Brantley County, Georgia

47 topographic sheets cover 22 settlements here, and 2 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

2 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Georgia within the United States

Brantley County within Georgia

What the record shows

318 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
2 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings.
The Geographic Names Information System records 22 populated places in this county; 22 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

3 photographs, 2017

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Humble local-history mural, produced in the memory of Robert Page by his family in Hoboken, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Characteristic old Georgia building with a pitched tin roof in Nahunta, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Old Coca-Cola sign with some local identification in Hoboken, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

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	Property	Type	Listed	Reference
	Brantley County Courthouse	building	1995	95000712
	Sylvester Mumford House	building	1982	82002386

The county from the air

38 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 1,214 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 38 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, 1950-10-12, scale 1:59000 — 1950-10-12, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-02-22, scale 1:59000 — 1951-02-22, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-01-17, scale 1:60000 — 1956-01-17, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-03-08, scale 1:24000 — 1963-03-08, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-03-25, scale 1:24000 — 1965-03-25, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-05-01, scale 1:40000 — 1968-05-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-03-11, scale 1:15000 — 1969-03-11, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-02-20, scale 1:46000 — 1970-02-20, scale 1:46000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-04-03, scale 1:46000 — 1970-04-03, scale 1:46000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-01, scale 1:76000 — 1973-03-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-05, scale 1:15000 — 1974-02-05, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-02-01, scale 1:15000 — 1975-02-01, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

5 stations, 1 gage

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.

ATKINSON 2 W 1956 to 1992
NAHUNTA 6NE 1956 to 2026, hottest 40.0 C, coldest -16.1 C
NAHUNTA 3 S 1974
NAHUNTA 6 S 2011 to 2026
HORTENSE 4.8 ESE 2011 to 2014

SATILLA RIVER AT ATKINSON, GA 1930 to 2026

The 1950 census, district by district

11 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.

13-1Militia District 334, Waynesville
13-2Militia District 335, Lulaton
13-3Militia District 590, Schlatterville
13-4Militia District 1308, Hortense
13-5Militia District 1493, Atkinson
13-6Militia District 1534, Hoboken: Hoboken city
13-7Militia District 1534, Hoboken - That part outside Hoboken city
13-8Militia District 1565, Nahunta: Nahunta city
13-9Militia District 1565, Nahunta - That part outside Nahunta city
13-10Militia District 1768, Hickox: Hickox town
13-11Militia District 1768, Hickox - That part outside Hickox town

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,984 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,984 of them, burning about 16,235 acres. 341 started naturally and 378 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	846
Arson/incendiarism	378
Natural	341
Equipment and vehicle use	157
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	75
Misuse of fire by a minor	68
Recreation and ceremony	60
Railroad operations and maintenance	38
Smoking	21

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
28 February 2011	Arson/incendiarism	2,228 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-BRANTLEY-080
16 April 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1,778 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	KNEEKNOCKER SWAMP FIRE
26 March 2007	Debris and open burning	1,488 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
12 April 2007	Debris and open burning	696 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FORT MUDGE ROAD
20 May 2008	Misuse of fire by a minor	670 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	BROWNTOWN
17 April 2001	Debris and open burning	635 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2001-BRANTLEY-091
19 June 1998	Natural	510 acres	Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge	GA3
10 June 1998	Debris and open burning	273 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

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

Storms, 1963 to 2025

60 of 222 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 222 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 6 injuries and about $551,100 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	134
Hail	53
Heavy Rain	11
Tornado	8
Funnel Cloud	4
Lightning	4
Flash Flood	3
Flood	3
Winter Storm	2

