Long County, Georgia

36 topographic sheets cover 13 settlements here, and 3 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

3 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Georgia within the United States

Long County within Georgia

What the record shows

203 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
3 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings and 1 structure.
The Geographic Names Information System records 13 populated places in this county; 13 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

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.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Long County Courthouse	building	1980	80001107
Ludowici Well Pavilion	structure	1984	84001153
Walthourville Presbyterian Church	building	1987	87001357

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 1,640 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, 1951-03-23, scale 1:32800 — 1951-03-23, scale 1:32800. 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, 1961-10-01, scale 1:60000 — 1961-10-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-29, scale 1:20000 — 1966-03-29, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-04-17, scale 1:40000 — 1968-04-17, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-03-13, scale 1:20500 — 1969-03-13, scale 1:20500. 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, 1974-02-04, scale 1:15000 — 1974-02-04, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-02-13, scale 1:15000 — 1975-02-13, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1983-05-01, scale 1:15000 — 1983-05-01, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1987-03-01, scale 1:15000 — 1987-03-01, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1988-02-01, scale 1:15000 — 1988-02-01, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

2 stations

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

LUDOWICI 1998 to 2026, hottest 41.7 C, coldest -7.8 C
WALTHOURVILLE 3.4 WNW 2013 to 2017

The 1950 census, district by district

8 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.

91-1Militia District 16, Rye Patch: Militia District 16, Rye Patch, including all islands and parts of islands in this emmeration district, and excluding Camp Stewart (part)
91-2Militia District 16, Rye Patch: Camp Stewart - That part in Militia District 16, Rye Patch (Remainder of Camp Stewart comprises that part of Long County not in any militia district; parts of Militia Districts 19, 20, Richmond Hill, 1137, 1380 in Bryan County; part of Militia District 401, Daisy, in Evans County; parts of Flemington town, Militia Districts 17, 1476, 1756, Monticello, and that part of Liberty county not in any militia district, and part of Militia District 1710, Birdford, in Tattnall County)
91-3Militia District 24, Ludowici: Ludowici city
91-4Militia District 24, Ludowici - That part, including all islands and parts of islands in this enumeration district, outside Ludowici city
91-5Militia District 1544, Tibet
91-6Militia District 1672, Beards Creek, including all islands and parts of islands in this Enumeration district
91-7N/A
91-8N/A

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,469 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,469 of them, burning about 15,449 acres. 109 started naturally and 478 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	616
Arson/incendiarism	478
Natural	109
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	81
Misuse of fire by a minor	57
Equipment and vehicle use	44
Railroad operations and maintenance	31
Smoking	27
Recreation and ceremony	26

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
24 March 2011	Debris and open burning	4,035 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-LONG-083
12 April 2007	Debris and open burning	1,743 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	DREGGERS FIRE
9 June 2011	Natural	760 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-LONG-110
8 May 2011	Arson/incendiarism	450 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-LONG-103
19 May 2011	Debris and open burning	440 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-LONG-105
4 May 2011	Natural	400 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-LONG-102
24 March 2018	Debris and open burning	305 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018LONG011
28 May 2011	Natural	279 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-LONG-106

