Murray County, Georgia

48 topographic sheets cover 25 settlements here, and 9 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

9 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Georgia within the United States

Murray County within Georgia

What the record shows

509 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
9 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 4 buildings, 4 districts and 1 site.
1 of the 9 listings was added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 25 populated places in this county; 25 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

1 photograph,

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.

Chief James Clement Vann House, U.S. Route 76 & State Route 255, Spring Place, Murray County, GA
Photographer not recorded. 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.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Carter's Quarters	building	1986	86000460
Chatsworth Downtown Historic District	district	2005	05000693
Fort Mountain	site	1977	77001587
Murray County Courthouse	building	1980	80001123
Murray County High School Historic District	district	2004	04000628
Pleasant Valley Historic District	district	2009	09000751
Spring Place Historic District	district	2005	04000338
Vann House	building	1969	69000044
Wright Hotel	building	1982	82002456

Photographs from libraries nationwide

1 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 1 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

The Pines Motel and Restaurant, one mile south of Chatsworth, Georgia on U. S. 411, Boston Public Library - undated — The Pines Motel and Restaurant, one mile south of Chatsworth, Georgia on U. S. 411. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

22 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 409 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 22 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, 1957-01-19, scale 1:66000 — 1957-01-19, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-01-05, scale 1:66000 — 1958-01-05, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-09, scale 1:26000 — 1966-03-09, scale 1:26000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-01-26, scale 1:19000 — 1972-01-26, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-04-06, scale 1:25000 — 1976-04-06, scale 1:25000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-04-06, scale 1:23000 — 1976-04-06, scale 1:23000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-03-08, scale 1:80000 — 1977-03-08, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

5 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.

RAMHURST 1911 to 1922, hottest 40.0 C, coldest -17.8 C
CHATSWORTH 1937 to 1979
BEAVERDALE 1 E 1940 to 1999
CHATSWORTH 2 1979 to 2026, hottest 40.6 C, coldest -16.7 C
COHUTTA #1 GEORGIA 2001 to 2026, hottest 39.4 C, coldest -18.9 C

COOSAWATTEE RIVER AT CARTERS, GA 1896 to 2026
COOSAWATTEE RIVER NEAR CARTERS, GA 1925 to 1964
ROCK CREEK AT RAMHURST, GA 1939 to 1940
HOLLY CREEK NEAR CHATSWORTH, GA 1960 to 2026
TALKING ROCK CREEK NEAR CARTERS, GA 1963 to 1971
CONASAUGA RIVER AT GA 286, NEAR ETON, GA 1981 to 2026
MILL CREEK NEAR CRANDALL, GA 1985 to 2026
SUGAR CREEK AT CONISTON ROAD, NEAR CARTERS, GA 2005 to 2007

The 1950 census, district by district

18 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.

105-1Militia District 824, Town: Chatsworth city: Chatsworth city - That part north of U.S. Hwy. 76
105-2Chatsworth city - That part south of U.S. Hwy. 76
105-3Spring Place town
105-4Militia District 824, Town - That part north of U.S. Hwy. 76, outside Chatsworth city and Spring Place town
105-5Militia District 824, Town - That part south of U.S. 76, outside Chatsworth city and Spring Place town
105-6Militia District 825, Carters
105-7Militia District 874, Tenth
105-8Militia District 972, Doolittle
105-9Militia District 984, Eighth
105-10Militia District 1011, Cisco
105-11Militia District 1013, McDonald: Crandall town
105-12Eton town
105-13Militia District 1013, McDonald - That part outside Crandall and Eton towns
105-14Militia District 1039, Shuck Pen
105-15N/A
105-16Militia District 1506, Alaculsa
105-17Militia District 1713, Tennga
105-18Militia District 1807, Ball Ground

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,335 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,335 of them, burning about 5,681 acres. 37 started naturally and 258 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	708
Arson/incendiarism	258
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	125
Misuse of fire by a minor	87
Equipment and vehicle use	43
Natural	37
Recreation and ceremony	36
Railroad operations and maintenance	25
Smoking	14
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Fireworks	1

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
15 March 1994	Debris and open burning	200 acres	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	MILLER BR
5 December 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	196 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 December 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	190 acres	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	RIDLEY BRANCH
15 March 2006	Debris and open burning	177 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 November 2016	Natural	160 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-MURRAY-025
26 February 2017	Recreation and ceremony	129 acres	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	MUSKRAT ROAD
23 November 1999	Arson/incendiarism	120 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 April 2002	Debris and open burning	110 acres	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	FORT MTN. ESTATES