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

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
March 2024	Tornado (EF2)	Nahunta	5 hurt	A strong EF2 tornado tracked west to east parallel to Georgia Highway 82, about 2.5 to 3 miles SW of Nahunta. Touchdown was near Santa Fe Road. Extensive mobile home damage and tree damage occurred. Some homes were flattened, blown off of their foundations and completely destroyed. One mobile home was blown off of its foundation and launched into the nearby forest resulting in its total destruction along Matthews Cir. A large section of a roof was removed on a home at Matthews Circle. Additional mobile home and tree damage occurred near Long Lake Road and Buffalo Creek Dr.
July 2008	Lightning	Schlatterville	1 hurt	Lightning caused a house fire off of Dyal Road that resulted in 1 fatality and 1 injury. The time of the event was based on radar.
October 1990	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$250,000	no account filed
July 2010	Lightning	Schlatterville	$100,000	The Waycross Journal/Herald reported that lightning struck a 100 year old farmhouse about a mile from Laura Walker State Park during the afternoon. There were no injuries. The time of the fire was approximated based on radar imagery, and the lightning fire persisted into the early morning hours of the following day as fire fighters contained the blaze to just the house that it destroyed. The cost of damage was estimated.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Hortense	$50,000	About one hundred trees were blown down near Hortense. Many trees were large oaks. One mobile home was destroyed and two mobile homes were damaged. There was significant damage to a roof of a business. A large drum filled with liquid was carried about 80 yards. The time of the event was based on radar imagery. The cost of damage was estimated.
April 1979	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
January 1963	Tornado (F2)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Hortense	$15,000	Buildings were damaged by thunderstorm winds. One mobile home was damaged due to the roof being blown off at 1394 Hortense Road. Two barns were destroyed by thunderstorm winds. One barn was located at 235 Horsestomp Road. The other barn was located at 2078 Old Highway 32. At 11766 Raybon Road West a tree was blown over and landed on a carport with the car still underneath. At 1597 Highway 32 West, trees uprooted and caused damage to pool concrete. A wooden fence, wire fence, and gate were also damaged. The time of wind damage was estimated and based on radar imagery. The cost of damage was estimated...and is likely an underestimate.
January 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoboken	$15,000	One mobile home destroyed, several homes with minor roof damage.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Nahunta	$5,000	Several large trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds between Nahunta and Hoboken on U.S. Highway 82.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Nahunta	$5,000	Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds along Georgia Highway 82.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Waynesville	$4,000	A couple of pecan trees were blown down near the intersection of Post Road and Chicora Road. One tree fell on a house and the other on a car. The cost of damage was estimated, and there were no injuries reported.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoboken	$3,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down. Roof of a business damaged.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Waynesville	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Hickox	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Hickox	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Atkinson	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
February 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoboken	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Hortense	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hickox	$2,500	Large trees were blown down.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hickox	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
February 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Atkinson	$2,500	Large tress and power lines were blown down.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoboken	$2,000	Trees were blown down near Hoboken. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for Storm Data.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Waynesville	$2,000	A tree and power lines were blown down near Hooterville Diner along U.S. Highway 82. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for Storm Data.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Waynesville	$2,000	Trees were blown down in Waynesville. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
March 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Hortense	$2,000	Numerous trees were blown down in Hortense. Two large oaks were blown down onto Church Road. The cost of tree removal was estimated.
October 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Nahunta	$2,000	Large trees blown down on power lines.
December 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Lulaton	$2,000	Large trees down near Satilla River.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoboken	$2,000	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
January 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoboken	$1,500	Large trees were blown down.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoboken	$1,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hortense	$1,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
November 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Nahunta	$1,500	no account filed
November 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Atkinson	$1,000	Powerlines were reported down along Old State Rte 259 from the Brantley County 911 call center.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Nahunta	$1,000	Brantley 911 call center reported multiple trees were down throughout Nahunta. Brantley county EM reported multiple trees and power lines were down along Buffalo Creek Dr, Riverside rd, Satilla Ave and Main street. A pine tree fell on Hometown Pizza but there was no damage to the building. Mesonet station UGA81 Nahunta measured a 40 mph thunderstorm wind gust at 10:30 PM EST.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoboken	$1,000	Brantley county EM reported multiple trees down along HWY 82, Saddleclub rd, and Mt. Calvary church rd. Time was estimated by radar.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoboken	$1,000	A tree and power line were blown down on Palm Street between Capitol Street and Dowling Street. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
March 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Schlatterville	$1,000	The public reported strong wind gusts of 50-60 mph. A fence and large branches were blown down. Many other items were blown of the porch. The cost of damage was estimated.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Raybon	$1,000	Large trees and power lines down.
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoboken	$1,000	no account filed
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Shea	$500	A tin roof was blown off of a storage shed. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Waynesville	$500	Wind gusts of 35-40 mph were estimated and caused some power line damage which caused outages in Waynesville. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated so the event could be included in Storm Data.
July 2010	Lightning	Waynesville	$500	The Waycross Journal/Herald reported a lightning fire near Waynesville that burned about a tenth of an acre before fire fighters were able to control the blaze. The cost of property damage was estimated.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Hickox	$500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Hickox	$500	Large trees were blown down.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hortense	$500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
September 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Waynesville	$500	Large trees and power lines were blown down along US-82
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Hortense	$200	A tree fell on a powerline along Satilla \| Church Rd. The time was estimated by radar. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
February 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Shea	$100	A tree was blown down in Hickox across Riverside Road. The cost of damage was unknown. Wind gusts were between 45-50 mph at other observation sites nearby around the time of this damage. The time of damage was based on radar.
February 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Nahunta Brantley Arp	$100	A tree was blown down between Raybon Street and Seed Orchard Road. The cost of damage was unknown. Wind gusts were between 45-50 mph at other observation sites nearby around the time of this damage. The time of damage was based on radar.
February 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Hoboken	$100	A tree was blown down in Hoboken on Terri Way. The cost of damage was unknown. Wind gusts were between 45-50 mph at other observation sites nearby around the time of this damage.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hickox	$100	A tree was blown down on Jess Allen Road. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Shea	-	Downed trees were reported along Riverside \| Rd near Thrift Loop and Stephen Park Rd. A \| few were reported to have fallen on \| powerlines. Time estimated by radar.
June 2025	Heavy Rain	Hoboken	-	A farmer measured over 5 inches of rainfall along Blue Jay Road in Hoboken. This verifies radar estimates of 4-6 inches in the area. Most of this rainfall occurred in a 90 minute period. There was a flash flood warning in effect.
August 2025	Heavy Rain	Hortense	-	Personal weather station 78 Brauda Hill KGAHORTE28 measured 2.0 inches of rain in one hour. Rainfall began around 4 PM.
January 2025	Winter Storm	not stated	-	Sleet and snow began to fall between 7-8 AM across the county, becoming heavy at times between 8-10 AM. Widespread 1 to 3 inches of snow accumulations occurred by 10 AM. Between 10-11 AM, the snow gradually mixed with sleet and freezing rain with an extended period of freezing rain through the mid-afternoon hours, resulting in an additional 1/4 to 1/2 inch of ice accumulation on top of the snow. Numerous roads, especially those untreated, were very difficult to travel on, if not impassable.
January 2025	Winter Storm	not stated	-	Up to 1 inch of snow fell across Jackson County. Due to very cold temperatures well below freezing, roads quickly became snow covered and very slick, which led to numerous accidents by sunset.
July 2024	Heavy Rain	Nahunta	-	A public weather station Harris Station - \| KGANAHUN14 measured 4.04 inches from \| training storms. Rain began around 2:25 PM \| EDT.
August 2024	Heavy Rain	Browntown	-	A public weather station off of GA Highway 32 measured 2.3 inches of rainfall. Rain \| began shortly after 4 pm and continued through about 5:30 pm.
July 2024	Flood	Nahunta	-	Emergency manager reported 3 inches of rain within a half hour with local drainage ditches of the road filling up. Some local businesses have reported flooding in buildings.

