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Jenkins County, Georgia

30 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

Research this county

From the record

5 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Georgia within the United States
Jenkins County within Georgia

What the record shows

  • 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Millen, between 1917 and 1940.
  • 3 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 185 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 5 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 3 buildings and 2 districts.
  • 1 of the 5 listings was added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 16 populated places in this county; 16 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

1 photograph, 2013

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.

Autumn scene near Millen in northern Georgia
Autumn scene near Millen in northern Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2013. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

5

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
Birdsville Plantationdistrict197171000280
Carswell Grove Baptist Church and Cemeterybuilding199695001564
Downtown Millen Historic Districtdistrict199696001340
Jenkins County Courthousebuilding198080001100
Millen High Schoolbuilding200202000842

The county from the air

30 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 670 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 30 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, 1950-10-12, scale 1:59000
1950-10-12, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
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, 1950-10-12, scale 1:59000
1950-10-12, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-03-23, scale 1:24400
1958-03-23, scale 1:24400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-03-23, scale 1:24400
1958-03-23, scale 1:24400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-01, scale 1:60000
1961-10-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-01, scale 1:60000
1961-10-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-01, scale 1:60000
1961-10-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-10-01, scale 1:60000
1961-10-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-12, scale 1:40000
1968-04-12, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-12, scale 1:40000
1968-04-12, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-12, scale 1:40000
1968-04-12, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-12, scale 1:40000
1968-04-12, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-11, scale 1:19000
1970-03-11, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-11, scale 1:19000
1970-03-11, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-11, scale 1:19000
1970-03-11, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-03-11, scale 1:19000
1970-03-11, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-02-04, scale 1:20500
1972-02-04, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-02-04, scale 1:20500
1972-02-04, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-02-04, scale 1:20500
1972-02-04, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-02-04, scale 1:20500
1972-02-04, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-01, scale 1:19000
1973-03-01, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-01, scale 1:19000
1973-03-01, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-01, scale 1:19000
1973-03-01, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-01, scale 1:19000
1973-03-01, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-01, scale 1:20500
1974-02-01, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-01, scale 1:20500
1974-02-01, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-01, scale 1:20500
1974-02-01, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-01, scale 1:20500
1974-02-01, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

3 stations, 2 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

13 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.

  • 82-1Militia District 1634, Birdsville
  • 82-2Militia District 1635, Millen: Millen city: Millen city - That part north of State Hwy. 21 and Winthrope Ave.; And east of Central of Georgia Railroad
  • 82-3Millen city - That part west of Central of Georgia Railroad and north of Winthrope Ave. and Midville Hwy.
  • 82-4Millen city - That part south of Midville Hwy., Winthrope Ave. and State Hwy. 21
  • 82-5Militia District 1635, Millen - That part east of Central of Georgia Railroad, outside Millen city
  • 82-6Militia District 1635, Millen - That part west of Central of Georgia Railroad, outside Millen city
  • 82-7Militia District 1636, Green Fork
  • 82-8Militia District 1637, Big Horse Creek
  • 82-9Militia District 1638, Scarboro
  • 82-10Militia District 1639, Lewis - That part northeast of Butts Rd. and north of Deep Creek Rd.
  • 82-11Militia District 1639, Lewis - That part south of Deep Creek Rd. and southwest of Butts Rd.
  • 82-12Militia District 1640, Butts: Militia District 1640, Butts - That part east of U.S. Hwy. 25 and north of Richardson Creek
  • 82-13Militia District 1640, Butts - That part south of Richardson Creek and west of U.S. Hwy. 25

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,154 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,154 of them, burning about 4,615 acres. 57 started naturally and 244 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning658
Arson/incendiarism244
Equipment and vehicle use100
Natural57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Recreation and ceremony13
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Smoking7

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Three of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
10 March 1993Arson/incendiarism73 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 January 2019Debris and open burning68 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019JENKINS006
21 July 2000Debris and open burning68 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-BURKE-006
10 August 2006Natural55 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 January 2014Debris and open burning55 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-JENKINS-007
24 March 2011Arson/incendiarism49 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-JENKINS-032
21 March 1998Debris and open burning49 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 March 1999Arson/incendiarism48 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

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

Storms, 1971 to 2025

60 of 158 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 158 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 2 injuries and about $1,957,600 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind118
Hail23
Tornado9
Flash Flood6
Funnel Cloud1
Lightning1