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

Storms, 1957 to 2026

60 of 215 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 215 reports for this county, causing 9 deaths, 63 injuries and about $7,133,050 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	115
Hail	56
Flash Flood	16
Tornado	13
Lightning	7
Flood	4
Heavy Rain	4

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 2020	Tornado (EF2)	Treadwell	8 killed, 24 hurt, $500,000	A National Weather Service survey found that an EF2 tornado with maximum winds of 135 mph and a maximum path width of 860 yards occurred in Murray County. The tornado touched down along Mitchell Bridge Road, just northwest of the Indian Trace Golf Course where several trees were snapped. The tornado moved northeast crossing Highway 286 and Twin Lakes Road where a few trees were snapped or uprooted and\|minor damage occurred to several homes. The tornado appeared to briefly strengthen around Ellis Circle where there was more notable exterior damage to homes and a greater number of trees uprooted. As the tornado continued northeast crossing Fullers Chapel Road, noticeable strengthening occurred. Aerial drone footage showed a wide swath of large trees blown down just before Norton Bridge Road. At least 8 double-wide manufactured homes were completely destroyed along Deer Park Drive, with several others sustaining some degree of damage. It was here the tornado quickly strengthened to EF2 intensity with winds around 125 MPH. Similar, significant, damage was seen along Ridgeview Lane and Fieldview Court, where additional manufactured homes were destroyed and a recently built cell tower was left crumpled by the intense winds. At this point, the tornado reached its peak intensity with maximum wind speeds around 135 MPH. The tornado maintained its EF2 intensity as it crossed over Zion Church Hill Road, just before Highway 225. As the strong tornado crossed Highway 225, a small single-family home was heavily damaged with just a couple of interior walls left standing. Along Jim Petty Road, 4 large chicken houses were damaged or destroyed with the debris thrown several hundred yards away. Further north along Jim Petty Road, near Hawkins Road, the damage appeared to lessen quickly with just a few trees blown down and minor roof damage to a shed. Some additional damage, mainly trees being snapped or uprooted, was seen along Halls Chapel Road, just before Temple Grove road. The tornado lifted just beyond this point, along Sumac Ridge. Eight people were killed and around 2 dozen injured in the area between Fullers Chapel Road and Jim Petty Road. [04/12/20: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-2, Murray, 2020:008].
April 1974	Tornado (F4)	not stated	1 killed, 2 hurt, $250,000	no account filed
April 1974	Tornado (F4)	not stated	15 hurt, $2,500,000	no account filed
April 1998	Tornado (F1)	Cisco	10 hurt, $200,000	An apparent tornado touched down briefly, hitting a mobile home park in the Temple Grove, Higdon Road, and Turvey-Nichols Road areas in Cisco. Seven mobile homes were destroyed, 2 received major damage and 6 minor damage. One home had major structural damage and 14 had minor damage. Roofs were blown off houses and trees were scattered like toothpicks. There were no serious injuries, but 6 people were taken to the medical center, where they were treated and released. The intensity, width, and length were estimated.
April 1997	Tornado (F0)	Chatsworth	3 hurt, $100,000	no account filed
April 1997	Tornado (F0)	Sugar Creek	3 hurt, $100,000	no account filed
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Oran	3 hurt, $75,000	The Murray County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down across the west side of Chatsworth from the Wildwood Estates neighborhood to the Springdale Estates neighborhood. A few homes received damage from falling trees. On Mary Avenue a tree fell onto a home trapping a family of 4 inside. Three family members were transported to the hospital with injuries, including a laceration to the head.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Ramhurst	2 hurt, $25,000	The Murray county 911 center, the public, and the Daily Citizen of Dalton reported that a number of trees were blown down across the southern portion of the county, especially from Holley to Ramhurst and southward to the Gordon county line. The greatest damage appeared to be in the area between Ramhurst and Carters Lake, along old U.S. Highway 411 and Georgia Highway 136, where a number of large trees, some greater than two feet in diameter, were blown down onto the highways and several surrounding roads. County workers spent seven or more hours clearing the fallen trees from the roads. CSX railroad tracks in the area were also blocked for hours because of downed trees. Two women in the area were injured when a tree fell on them. Several large trees were also reported to have been blown down in the Holley area. Several thousand people in the county were left without power for several hours during the event.
April 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Chatsworth	1 hurt, $5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and downed power lines along Georgia Highway 225. One man was injured from wind blown debris.
