Georgetown Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1955.

From the record

One of 19 National Register listings published here for Seminole County · listed in 2020 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. East 2nd St., Mellonville, Celery, and Sanford Aves., Sanford, 32771
When was it listed? October 2020
Category. district
Census division. Sanford
National Register reference number. 100005670 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Georgetown Historic District between 1992 and 2018, burning about 368 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 7 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
Railroad operations and maintenance	26
Natural	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Arson/incendiarism	7
Debris and open burning	6
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	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
27 September 2010	Natural	4.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	WF-64-REED ELLIS
2 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
8 August 2006	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	WF-STONE ISLAND ROAD
5 August 2006	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	WF- LINCOLN
26 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
22 August 1993	Natural	20 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
19 August 1993	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
15 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	2575 ENTERPRISE-OSTEEN RD. (64)

Every fire recorded in Seminole County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Georgetown Historic District: 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. 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
Cds Trucking Corporation - Club Ii Mine	Clay	Unknown
Marquette Shores, Inc. - Marquette Shores Mine	Sand	Unknown
White Construction Co. - S.R. 427 Mine	Sand	Producer
White Construction Company, Inc. - Fdot Mine	Sand	Unknown
White Construction Company, Inc. - Pineway Mine	Sand	Unknown

Every working recorded in Seminole County

Storms near this property

29 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sanford, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 17 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 4 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
October 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Sanford	1 killed, 1 hurt	The large circulation around Hurricane Michael located near the western tip of Cuba combined with high pressure to the north caused quick-moving showers with gusty winds to move west across central Florida from the Atlantic. As these showers moved over inland lakes, wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph occurred. A boat containing two men who were fishing on Lake Monroe capsized due to choppy seas created by the gusty winds. One man, who was wearing a non-secured life vest, drifted away from the boat and was found deceased the following day. The other man retrieved his lift vest while hanging onto the side of the boat and was rescued nearly 24 hours later. He was transported to a local hospital, suffering from hypothermia and exhaustion and was later released.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Sanford	2 hurt, $80,000	Thunderstorm winds produced widespread damage along the marina area of Sanford. A hotel, several boats, dock houses, and an office building suffered damage. Two people were injured when their car windows were blown out.
August 1997	Lightning	Sanford	1 hurt	A 41 year old woman was injured by lightning while standing next to a window in a house.
February 1998	Tornado (F0)	Sanford	$200,000	A small F-0 tornado touched down in Sanford destroying the roof on a log cabin house.
August 2002	Flash Flood	Sanford	$60,000	Three inches of rapid rainfall flooded streets and six homes in Sanford.
January 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Sanford	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in the Sanford area. The fallen trees damaged two mobile homes and a house.
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Sanford	$45,000	Thunderstorm winds blew a large tree on to a house causing extensive damage.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Sanford	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and damaged pool screens.
March 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Sanford	$500	Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
September 2021	Flash Flood	Sanford	-	Between 4 and 6 inches of rain fell during the late afternoon hours in portions of northern Seminole County. Heavy thunderstorms that were nearly stationary produced significant rainfall accumulations in approximately 2 hours, and this resulted in localized flash flooding in the Sanford area. Standing water reached at least 2 feet in some spots, resulting in numerous road closure and several stalled vehicles. Flood waters briefly entered one home and several nearby garages. Several businesses in Downtown Sanford along 1st Street reported having 2-3 inches of water inside their establishments.
May 2020	Hail	Sanford	-	A trained spotter reported penny sized hail in Downtown Sanford near the intersection of Magnolia Avenue and East First Street.
September 2017	Flood	Sanford	-	Rainbands associated with Hurricane Irma produced rainfall totals between 10 and 13 inches, resulting in areas of urban and poor drainage flooding. Numerous roadways were impacted by significant levels of standing water and many retention ponds reached capacity or overflowed. The most impacted areas occurred within Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Longwood and Sanford.
February 2014	Hail	Sanford	-	A retired NWS employee observed quarter-sized hail just west of Sanford.
May 2014	Hail	Sanford	-	An Orlando TV station relayed a report from the public of quarter-sized hail at the Sanford Memorial Stadium.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Sanford	-	Sanford airport recorded a thunderstorm wind gust to 58 MPH.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Sanford	-	The Sanford airport ASOS recorded a wind gust to 67 knots (76 mph).
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Sanford	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down large branches and power lines in Sanford. Some minor street flooding was also reported.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Sanford	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down trees blocking Highway 46 just east of Sanford.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Sanford	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines in the Sanford area.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Sanford	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines in Sanford.
March 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Sanford	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and a large tree branch in Sanford. Sanford airport reported a wind gust to 54 mph.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Sanford	-	Thunderstorm wind blew down trees over much of Sanford and the Maitland areas.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Sanford	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down large signs and damaged a railroad crossing gate.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Sanford	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees in Sanford.
October 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Sanford	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down trees near Sanford and power lines near Oviedo.
June 2004	Hail	Sanford	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Sanford	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Sanford	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Sanford	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Seminole County

Maps showing this location

6 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings

Listed places nearby

6 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
St. James A. M. E. Church	0.2 miles	1992
Hopper Academy	0.3 miles	2015
Ritz Theater	0.5 miles	2001
Sanford Residential Historic District	0.5 miles	1989
Old Fernald-Laughton Memorial Hospital	0.5 miles	1987
Sanford Commercial District	0.6 miles	1976

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100005670 in Record Group 79.
Seminole County	All 19 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.