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
May 2008Thunderstorm WindParamore Station1 hurt, $780,000Significant and widespread straight line wind damage occurred along a 16 mile path starting approximately 2.5 miles west of Thrift, Georgia and continuing to around 4.5 miles east of Millen, Georgia. Maximum sustained winds were estimated to be approximately 110 mph along this path. Between 50 and 60 homes were damaged with 10 to 12 of these homes completely destroyed. Damage also occurred to the Rose Mary Church and Oak Hill Church. There was one person that was injured as a result of the straight line wind damage.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Emmalane1 hurt, $50,000A Tornado touched down near the community of Emmalane, Georgia around 733 AM EDT southwest of the intersection of US-25 and Old Savannah Road. The Tornado continued northeast 1.7 miles and had a maximum width of 1200 yards. The observed damage indicated that an EF-1 Tornado had occurred. The maximum sustained winds with the Tornado were estimated at 95 mph. Damage occurred to a mobile home where the roof was uplifted and the structure shifted from its foundation. There was also significant damage to nearby sheds and trees.
August 2024Flash FloodMillen Arpt$250,000County officials reported at least 25 roads (20 dirt roads) washed out across Jenkins County due to heavy rainfall from Debby. Most of these roads were listed on the Jenkins County Board of Commissioners Facebook page at 621 PM EST on 8/7. Event times for each individual road washout are unknown but likely occurred during the day of 8/6 and overnight into early 8/7.
March 1976Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
March 1976Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMillen$100,000Several planes overturned by high winds at private landing strip northwest of Millen on Old Lewisville Road.
January 2006Tornado (F0)Millen$50,000A tornado briefly touched down severely damaging a mobile home, causing minor damage to another mobile home, and knocking down trees.
August 2024Flash FloodThrift$40,000A Jenkins County emergency manager reported Joe Waters Road washed out due to floodwaters and eventually leading to a vehicle driving into it and being washed down a nearby creek. Assistance was needed for the occupant with no injuries reported.
January 1972Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindMillen$20,000Trees down. Tree fell on a house.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMillen$13,000The Jenkins county Emergency Manager reported a tree down on a car at intersection of Highway 17 and Washington Steet. Scattered trees were also reported down across the Millen area. In addition, a structure was also reported to have caught on fire, presumably by a lightning strike.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindPerkins$10,000An employee at Magnolia Springs State Park reported multiple trees down, including one that landed on a car. The employee also reported dime size hail.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindMillen$10,000There were reports of power lines down in the city of Millen. A 5 foot diameter tree fell on a trailer near the Jenkins County Hospital.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMillen$8,000Numerous trees and power lines down in Millen.
July 1995Thunderstorm Windnot stated$8,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines in the northern half of the county.
January 2006Thunderstorm WindButts$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
January 2006Thunderstorm WindScarboro$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees off Old Savannah Road.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMillen$5,000Trees and powerlines down.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindPerkins$5,000Trees and powerlines down on Fred Chance Road.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMillen$5,000Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindPerkins$5,000Several large trees were blown down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMillen$3,500Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in Millen.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindThrift$3,000An emergency manager reported several trees down across Highway 23 along the Jenkins and Emanuel county line.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHerndon$3,000An emergency manager reported trees down across Highway 17, including one tree down across railroad tracks in Herndon, Georgia.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHerndon$3,000The public reported 5 trees down and estimated winds of 60 to 65 mph as a thunderstorm moved through Herndon, Georgia. A few shingles were also blown off the roof of a house by the strong winds.
May 1971Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindScarboro$2,250The Jenkins County 911 call center reported a large tree down on a power line on East Old Savannah Road.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindMillen$2,250The Jenkins County 911 Call Center reported a tree limb went through a roof at the 600 block of Walnut Street.
August 2018LightningMillen$2,000A lightning strike resulted in damage at the Jenkins County Sheriff's Office.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindEmmalane$2,000Two trees were reported down near the intersection of Highway 25 and highway 121.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMillen$2,000The public reported one tree and one power line down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMillen$2,000Trees and power lines were reported down 2 miles east of Millen, Georgia.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindEmmalane$2,000Several trees were reported down, one of which was blocking a road.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindPerkins$2,000There were trees reported down throughout the Magnolia Springs State Park.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMillen$2,000Trees down along Highway 17.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindPerkins$2,000Trees down at the Magnolia Country Club.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindMillen$2,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMillen$2,000Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindEmmalane$1,500Law enforcement reported three trees down, one on Grady Drive, one on Route 121, and another on Edgar Lane, approximately 5 miles south-southwest of Millen, Georgia.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMillen$1,500Three trees were reported down at the intersection of east Highway 21 and Paramore Hill Road.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindHerndon$1,000The Jenkins County 911 Call Center reported a tree down and blocking one lane of Highway 17 North.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindScarboro$1,000Jenkins County Emergency Management reported a tree down on East Old Savannah Road near Aaron Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMillen$1,000The Jenkins County 911 Call Center reported one tree down on Parks Road in Millen, Georgia.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindButts$1,000Jenkins emergency dispatch reported a tree down on Highway 23 South in Butts.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindParamore Station$1,000One tree was reported down on Paramore Hill Road.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindMillen$1,000One tree was reported down on Hilltonia Road.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindRogers$1,000The Jenkins County Warning Point reported 1 tree down along West Old Savannah Road, 3 miles southeast of Herndon.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindPerkins$1,000The police reported 1 tree down on Highway 23.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindEmmalane$1,000Law Enforcement reported a tree and a power line down on West Old Savannah Road, 5 miles west-southwest of Millen, Georgia.
June 2009HailMillen$1,000A trained weather spotter reported penny size hail and numerous tree limbs down in Millen, Georgia.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindMillen$1,000Law enforcement reported a large tree down on a powerline along Highway 17 in Millen, Georgia.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindMillen$1,000There were large limbs reported down in the town of Millen.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMillen$1,000Trees down along Highway 25 near the Ogeechee River.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindPerkins$1,000Tree down along Perkins Green Fork Rd. Tree down along the Jenkins/Burke county line.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindPerkins$750Numerous tree limbs were reported down in Magnolia Springs State Park.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindThrift$500Fire Department reported a tree down at Lambert Road and Highway 25 South.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindThrift$500Fire Department reported a tree down on Highway 23 South.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindParamore Station$500Law enforcement reported a tree down across Oak Hill Church Road, 3 miles north-northeast of Scarboro, Georgia.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindPerkins$500The public reported large tree limbs down due to thunderstorm winds in Magnolia Springs State Park.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHerndon$500Law Enforcement reported one tree down along Highway 17, two miles west-northwest of Rogers, Georgia.

Every populated place in the county

16

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 1 place that was also surveyed for fire insurance comes first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

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

Recorded here

Millen, Georgia

15 topographic sheets and 3 fire insurance atlases, 1917 to 1940

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.