June 1994	Tornado (F1)	Chatsworth	$500,000	A brief tornado touched down and severely damaged a carpet mill on Duvall Road. The carpet mill had its roof removed and one wall blown down which caused approximately 100,000 dollars worth of damage.,,
July 2001	Flash Flood	Countywide	$300,000	The Dalton Daily Citizen, and other local newspapers, reported that extensive flooding was caused by up to 3 inches of rain in less than 2 hours. Flooding caused damage to businesses and residences alike. Damages to businesses were concentrated in Chatsworth, where up to twelve stores were flooded in the Murray Plaza Shopping Center. Water was reported to have been 6 inches deep in most of these businesses. Several homes were also flooded in Chatsworth, Eton, and scattered in other areas of the county, especially near the Tennessee border. Ten people had to be evacuated from a flooded mobile home park near the Tennessee border.
September 2009	Lightning	Chatsworth	$250,000	The Daily Citizen of Dalton reported that lightning struck and set the Rock Building on fire. This was the site of the first high school in Murray County. The building was completely destroyed from the fire.
May 2003	Flash Flood	Countywide	$250,000	The Murray county 911 center reported that a majority of the roads in the county were flooded out, several were completely inundated with water and were impassable. One family in the county has to be rescued from a flooded home.
February 1991	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$250,000	no account filed
April 1977	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$250,000	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Chatsworth	$200,000	Numerous reports of hail ranging in size from pennies to quarters were received from the public from Chatsworth, Eton, and north of Ramhurst. One report of golf ball-sized hail was received from the public in Chatsworth. In addition, an amateur radio operator reported nickel-sized hail near Eton and estimated wind gusts at 66 mph.
November 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Eton	$200,000	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Eton	$120,000	Several amateur radio operators and the public reported that hail, ranging in size from dimes to golf balls, fell from 10 to 12 minutes and accumulated up to four inches deep on the ground in some spots. The hail damaged several cars and roofs of homes. In addition, the hail stripped trees and damaged corn crops in the area.
March 2017	Tornado (EF1)	Spring Place	$100,000	A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 85 to 90 MPH traveled just under 3 miles across northern Chatsworth in Murray County. The tornado touched down just east of Highway 225 destroying a barn on Dogwood Circle. The tornado continued moving east striking a tractor-trailer storage facility along Lowy Road where it overturned a trailer and snapped or uprooted numerous trees. Continuing east, the tornado struck an industrial building at the intersection of Highland Road and Treadwell Road, peeling back a large section of the roof. An apartment complex across Treadwell Road suffered significant shingle damage and some minor structural damage to the roof. The tornado continued moving east snapping or uprooting trees along Keller Drive and then hit Murray County High School at Green Road and Old Dalton Ellijay Road. The tornado caused significant damage to the baseball fields blowing down a fence and a cinderblock wall and throwing a portion of the bleachers onto the field. The press box also sustained damage. The tornado continued east along West Chestnut Street uprooting and snapping trees, blowing a fence down and collapsing a carport onto a car and a house before dissipating as it reached Highway 411, or North 3rd Avenue. [03/01/17: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF-1, Murray, 2017:030].
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Chatsworth	$100,000	The Daily Citizen of Dalton reported significant damage to trees and power lines in the Chatsworth area from thunderstorm winds. At one residence, nine trees were blown down, one causing minor damage to the roof. Another tree fell across the Mason apartments on Mount Carmel Road. Part of the tree went through the kitchen of one of the apartments. The tree also caused damage to the roof and other structural damage to the building. Two families were forced to relocate as a result of the damage. The strong winds and downed trees also knocked a power pole adjacent to the building down onto the apartments. Elsewhere in the county, at least eight roads were blocked by downed trees.
July 2005	Flash Flood	South Portion	$75,000	The Daily Citizen of Dalton reported that rainfall of five to six inches or more across the southern portion of the county resulted in considerable flooding. Much of the flooding was associated with Holly Creek in the southern portion of the county. Water was flowing over a bridge on Old Federal Road. Several other roads and a number of homes were also flooded in the area.
