21, 2024, an employee working as a roofer for a roofing contractor was installing a single ply roof over an existing metal roof when a storm approached. As the crew was covering up their tools, the employee was struck by lightning. The employee died from multiple injuries due to the lightning strike.
February 2008Tornado (EF1)Mt Pleasant1 hurt, $200,000The tornado touched down just south of Interstate 10 at Mile Marker 168. An tractor-trailer was blown over on the interstate with only minor injuries to the driver. The next area of damage was just east of the community of Hardaway, or three miles north of the interstate. At this location numerous trees were snapped or uprooted with minor damage to two mobile homes. A 19-foot boat was flipped over and shed were destroyed on Finnuff Road. More significant damage was observed in the community of Mt Pleasant where a few homes were damaged. A home on B.W. Martin Road sustained complete roof failure and a loss of a free standing carport. The metal sheeting was scattered through the neighboring field and twisted like rope. About a mile north of U.S. Highway 90 on Mt Pleasant Road, two homes sustained severe roof damage with large oak trees uprooted around the homes. At this location, the tornado reached its peak intensity of EF1 with a path width of 150 yards prior to lifting as the parent supercell storm traveled northeast.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindAltschul1 hurt, $30,000A roof was blown off a house and several trees were down along Rich Bay Road. A downed tree fell through a mobile home and injured the lone occupant.
April 1979Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
December 1969Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 1968Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 1961Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
November 1961Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
October 1997Tornado (F1)Midway$200,000Four F1 tornado touchdowns. Numerous 12-24" diameter trees uprooted on Gadsden County Road 159. Considerable debris on Florida Highway 27 five miles NE of Midway. Power outages in Midway.
August 2008Flash FloodMidway$100,000Many roads and low lying areas in the eastern portion of the county were flooded.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindCentral Portion$100,000Numerous downed trees and power poles. Downed trees littered Interstate 10 at the Greensboro exit causing a series of minor traffic accidents. Several road signs were blown over. High winds forced a semi-truck onto an embankment. Reported by the Gadsden County EMA.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Sawdust$75,000The tornado touched down in Gadsden county, initially damaging an old barn or farm building. The tornado track southeastward, snapping and uprooting trees through the remainder of Gadsden County before crossing the Ochlockonee River and entering western Leon County just southwest of U.S. 90. The Gadsden portion of this tornado is rated EF1.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindQuincy$75,000Trees were blown down across the county with 5-8 homes with minor to major damage in Quincy. Numerous roads were blocked by downed trees. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Gretna$50,000The tornado touched down northeast of Gretna, FL in a field south of M&M Lane and moved northeast through a community with the final piece of damage being seen on Bainbridge highway. The majority of the damage was uprooted and snapped trees as well as some siding, roof and undercarriage damage on manufactured homes. The areas to the northeast and southwest were extensively surveyed but no additional damage was found.
March 2019Tornado (EF1)Greensboro$50,000This EF-1 tornado touched down just west of Pat Thomas Highway, FL Route 267, and just north of Cox Lane. The tornado flipped a single-wide mobile home upside down. On the opposite side of the highway, a couple of large pine trees snapped, one of which crashed through the roof of a home narrowly crushing a couple that were in bed at the time. Fortunately, no one was injured. The tornado continued east southeast roughly paralleling the CSX tracks. An aerial survey showed trees snapped along the route. Ground surveys showed damage to homes along Jim Williams road. The tornado reached its greatest strength at this point, snapping a few small utility poles, removing about half the roof of one home and damaging a couple of others. The tornado lifted just beyond the end of this road. Damage cost was estimated.
November 2014Tornado (EF1)Sycamore$50,000This is a continuation of the tornado from Calhoun and Liberty counties. The last portion of the damage path was in southwest Gadsden County where the tornado briefly intensified and the damage path narrowed. Another corridor of more significant tree damage was noted near Sycamore Road and Winding Creek Road. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted, and several power poles were snapped. A few homes in this area had some minor damage to the exterior of the structure. Damage in this area was rated EF1. The damage path quickly narrowed thereafter, and the damage became more sporadic, with the last damaged noted along Flat Creek Road just east of Audie Clark Road.||With a total damage path length of 22.3 miles, this was the longest tornado path in the NWS Tallahassee County Warning Area (CWA) since March 1, 2007 (two tornadoes with about a 30mi path length in SE Alabama and SW Georgia during that event).||This is also the longest tornado path in the state of Florida since a February 1, 2007 tornado in Lake and Volusia Counties in central Florida (26 miles).
July 1976Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1974Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1973Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
October 1972Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
October 1972Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
February 1969Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 1967Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMidway$20,000The Midway Fire Department reported that a tree fell on a car on Dupont Road north of Midway.
December 1995Tornado (F1)Hinson$20,000A tornado demolished a small block building and damaged an adjacent store. Pieces of the building's roof was in trees a large pecan tree were uprooted.
June 2004LightningChattahoochee$10,000Lightning damaged a communications tower. Reported by the Gadsden County EMA.
September 2002Flash FloodEast Portion$10,000Up to four inches of rain flooded a few county roads. Minor street flooding was observed in Quincy. Reported by the Gadsden County Sheriff.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindNortheast Portion$10,000Trees and power lines down. Reported by the Gadsden County EMA.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindCountywide$10,000The Gadsden County S.O. reported numerous trees and power lines down with scattered power outages south of Interstate 10.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindChattahoochee$7,000A large oak tree limb was blown onto a home by high winds.
January 2019Thunderstorm WindQuincy$5,000Damage occurred to a radio tower near Quincy.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindFreemont$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down just west of Havana with the most damage centered around Riverview Road.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindChattahoochee$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were down.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindCountywide$5,000Several trees down countywide. A power outage reported in Quincy.
November 1997Thunderstorm WindJuniper$5,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and some power lines near the Liberty-Gadsden county line.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindGreensboro$5,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindChattahoochee$4,000Trees and power lines were blown down across Gadsden county.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLake Talquin$4,000Some power outages were caused by a trees down on power lines in the Lake Talquin area.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHavana$4,000Power lines were blown down in Havana.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindChattahoochee$4,000Large limbs were down on power lines across the county causing power outages. Monetary damage was estimated.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindChattahoochee$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down in the Chattahoochee area.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHinson$3,000A tree fell onto a power line via the Talquin outage map.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindOak Grove$3,000A tree was blown down on power lines off of South Oak Road.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindConcord$3,000Power lines were blown down on Fairbanks Ferry Road.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindBranchville$3,000Power lines were blown down along Point Milligan Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindQuincy$3,000Several trees were blown down throughout Quincy. One tree caught fire as it struck a power line.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindHavana$3,000A pine tree was snapped and a shed was damaged. Monetary damage was estimated.
November 2014Thunderstorm WindLake Talquin$3,000Numerous trees were snapped off at the trunk, and two large pine trees knocked down power lines. A carport was also demolished. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindChattahoochee$3,000Multiple trees were blown down around Chattahoochee.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindQuincy$3,000A tree and power line were blown down in Quincy. Monetary damage was estimated.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindDouglas City$3,000Power lines were blown down along Highway 90 west of Quincy. Monetary damage was estimated.
February 1975Tornado (F0)not stated$2,500no account filed
June 1972Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500no account filed
June 1972Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500no account filed
June 1970Tornado (F2)not stated$2,500no account filed
November 1957Tornado (F2)not stated$2,500no account filed
February 2026Thunderstorm WindMidway$2,000A tree fell on a power line and resulted in a power outage for Talquin's Brickyard substation.

