Demorest, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cornelia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30535. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clarkesville quadrangle. 2,022 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,348 feet above sea level.
On record in Demorest
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
Demorest Women's Clublisted 2008
Pyle-Davis Houselisted 2003- Demorest Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1989
Population over time
2 figuresDemorest grew from 1,823 to 2,022 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,823 | |
| 2020 | 2,022 | +199 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1886 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Clarkesville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
265 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Demorest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 313 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 32 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 169 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HABERSHAM-013 |
| 9 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HABERSHAM-001 |
| 4 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HABERSHAM-008 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Demorest: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Manganese, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville District Kyn Occurrence | Kyanite | Past Producer | 1932 | |
| H. Woods | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| J.P.Fort Property | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Piedmont College Farm | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Habersham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Habersham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stamborough Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Demorest in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Lightning | Demorest | $100,000 | Lightning ignited a house fire, causing extensive damage. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Demorest | - | Public reported up to quarter size hail just east of Demorest. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Demorest | - | County comms reported multiple trees blown down around Demorest. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Demorest | - | Trees were down from south of Clarkesville to the Lathan Rd area. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Demorest | - | Trees down. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Demorest | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Demorest | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Demorest | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Demorest | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Demorest | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Habersham Station (historical) | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Habersham | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Bert (historical) | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Shorts Mill | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Pardue Mill | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Hills | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Clarkesville | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Cornelia | 3.8 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Demorest | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2733750 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331538. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.