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

Storms, 1967 to 2025

60 of 191 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 191 reports for this county, causing 3 deaths, 28 injuries and about $392,550 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	127
Hail	51
Flash Flood	6
Tornado	5
Lightning	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
April 1998	Tornado (F2)	Donald	3 killed, 24 hurt, $200,000	Tornado touched down in the Rye Patch Community where 3 people died (all were in mobile homes).Ten mobile homes were destroyed and two others were damaged along with a roof blown off a block house. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped off above the ground.
May 1974	Tornado (F2)	not stated	2 hurt, $25,000	no account filed
October 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Donald	1 hurt, $15,000	A county official reported numerous trees and powerlines down on Highway 196. A tree also fell onto a car at the intersection of Flowers Road and Highway 196 with one person sustaining minor injuries.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	1 hurt, $10,000	Law Enforcement reported on tree down on top of a house along Cottage Street. One woman was trapped inside with unknown injuries.
October 2009	Tornado (EF0)	Donald	$15,000	The Long county emergency manager reported shingle damage to two homes about 55 yards apart from each other along with trees and power lines down near the intersection of Flowers Road and Highway 196. Shingle damage was found on the northeast side of both home structures, thus indicating a tornadic circulation. A report of a tornado along with shingle and tree damage led to a confirmed EF0 tornado with estimated wind speeds of 75 to 85 miles per hour. The path of the tornado was brief with an estimate of a couple hundred feet in length. Monetary damage was estimated at $15,000. No deaths or injuries were associated with the tornado.
October 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Donald	$10,000	A spotter reported 3 trees down with 1 tree down on a vehicle 3 miles north of Donald, Georgia.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Ludowici	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down several large trees.
June 1995	Hail	Southern Half	$8,000	Trees and power lines down.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	not stated	$8,000	Trees and power lines down.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$7,500	The Ludowici Police Department reported numerous trees and powerlines down in downtown Ludowici.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$7,500	Law enforcement reported a tree down on a car at a residence along Hall Road one mile north of Ludowici, Georgia.
June 2021	Lightning	Donald	$5,000	The Long County 911 Call Center reported a house fire caused by a lightning strike along Rye Patch Road, which led to minor siding and roof damage.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$5,000	HAM Radio operator relayed a report from the Long County Fire Department of a tree down on a car. No injuries reported.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$5,000	A tree was reported to have fallen on a car in Ludowici, Georgia on Highway 84. There were no injuries reported.
May 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Ludowici	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Ludowici	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds in Ludowici.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$3,500	Five 10 inch diameter trees were reported down by the Long county warning point east of Ludowici, Georgia. One tree blocked Simons Mill Pond Road and another fell on a power line.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Donald	$3,000	Six trees were reported down on Highway 301.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Aimar	$3,000	Trees and power lines were reported down 3 miles south of Walthourville, Georgia.
January 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$2,000	Trained Spotter reported a powerline down off of Macon Street.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Donald	$2,000	The Long County 911 call center relayed a report of a power line down near the intersection of Highway 301 and Bradwell Durham Road.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$2,000	Broadcast Media relayed a report of a tree and power lines down near the intersection of Old Macon Darien Road and Roy Smith Road, 3 miles southeast of Ludowici, Georgia. The tree was blocking the road to vehicle traffic.
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Donald	$2,000	Several trees and power lines were reported down across Smith Berry Road near Highway 301 and State Road 196 in Donald, Georgia.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Donald	$2,000	Law Enforcement reported several trees down along Route 301 near Donald, Georgia.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Donald	$2,000	Trees were reported down along Highway 301 in Wefanie, Georgia.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Ludowici	$2,000	Large oak tree down in yard.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Ludowici	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$1,500	Several trees down and blocking the road at State Road 57 about one mile south of the Tibet Baptist Church.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$1,500	The law enforcement reported trees down in Ludowici, Georgia.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Aimar	$1,250	The Long County 911 Call Center reported power lines down on Sandy Run Road.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Aimar	$1,250	A 911 center reported a power line down on Rye Patch Road.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Donald	$1,250	Law enforcement reported powerlines down along Rye Patch Road.
June 2020	Lightning	Donald	$1,000	A report relayed via amateur radio indicated lightning struck and brought down a tree off Highway 196.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Aimar	$1,000	The Long County 911 call center relayed a report of 1 tree down along Tibet Road.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Aimar	$1,000	One tree blown on Rye Patch Road, near Lanier Road.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Donald	$1,000	An emergency manager reported one tree down along Highway 301 near Jones Creek Georgia.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$1,000	An emergency manager reported one tree down near the intersection of Highway 84 and Doyle Durrence Lane.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$1,000	An emergency manager reported a tree down along Presley Road.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Donald	$1,000	Local media relayed a report of one tree down along Highway 261.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Aimar	$1,000	A 911 center reported a tree down on Palmer Road.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$1,000	Law enforcement reported one tree down on Liberty Street.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$1,000	Law enforcement reported a tree down on Highway 301 near Private Branch Church.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Donald	$1,000	A fire department reported a tree down on US Highway 301 near the Long and Tattnall county line.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$1,000	Law enforcement reported a powerline down in Ryepatch Georgia.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Donald	$1,000	Law Enforcement reported a tree down on a power line, 1 mile north-northwest of Donald, Georgia.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Donald	$1,000	One tree fell on a powerline near the intersection of Ryepatch Road and Highway 301.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Donald	$800	Law enforcement reported a large limb down on Georgia Highway 144 near the Fort Stewart entrance gate.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Ludowici	$750	One large tree and several large tree limbs were reported down across Jones Creek Loop, 5 miles north-northwest of Doctortown, Georgia. Pea sized hail was also reported.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$500	HAM Radio operator relayed a report from the Long County Fire Department of a tree down across the road from the Family Dollar.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$500	Long County Emergency Management reported a tree down near Highway 84 and Hendrix Street.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$500	A trained spotter reported several two inch diamter tree limbs snapped off by thunderstorm winds on Robertson Street.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Aimar	$500	One tree was reported down along Elim Church Road.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Donald	$500	Law enforcement reported a large limb down and blocking a portion of Highway 57.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Donald	$500	Law Enforcement reported a tree down on George Swindell Road in Donald, Georgia.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Ludowici	$500	Thunderstorm winds knocked several trees down within Ludowici.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	$250	Several 4 inch diameter tree limbs were reported down along Highway 57, five miles northwest of Townsend, Georgia.
May 2025	Hail	Bayview	-	A social media report was received indicating golf ball sized hail on the southeast side of Ludowici.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	-	A tree was reported down along Ceasar Avenue. The report was relayed via social media.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Bayview	-	Emergency management reported several trees down east southeast of Ludowici along Old Macon Darien Road, Hill Street, Prince Road and Stafford Dairy Road. A few trees fell on homes. Minor damage was also reported to a few homes due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Ludowici	-	Long County dispatch reported two trees down in the county.