Mines and quarries

36 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 36 workings inside this county. 17 still produce and 19 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Clay15
Sand9
Fullers Earth7
Sand and Gravel, Construction5
Limestone, General1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Radcliff Mat. Inc.(Chattahoochee Plant)Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Chattahoochee DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Dravo Basic Materials - Chattahoochee DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand and Gravel
Norman DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Quincy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Quincy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Floridin - Quincy MineFullers EarthUnknownClay
Floridin Company PitFullers Earth, ClayPast Producer
Havana Clay MineFullers EarthPast Producer
Havana MillFullers EarthPlant
Milwhite, Inc. - Gadsden County/Us27Fullers EarthUnknownClay
Oil-Dri - Fletcher-Mcginnis MineFullers EarthUnknownClay
Unnamed Clay PitFullers EarthPast Producer
Allen's Excabation, Inc. - Weldon's Gadsden MineSandUnknown
C.W. Roberts Contracting, Inc. - Gadsden MineSandUnknown
Capital Asphalt - Capital's PitSandProducer
Capital Asphalt - Davis PitSandProducer
Gadsden Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - Post Plant Road Pit MineSandUnknown
Jimmie Crowder Excava. & Land Cl - Sadberry Road MineSandUnknown
Mitchell Brothers - Midway MineSandProducer
Roberts Sand Co. - Sadberry MineSandProducer
Roberts Sand Company - QuincySandProducer
Chattahoochee PitClayProducer
Englehard Corp. - Swisher MineClayProducerAttapulgite, Montmorillonite
Gadsden Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - Potter Road MineClayUnknown
Gadsden Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - St. Hebron MineClayUnknown
Gasden County MinesClayProducer
Gasden MineClayProducer
Hinson Fla.ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Jamieson Fla.ClayPast ProducerMontmorillonite, Attapulgite
Mccall PitClayProducer
Milwhite Co. Macall MineClayProducerAttapulgite, Montmorillonite
Quincy Fla.ClayPast Producer1895
State Clay PitClayPast Producer
Tallahassee Brick Company PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed Prospect ClayClayPast Producer

Every populated place in the county

38

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Gadsden County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.