Union County, Georgia

104 topographic sheets cover 35 settlements here, and 5 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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

Union County within Georgia

What the record shows

809 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
5 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 4 buildings and 1 district.
1 of the 5 listings was added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 35 populated places in this county; 35 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.

Elevated view of Blairsville, a town in northern Georgia, near the North Carolina line
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

The historic Union County Courthouse in Blairsville, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Smith Bridge, Spanning Nottely River on Dooley Road (County Road 83), Blairsville, Union 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
Nottely Hydroelectric Project	district	2017	100001455
Old Union County Courthouse	building	1980	80001249
Raburn-Casteel House	building	2001	01001181
Union County Jail	building	1985	85002088
Walasi-Yi Inn	building	1979	79000749

The county from the air

23 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 248 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 23 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, 1947-02-02, scale 1:34000 — 1947-02-02, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

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, 1958-02-21, scale 1:66000 — 1958-02-21, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-29, scale 1:64000 — 1974-04-29, scale 1:64000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-29, scale 1:62000 — 1974-04-29, scale 1:62000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000 — 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-11-08, scale 1:78000 — 1976-11-08, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-03-14, scale 1:80000 — 1977-03-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

17 stations, 6 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.

BLAIRSVILLE EXP STN 1931 to 2026, hottest 37.8 C, coldest -26.7 C
HEMPTOWN GAP 1935 to 1962
IVY LOG TVA 130 1935 to 1941
BRASSTOWN BALD 1948 to 1962
SUCHES 1948 to 1962
CHOESTOE 1949 to 1962
NOTTELY DAM 1949 to 1956
ANTIOCH 1956 to 1962
TOCCOA #1 GEORGIA 2001 to 2026, hottest 60.0 C, coldest -19.4 C
BLAIRSVILLE 4.2 E 2008 to 2015
BLAIRSVILLE 6.8 SSE 2008 to 2010
MORGANTON 9.8 NE 2008 to 2010
BLAIRSVILLE 8.5 WSW 2012 to 2023
BLAIRSVILLE 5.3 ESE 2013 to 2020
BLAIRSVILLE 3.1 SW 2019 to 2021
BLAIRSVILLE 2.6 W 2020 to 2026
BLAIRSVILLE 3.9 NW 2021 to 2026

NOTTELY RIVER NEAR IVYLOG, GA 1936 to 1942
COOSA CREEK NEAR BLAIRSVILLE, GA 1941 to 1945
IVYLOG CREEK NEAR IVYLOG, GA 1942 to 1945
NOTTELY RIVER AT NOTTELY DAM NEAR IVYLOG, GA 1942 to 1975
NOTTELY RIVER NEAR BLAIRSVILLE, GA 1942 to 2026
YOUNGCANE CREEK NEAR YOUNGCANE, GA 1942 to 1945

The 1950 census, district by district

15 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.

144-1Militia District 834, Choestoe
144-2Militia District 843, Ivy Log
144-3Militia District 865, Blairsville: Blairsville town
144-4Militia District 865, Blairsville - That part outside Blairsville town
144-5Militia District 994, Canada
144-6Militia District 995, Gaddistown
144-7Militia District 996, Arkaquah
144-8Militia District 1018, Upper Young Cane
144-9Militia District 1024, Gum Log
144-10Militia District 1050, Lower Young Cane
144-11Militia District 1147, Brasstown
144-12Militia District 1155, Dooly
144-13Militia District 1162, Coosa
144-14Militia District 1241, Coopers Creek
144-15Militia District 1409, Owltown

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

969 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 969 of them, burning about 3,447 acres. 9 started naturally and 88 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	664
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	115
Arson/incendiarism	88
Equipment and vehicle use	34
Smoking	24
Recreation and ceremony	22
Natural	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Fireworks	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Other causes	1

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
20 November 1994	Recreation and ceremony	622 acres	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	CEDAR MTN
23 December 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	471 acres	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	BAD SANTA
23 May 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	290 acres	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	CHESTNUT MTN.
24 March 2004	Arson/incendiarism	275 acres	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	ROCKY KNOB
16 November 2001	Arson/incendiarism	150 acres	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	PICKLESIMER FIRE
31 January 2001	Recreation and ceremony	73 acres	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	HICKS GAP
12 November 2001	Arson/incendiarism	69 acres	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	BRIAR COVE
3 April 1995	Debris and open burning	65 acres	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	SWALLOW