June 2006	Lightning	Countywide	$50,000	The Chatsworth Times reported that lightning strikes from repeated thunderstorms across the area during the evening hours caused damage at several locations. The most substantial damage was to a home on Green Road in Chatsworth. The lightning put a hole through a brick wall and set the insulation in the attic on fire. Elsewhere in the county, two trailers were set on fire by lightning, neither was completely destroyed, but both suffered considerable interior damage. Lightning also set a electrical transformer on fire at the Murray County High School.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Chatsworth	$50,000	The Daily Citizen newspaper of Dalton reported that numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the southern portions of the county. In addition, a tree fell on a trailer home and a limb fell on a pickup truck on Georgia Highway 52. Approximately 1000 residences were left without power much of the evening and about 100 remained without power well into the next day. Consequently, several businesses were forced to close for the next day. Power crews had difficulty restoring power to some locations because of tree debris blocking roads.
March 2010	Hail	Chatsworth	$45,000	The public observed golf ball-sized hail near Eton and quarter-sized hail west of Chatsworth. Radar data suggests that at least quarter-sized hail continued east to northeast of Eton to near Conasauga Lake on the eastern border of the county.
May 2006	Hail	Fort Mountain	$40,000	Personnel at the Cohutta Lodge at Fort Mountain State Park observed golf ball-sized hail.
July 2004	Lightning	Chatsworth	$40,000	The Daily Citizen newspaper of Dalton reported that lightning struck the radio tower of the county's 911 center causing extensive damage to radio and electronic equipment at the facility. Two antennas were damaged, two dispatch consoles, security cameras, computer equipment, and a backup generator. Two vehicles adjacent to the building were damaged by debris from antennas which fell during the lightning strike.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Chatsworth	$30,000	The public reported several large trees blown down. One fell on a house.
February 1999	Lightning	Chatsworth	$30,000	Lightning caused extensive fire damage to a home on Mount Carmel Church Road.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Eton	$25,000	The Murray County Emergency Manager reported that metal roofing was blown off of an auto parts business at the corner of Highway 76 and Highway 52 Alternate in Chatsworth. A couple of trees were also blown down in this area. Power lines were blown down along Highway 286 west of Eton.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Chatsworth	$25,000	The public and the Murray County 911 Center reported that dozens of trees and power lines were down across the county.
September 2004	Flash Flood	Countywide	$25,000	The Chatsworth Times reported some flooding in various areas throughout the county. A 100-yard stretch of Carlton Petty Road was washed out and a four-foot culvert of McGill Road near Rock Creek Road was washed out. Several other minor road erosions were observed throughout the county.
May 1997	Flash Flood	Ramhurst	$25,000	no account filed
May 1978	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
July 1964	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
November 1957	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
December 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Chatsworth	$15,000	The Murray County 911 Center reported numerous trees and power lines down across Chatsworth and southwest Murray County, including a tree down on a trailer on Elm Street and a roof blown off of a building on 3rd Avenue.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Spring Place	$15,000	The Murray County 911 Center reported that thunderstorm downburst winds blew down at least six trees southwest of Chatsworth near the intersection of Georgia Highway 225 and New Hope Church Road. In addition, a portion of the roof of a home was ripped off. Several large tree limbs were also down, falling on and causing damage to some vehicles.
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Cisco	$15,000	The Murray County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were blown down scattered about the county. The roof was blown off the porch of a mobile home and a portion of the siding was also off the home south of Chatsworth near the intersection of Smyrna Church Road and Blackwell Drive.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Ramhurst	$15,000	The local newspaper from Chatsworth reported that an apparent downburst or microburst caused up to two dozen trees to be blown down in the area between Ramhurst and Dennis in southeast Murray county. Most of the damage was along Old U.S. Highway 411. In addition, a couple of barns and a storage shed were destroyed.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Chatsworth	$10,000	Reports of numerous trees down across Murray County.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide	$10,000	The public reported that a number of trees were blown down throughout the county. Local newspapers also reported that a number of trees and power lines were knocked down in the county.