Every populated place in the county

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.

Atkinson

Waynesville census division · 31543 · By Abrams Bluff · Waynesville quadrangle

17 sheets, 1917 to 1993
Bachlott

Nahunta census division · 31553 · Winokur quadrangle

8 sheets, 1953 to 1988
Big Oak

31568 · By Oquin Bluff · Boons Lake quadrangle

17 sheets, 1917 to 1993
Browntown

Waynesville census division · 31543 · Near Flowers Island · Browntown quadrangle

15 sheets, 1918 to 1981
Burton Terrace

Nahunta census division · 31553 · Nahunta quadrangle

17 sheets, 1917 to 1993
Fendig

Waynesville census division · 31543 · Browntown quadrangle

15 sheets, 1918 to 1981
Fort Mudge

31503 · Fort Mudge quadrangle

8 sheets, 1953 to 1994
Happy Landing

Waynesville census division · 31566 · By Lord King Bluff · Waynesville quadrangle

17 sheets, 1917 to 1993
Hickox

Nahunta census division · 31553 · On Little Buffalo Creek · Nahunta quadrangle

17 sheets, 1917 to 1993
Hoboken

Hoboken census division · 31542 · Hoboken West quadrangle

8 sheets, 1953 to 1988
Hortense

Nahunta census division · 31543 · Hortense quadrangle

14 sheets, 1918 to 1981
Lulaton

Nahunta census division · 31553 · Nahunta quadrangle

17 sheets, 1917 to 1993
Manson

Nahunta census division · 31543 · Hortense quadrangle

14 sheets, 1918 to 1981

No longer a settlement
Nahunta

Nahunta census division · 31553 · Nahunta quadrangle

17 sheets, 1917 to 1993
Needmore

Waynesville census division · 31543 · On Page Branch · Hortense quadrangle

14 sheets, 1918 to 1981
Popwellville

Waynesville census division · 31543 · On Well Branch · Thalmann quadrangle

16 sheets, 1918 to 1993
Prosperity

Nahunta census division · 31553 · Nahunta quadrangle

17 sheets, 1917 to 1993
Raybon

Nahunta census division · 31553 · Hortense quadrangle

14 sheets, 1918 to 1981
Salter

31566 · Waynesville quadrangle

17 sheets, 1917 to 1993
Schlatterville

Hoboken census division · 31542 · On South Prong Big Creek · Hoboken West quadrangle

8 sheets, 1953 to 1988
Trudie

Nahunta census division · 31557 · By Baxter Bluff · Hortense quadrangle

14 sheets, 1918 to 1981
Waynesville

Waynesville census division · 31566 · Waynesville quadrangle

17 sheets, 1917 to 1993

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

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

1 structure

CSX Railroad Bridge at Milepost A570.90

The vanished settlements of Brantley County, the places these records name 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.