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

Storms, 1980 to 2025

60 of 153 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 153 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 1 injury and about $3,090,250 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	69
Hail	45
Flash Flood	22
Flood	9
Lightning	5
Tornado	3

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
May 1998	Hail	Ivy Log	1 hurt, $50,000	no account filed
June 1994	Tornado (F1)	Blairsville	$500,000	A weak tornado briefly touched down 10 miles west of Blairsville along U.S Highway 76 and skipped east then lifted about six miles west of Blairsville. Three to four homes were severely damaged and several large trees were either uprooted or snapped midway.
May 2011	Hail	Blairsville	$385,000	The Union County 911 Center reported that tennis ball-sized hail fell across the northwest part of the county between Jones Creek and Ivy Log.
July 2020	Hail	Choestoe	$300,000	The public reported hail the size of golf balls at Lake Trahlyta.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Blairsville	$300,000	The Union County Emergency Management Director reported that hundreds of trees and dozens of power lines were down throughout the county. Four homes sustained minor to moderate damage from downed trees. Fifty-four roads were closed, at least temporarily, from downed trees. Much of the county was left without power for many hours. The public reported that at least nine trees were down in the far western part of the county near the Fannin county line at a private residence. Two of the trees fell on the home resulting in major damage to the structure.
May 2011	Lightning	Bethlehem	$250,000	The Union County 911 Center reported that lightning struck a structure on the northwest side of Blairsville on Jewell Mason Road. The home was destroyed from the resulting fire.
September 2004	Flash Flood	Countywide	$250,000	The Georgia Emergency Mangement Agency, and local newspapers, reported significant flooding across much of the county as anywhere from five to nine inches of rain fell during the afternoon and evening hours. Several roads were blocked from flooding and/or mudslides. Three bridges were washed out. Flash flooding forced the rescues of seven people and three animals from their homes in the Twin Pond and Pegasus Landing areas.
May 2006	Hail	Owltown	$130,000	The public reported penny-sized hail along U.S. Highway 129 in the southeast part of the county.
April 2013	Flash Flood	Blairsville	$100,000	County officials reported that Anderson and Coosa Creeks flooded the Mountain Oak Cabins and Campground area around 3.5 miles southwest of Blairsville. The RV park was flooded in low lying areas with a few vacation homes inundated with water. A few culverts were washed out. The Youngcane and Jones Creeks flooded portions of Byers Road around 7 miles west of Blairsville. The flood waters topped the bridge and caused erosion damage to it.
May 2011	Hail	Ivy Log	$100,000	Several reports of half-dollar to golf ball-sized hail were received from the Union County Sheriff's Office and the public across the northwest part of the county near Nottely Lake, from the Fannin county border southwest of Nottely to the Tennessee state line northeast of Ivy Log.
March 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Blairsville	$60,000	no account filed
May 1998	Tornado (F0)	Ivy Log	$50,000	A severe thunderstorm tracked across northern Union county spawning an intermittent F0 tornado. A combination of tornadic winds, downburst winds and large hail caused damage in a path from Ivy Log to northeast of Blairsville. Sight survey by NWS employees showed 25 homes and 100 vehicles were damaged. Numerous small trees were downed at the Arrowhead RV park on Ivy Log road. Many RVs had dents and damaged windows from hail. Also, several houses had tin roofs blown off. Another was damaged due to a falling tree. An above-ground pool was destroyed and damage to other homes occurred on Timothy Ingram Road and Ross Ridge Drive. The EMA director reported a tornado on the ground and the sight survey showed trees were occasionally downed in a twisting pattern. One minor injury occurred when a young boy was hit by hail. Other reports northeast of Blairsville indicated up to baseball size hail damaged cars. Trees and power lines were downed along highway 76. Some of the trees fell on a car.
June 1994	Tornado (F1)	Blairsville	$50,000	A weak tornado briefly touched down six miles south of Blairsville on Georgia Highway 129. Two to three homes received roof and window damage while several large trees were uprooted.
August 2023	Flash Flood	Youngstown	$40,000	The Emergency Manager reported significant flooding near Meeks Parks from high water on Butternut Creek where the creek flows into Nottely River. Floodwaters caused several sinkholes and washed out culverts. Radar estimates indicate that between 5 and 6 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Gaddistown	$35,000	The emergency manager reported several creeks and the upper reaches of the Toccoa River, especially in the Suches area were flooding numerous roads and threatening bridges. The Coosa Creek just west of Blairsville flooded residential yards and briefly entered a home.