Mines and quarries

2 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 2 workings inside this county. All of them still produce. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Stone	1
Sand and Gravel, Construction	1

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

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Morgan Lake Pit	Stone	Producer
	Strickland Mines	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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.

Aimar

Ludowici South census division · 31316 · Walthourville quadrangle

17 sheets, 1918 to 1981
Beards Creek

Ludowici North census division · 30427 · Glennville SW quadrangle

17 sheets, 1920 to 1981
Brewer

Ludowici South census division · 31316 · Ludowici quadrangle

13 sheets, 1943 to 1981

No longer a settlement
Donald

Ludowici North census division · 31316 · Glennville SE quadrangle

16 sheets, 1920 to 1981
Elim

Ludowici North census division · 31316 · Walthourville quadrangle

17 sheets, 1918 to 1981
Kent

Ludowici North census division · Glennville NE quadrangle

16 sheets, 1920 to 1981

No longer a settlement
Ludowici

Ludowici South census division · 31316 · On Hall Branch · Ludowici quadrangle

13 sheets, 1943 to 1981
Noble

Ludowici North census division · 31316 · Glennville SW quadrangle

17 sheets, 1920 to 1981
Roderick

Ludowici North census division · 31316 · Glennville SE quadrangle

16 sheets, 1920 to 1981

No longer a settlement
Smiley

Ludowici North census division · On Kirkland Creek · Glennville NE quadrangle

16 sheets, 1920 to 1981

No longer a settlement
Smiley Crossroads

Ludowici North census division · 31316 · Glennville SE quadrangle

16 sheets, 1920 to 1981
Tibet

Ludowici South census division · 31316 · Townsend quadrangle

13 sheets, 1943 to 1981

No longer a settlement
Wefanie

Ludowici North census division · 31316 · On Fletcher Branch · Glennville SE quadrangle

16 sheets, 1920 to 1981

The vanished settlements of Long 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.