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Chatsworth	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down a couple of trees on Shield Road. A large tree was uprooted and fell on two cars in Rocky Face.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Chatsworth	$8,000	The Murray County 911 center reported power lines blown down in Chatsworth and trees blown down around the intersection of Old Highway 411 and Highway 282.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Spring Place	$7,000	An amateur radio operator reported utility lines down on Spring Place Smyrna Road near Leonard Bridge Road.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ramhurst	$7,000	The Murray County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down throughout the county.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Chatsworth	$6,000	The Murray County 911 Center reported several trees blown down in the Chatsworth area including on Highway 411 north and south and on Highway 52 Alternate.
November 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Eton	$6,000	The Murray County 911 Center reported that 15 to 20 trees were down across the northern part of Chatsworth, mostly near Old Federal Road North. No structural damage was reported.
November 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Chatsworth	$5,000	The Murray County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down in south Chatsworth from around the intersection of Highway 411 and Leonard Bridge Road to around the intersection of Red Road and Railroad Road.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Cisco	$5,000	The Murray County Emergency Manager reported multiple power lines blown down between Cisco and Tennga along Shields Road and Tennga Gregory Road.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ramhurst	$5,000	The Murray County 911 Center reported that several trees were down across the southern half of the county.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Ramhurst	$5,000	The Murray County 911 Center reported that the roof was blown off a barn near the intersection of Maple Grove and Church Roads in the far southern part of the county, south of Ramhurst. Three trees were also down in this same general area.
January 2009	Flood	Gregory	$5,000	The Dalton Citizen of Dalton reported that heavy rain caused several creeks and streams across the county to overflow their banks. High water forced the closure of several roads. Approximately 4000 acres of the Perry Farm were flooded by the Conasauga River and Sumach Creek when they came out of their banks. Mill Creek rose out of its banks and flooded a trailer park on Third Avenue. Norton Bridge on the north end of the county was flooded and had to be closed as well as parts of Georgia Highway 225 North above Red Cut Road and Patricia Avenue in Spring Place. Also on Georgia Highway 255, saturated soil from the heavy rain caused a tree to fall on the road blocking the highway in both directions between Spring Place and Central for more than an hour. In addition, several pastures on Maddox Mill Road were flooded by Cohulla Creek. Two men stranded in high water near Old Georgia Highway 2 in Cisco had to be rescued and two other men had to be rescued from rising waters while boating down Jacks River. All were rescued without injury or incident.
September 2009	Flood	Sinclair Lake	$5,000	The USGS stream gage on the Conasauga River near Eton reached its flood stage of 12.0 feet at 630 pm EDT. The river runs along the Murray/Whitfield county line. The river remained above flood stage through 915 pm EDT. Monetary damage from this flooding was confined to minor debris removal to land adjacent to the river. No siginficant property damage was reported.
June 2008	Lightning	Carters	$5,000	The Murray County 911 Center reported that lightning struck a home in the Carters Lake area. No significant damage was reported.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Cisco	$5,000	The Murray County 911 Center reported that many trees and power lines were down across the county. Radar data suggests that most of this occurred in the western half of the county.
September 2007	Lightning	Chatsworth	$5,000	The Murray County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck the fire station. Several radios and computers were damaged.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Chatsworth	$5,000	The Daily Citizen of Dalton reported that a tree fell on a home on Harrier's Way during a strong thunderstorm. The tree caused some minor damage to the structure.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Chatsworth	$5,000	The Murray County 911 Center reported that three trees were blown down and a roof was blown off a minor structure. A trained spotter reported that wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2003	Flash Flood	South Portion	$5,000	The Murray county 911 center reported that several roads in the south part of the county were flooded with water flowing over the roads.
May 2003	Flash Flood	Countywide	$5,000	The Murray county 911 center reported that a number of roads across the county were flooded and impassable. In addition, several creeks and streams were out of their banks.