April 2020	Flood	Blairsville Arpt	$30,000	The Emergency Manager reported a culvert washed out on Hayfield Road due to high flow through a Kiutuestia Creek tributary. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain fell over the area, causing the flooding.
January 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Blairsville Arpt	$25,000	The Union County Emergency Manager reported a parked airplane overturned by the wind at the Blairsville Municipal Airport.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hood	$25,000	Report of multiple trees and powerlines down near the intersection of Helton Creek Road and Holly Lane.
April 2020	Flood	Youngcane	$25,000	The Emergency Manager reported a partial lane washout and debris blockage due to high water on Watts Creek. Damage occurred to Timber Blossom Drive and Dillard Road, between Timber Ridge road and Emerine Road.
October 2020	Flash Flood	Blairsville	$25,000	Pappy's Trading Post published photos to their social media site of their property and nearby areas inundated by the Nottely River. The USGS river gage downstream reported the Nottely River rose to Minor Flood Stage, cresting at 14.68 feet. Radar estimates indicate that 4 to 6 inches of rain occurred in the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Blairsville	$25,000	The Union County Emergency Manager reported more than two dozen trees blown down across the county, mainly south and east of Blairsville to the Union/White county line.
May 2011	Lightning	Blairsville	$25,000	The Union County reported that lightning struck a structure on Everett Box Drive in Blairsville causing damage to the structure. Specific damages were not provided.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Blairsville	$25,000	The Union County 911 Center reported that a tree was down on a home on Jones Creek Road in the west part of the county near Jones Creek.
April 2011	Lightning	Blairsville	$25,000	The Union County Emergency Management Director reported that there were two lightning-related structural fires in the county. No specific details regarding damages were provided.
April 2020	Flood	Rogers	$20,000	The Emergency Manager reported a culvert washed out on Byers Road due to high flow through Youngcane Creek. Radar estimates indicate 3 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the area, causing the flooding.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Youngstown	$15,000	Reports of multiple trees and power lines down in Blairsville.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Fain	$15,000	Reports of multiple trees and power lines down near Owltown.
April 2020	Flood	Rogers	$15,000	The Emergency Manager reported that high flow through Youngcane Creek flooded yards and at least one basement on Wildwater Lane. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the area, causing the flooding.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Ivy Log	$15,000	The Union County 911 center reported numerous trees blown down across, mainly the northern half, of the county. Some location include: near the intersection of Ivylog Road and Moccasin Road; on Ivylog Creek Road; in front of the Home Depot on Highway 515; along Highway 180 near Brasstown Bald; along Chapman Ford Road; on Caldwell Road near Murphy Highway; near the intersection of Jones Creek Road and Dakota lane; near the Ace Hardware on Old Blue Ridge Highway; and near the intersection of Hayfield Road and Highway 515.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Natal	$10,000	Multiple reports of trees and powerlines down around the Gaddistown area.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Bethlehem	$10,000	Report of several trees down near Nottely Dam.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Otto	$10,000	Reports of trees and powerlines down along with structural damage along Mt. Pleasant Church Road W.
February 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ivy Log	$10,000	The Union County 911 Center reported that at least 20 trees and five to eight power lines were down across the county.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Blairsville	$9,000	The Union County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down across the eastern portion of the county from around Town Mountain Road, Trackrock Gap Road, and Town Creek School Road to around the intersection of Wolf Creek Road and Earney Road.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Rogers	$8,000	The Union County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down around Highway 515 and Highway 325, around Craig Gap Road and Pine Top Road, and around Trackrock Gap Road and Plott Town Road.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Ivy Log	$7,500	The Union County 911 Center reported that numerous trees were down countywide, with many taking down power lines.
March 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Otto	$7,000	The Union County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down from around the intersection of Owltown Road and Bowers Road to Little Ed Road.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Owltown	$7,000	The Union County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down on Owltown and Town Creek School Roads.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Hood	$6,000	The Union County Emergency Manager reported several trees and power lines blown down along the Richard B Russell Scenic Highway near Helton Creek.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Track Rock	$5,000	Public reports multiple trees down on Black Oak Spur.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Lance Mill	$5,000	The Union County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down across the roadway around John Smith Road at John Smith Way and along Nottely Dam Road at Boy Scout Road and Chrisman Road.
September 2009	Flood	Blairsville Arpt	$5,000	The Union County 911 Center reported that two roads were closed near Blairsville because of flooding. Creeks and streams across the county were near or slightly above bankful during this time frame. Monetary damage was estimated to be $5000 in the form of debris removal along the flooded roads.
June 2007	Lightning	Blairsville	$5,000	The Union County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck three structures in the city, including the 911 center. Damage there was confined mainly to electronic equipment. Minor damage occurred to the other structures. In addition to the lightning, pea-sized hail fell for up to five minutes in the city.
July 2005	Flash Flood	Bethlehem	$5,000	The Union County 911 Center reported that several roads between Jones Creek and Bunker Hill in the northwest part of the county were flooded with several inches of water flowing over the roads as a result of small streams and creeks in the area that were out of their banks. At least two culverts were washed out during the flooding. The North Georgia News of Blairsville reported that Meeks Park and the Butternut Golf Course were also flooded. At least 100 residents were left stranded because of washed out roads. Portions of Robin Road and Hidden Valley Road collapsed during the flooding. Thunderstorms had persisted over the area during the early and mid-morning hours dumping five to eight inches of rain throughout this part of the county.
May 2003	Flash Flood	Blairsville	$5,000	The Union county 911 center reported that a road had become impassable because of rushing water across the road, while another road was closed because a bridge had become impassable with water flowing over the bridge.
July 2002	Lightning	Blairsville	$5,000	The public reported that lightning set a house on fire. No injuries were reported and damage estimates were not provided.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Pleasant Hill	$4,000	The Union County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down on Piney Point Road and Wolf Pen Gap Road.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Choestoe	$4,000	The Union County 911 center reported multiple trees blown down along Highway 129 at Vogel State Park.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Track Rock	$4,000	The Union County 911 center reported several trees blown down along Highway 515 east of Blairsville.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Spile	$3,000	A couple of trees reported down near Ivy Log.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Natal	$3,000	The Union County 911 center reported trees and power lines blown down along Highway 60 northwest of Suches.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Owltown	$3,000	The Union County 911 center reported e few trees blown down along Wilson Mount Road.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Blairsville	$3,000	The Union County 911 Center reported that several trees were down along U.S. Highway 76 west of Blairsville.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Blairsville Arpt	$2,000	Large tree down near the intersection of Kiutuestua Creek Road and Lows Mills Road.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Ivy Log	$2,000	The Union County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down along U.S. Highway 129 near Nottely Dam.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaddistown	$2,000	The Union County Emergency Management Director reported that a few trees were down across the southern and southeastern part of the county. Pea-sized hail also covered the ground in parts of Blairsville.
October 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Track Rock	$2,000	The Union County 911 Center reported that six trees were down in the Track Rock, and Foyles Town areas in the east central and southeast part of the county.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Blairsville	$2,000	The Union county 911 center reported that several trees were down.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Blairsville	$2,000	Several trees and power lines were knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Spile	$1,500	The Union County Emergency Manager reported six trees down across the county, from the northern part of the county to near Blairsville.