Mines and quarries

51 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 51 workings inside this county. 4 still produce and 47 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Talc-Soapstone	19
Iron	16
Stone, Crushed/Broken	5
Manganese	4
Barium-Barite	2
Copper	1
Manganese, Iron	1
Lead	1
Iron, Manganese	1

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

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Earnest Galena Prospect	Lead	Prospect
Green Property	Manganese, Iron	Unknown	1918
Mill Creek Copper Prospect	Copper	Occurrence
Powell Property	Iron, Manganese	Prospect	1919
C.C.Keith Property	Barium-Barite	Past Producer
W.F.Hampton Property	Barium-Barite	Occurrence
J.F.Love Property	Iron, Manganese	Prospect
Miller Property	Manganese	Prospect	1919
Silver Property	Manganese	Occurrence	1919
White Property	Manganese	Occurrence	1919
Chatsworth Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Farrar Tripoli Prospect	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Prospect
Fort Mountain Stone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Hayes Rock Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Southern Talc Slate Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
C.C. and J.H. Keith Property	Iron	Past Producer
Doogan Mt. Distr.	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
F.M.Powell Property	Iron	Unknown
Hickey Property Mine-A?	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
J.K. Keith Property	Iron	Past Producer
J.W.Coffey Property	Iron	Occurrence
Jessf Jackson Property	Iron	Occurrence
John Johnson Prospect	Iron	Occurrence
Keith Property	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Lafollette Coal and Iron Co Prosp	Iron	Prospect
Mrs.W.R.Davis Property	Iron	Occurrence
Poteet Property	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Poteet Property	Iron	Prospect
R.H.Oneal Property	Iron	Past Producer
W R Rymer Property	Iron	Prospect
Bramlet Mine and Prospect	Talc-Soapstone	Past Producer
Chicken Creek Mine	Talc-Soapstone	Past Producer
Cohutta Mill	Talc-Soapstone	Past Producer
Cohutta Mine	Talc-Soapstone	Past Producer
Earnest Mine	Talc-Soapstone	Past Producer
Fields Prospect	Talc-Soapstone	Prospect
Fort Mountain Mine	Talc-Soapstone	Past Producer
Georgia Mine	Talc-Soapstone	Past Producer
Georgia Talc Mine	Talc-Soapstone	Past Producer
Hammock Prospect	Talc-Soapstone	Prospect
Latch Mine	Talc-Soapstone	Past Producer
Lindsey Mine	Talc-Soapstone	Producer
Old Cohutta Mine	Talc-Soapstone	Past Producer
Pickering Mine	Talc-Soapstone	Past Producer
Rock Cliff Mine	Talc-Soapstone	Producer
Rock Creek Road Prospect	Talc-Soapstone	Prospect
Russel Prospect	Talc-Soapstone	Prospect
Slate Pit	Talc-Soapstone	Past Producer
Southern Mill	Talc-Soapstone	Producer
Eton Distr.-A		Past Producer	Residual
Eton Distr.-B		Past Producer	Residual

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.

Alaculsy

37362 · On Jacks River · Tennga quadrangle

22 sheets, 1886 to 1997
Ball Ground

Casey Springs census division · 30705 · On Little Sugar Creek · Calhoun NE quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Bloodtown

Chatsworth census division · 30705 · On Mineral Springs Branch · Ramhurst quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Carters

Chatsworth census division · 30705 · On Willbanks Branch · Oakman quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Chatsworth

Chatsworth census division · 30705 · On Rock Creek · Chatsworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Cisco

Cisco census division · 30708 · Near Sumac Ridge · Tennga quadrangle

22 sheets, 1886 to 1997
Cohutta Springs

Crandall-Eton census division · 30711 · On Cohutta Springs Branch · Tennga quadrangle

22 sheets, 1886 to 1997
Coniston

Chatsworth census division · 30705 · On Mineral Springs Branch · Ramhurst quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Crandall

Crandall-Eton census division · 30711 · On Cohorn Branch · Crandall quadrangle

21 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Dennis

Chatsworth census division · 30705 · Ramhurst quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Doogan

Cisco census division · 30708 · On Jigger Creek · Tennga quadrangle

22 sheets, 1886 to 1997
Eton

Crandall-Eton census division · 30705 · Near Camp Ground Mountain · Chatsworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Fort Mountain

Chatsworth census division · 30705 · On Rock Creek · Chatsworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1886 to 1981

No longer a settlement
Gregory

Cisco census division · 30711 · Beaverdale quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Hasslers Mill

Chatsworth census division · 30705 · On Mill Creek · Crandall quadrangle

21 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Holley

Casey Springs census division · 30705 · On Rock Branch · Calhoun NE quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 1981
North Cohutta

Crandall-Eton census division · 30711 · On Muddy Branch · Tennga quadrangle

22 sheets, 1886 to 1997

No longer a settlement
Oran

Chatsworth census division · 30705 · Near Camp Ground Mountain · Chatsworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Ramhurst

Chatsworth census division · 30705 · Ramhurst quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Spring Place

Chatsworth census division · 30705 · Chatsworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Sumac

Crandall-Eton census division · 30705 · On McIntire Branch · Beaverdale quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Temple Grove

Cisco census division · 30711 · Beaverdale quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Tennga

Cisco census division · 30751 · Tennga quadrangle

22 sheets, 1886 to 1997
Treadwell

Chatsworth census division · 30705 · Chatsworth quadrangle

21 sheets, 1886 to 1981
Wells

Casey Springs census division · 30705 · On Little Sugar Creek · Calhoun NE quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 1981

No longer a settlement

The vanished settlements of Murray 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

Chief James Clement Vann House

The vanished settlements of Murray 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.