Mines and quarries

19 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 19 workings inside this county. 1 still produces and 18 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Gold	16
Stone, Crushed/Broken	1
Iron	1
Corundum	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
Coffee Prospect	Iron	Prospect
Track Rock Corundum Mine	Corundum	Past Producer
Wellborn Mountain Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Butt Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Coosa Creek Gold Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Coosa Creek Placer Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Crumley Creek	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Gum Log/J.H. Brown/Brown/Placer Mines	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Killian Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Legal Tender Mine	Gold	Prospect	Vein
Lot 184 Mine	Gold	Unknown	Vein
Martin Mining Property	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Mauney Prospect	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
No Name	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Placer Mine	Gold	Prospect	Vein
Ross Mine	Gold	Unknown	Vein
Stannick	Gold	Prospect	Vein
Teague	Gold	Prospect	Vein
Wellborn-Robinson Property	Gold	Past Producer	Vein

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.

Baxter

Suches census division · 30572 · On Davis Creek · Suches quadrangle

24 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Bethlehem

Ivylog census division · 30512 · On McClure Branch · Nottely Dam quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Blairsville

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Little Creek · Blairsville quadrangle

23 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Bunker Hill

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Sawmill Branch · Mulky Gap quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Caldwell

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Long Branch · Coosa Bald quadrangle

23 sheets, 1886 to 1988

No longer a settlement
Canal Lake

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Stephens Branch · Blairsville quadrangle

23 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Choestoe

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Stink Creek · Coosa Bald quadrangle

23 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Ebenezer

Ivylog census division · 30582 · Near Poplar Knob · Blairsville quadrangle

23 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Fain

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Fain Creek · Jacks Gap quadrangle

22 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Gaddistown

Suches census division · 30572 · On Pink Davis Creek · Suches quadrangle

24 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Hood

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Helton Creek · Jacks Gap quadrangle

22 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Hood

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Trackrock Branch · Coosa Bald quadrangle

23 sheets, 1886 to 1988

No longer a settlement
Ivylog

Ivylog census division · 30512 · On Charlie Brown Branch · Nottely Dam quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Jones Creek

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Payne Branch · Mulky Gap quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Lance Mill

Ivylog census division · 30560 · On Mull Creek · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Laura

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Wilson Branch · Coosa Bald quadrangle

23 sheets, 1886 to 1988

No longer a settlement
Lewner

Ivylog census division · 30560 · Near Chigger Ridge · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Notalee Orchards

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Brackett Creek · Nottely Dam quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Otto

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Gillespie Branch · Coosa Bald quadrangle

23 sheets, 1886 to 1988

No longer a settlement
Owltown

Blairsville census division · 30512 · Near Fort Mountain · Coosa Bald quadrangle

23 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Pearl

Ivylog census division · 30560 · Near Chigger Ridge · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Pleasant Grove

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On North Fork Kiutuestia Creek · Mulky Gap quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Pleasant Hill

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Pleasant Hill · Blairsville quadrangle

23 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Quebec

Suches census division · 30572 · Near Baker Mountain · Neel Gap quadrangle

24 sheets, 1886 to 1988

No longer a settlement
Rogers

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Jones Creek · Mulky Gap quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988

No longer a settlement
Sarah

Suches census division · 30572 · On Grassy Gap Branch · Suches quadrangle

24 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Spile

Ivylog census division · 30582 · On Rogers Branch · Blairsville quadrangle

23 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Spilo

Ivylog census division · 30582 · On Rogers Branch · Blairsville quadrangle

23 sheets, 1886 to 1988

No longer a settlement
Suches

Suches census division · 30572 · On Kennedy Creek · Suches quadrangle

24 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Thomas Mill

Ivylog census division · 30512 · Near Jones Top · Culberson quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988
Town Creek

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Fain Creek · Jacks Gap quadrangle

22 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Townsend Mill

30582 · On Bitter Creek · Hiawassee quadrangle

24 sheets, 1886 to 1988
Trackrock

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Stephens Branch · Hiawassee quadrangle

24 sheets, 1886 to 1988

No longer a settlement
Youngcane

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Watts Creek · Mulky Gap quadrangle

23 sheets, 1888 to 1988

No longer a settlement
Youngstown

Blairsville census division · 30512 · On Wellborn Creek · Blairsville quadrangle

23 sheets, 1886 to 1988

The vanished settlements of Union 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

Smith Bridge

The vanished settlements of Union 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.