Epworth, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the McCaysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30541. It lies near Wolf Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Epworth quadrangle. 668 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,703 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEpworth grew from 480 to 668 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 | 480 | |
| 2020 | 668 | +188 (+39%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 21 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.
- 1888 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Epworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Epworth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Epworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Epworth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
392 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 392 fires within 5 miles of Epworth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,000 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 81 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 | 225 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 81 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-FANNIN-004 |
| 22 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | ASH ROAD 8 18 11 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Epworth: 12 past producers, 6 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Copper, Sulfur, Iron, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calloway Mine | Zinc, Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1853, 1948 | |
| Cherokee Mine | Copper, Iron, Zinc, Sulfur, Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | 1847, 1962 | |
| Cities Service Iron Roaster | Copper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Iron, Zinc | Producer | ||
| Mary | Iron, Zinc, Copper, Sulfur | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| Mine No. 20 | Copper, Iron-Pyrite | Occurrence | Massive Sulfide | |
| North Pit | Zinc, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | 1847, 1976 | |
| Old Tennessee Mine | Copper, Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| South Pit | Zinc, Copper, Sulfur, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | 1847, 1977 | |
| Mine No. 20 | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Mobile | Copper, Sulfur | Past Producer | 1858 |
Storms near this place
10 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Epworth in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Hail | Epworth | $98,000 | Yet another large hail storm tracked across western and northern Fannin county. The public reported golf ball-sized hail north of Blue Ridge near Epworth, while penny-sized hail was reported further southeast in the Mineral Bluff and Morganton areas. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epworth | $12,000 | Numerous trees down along a path starting southeast of Epworth along Blue Ridge Dr near Wash Wilson Rd and Thunder Rock Rd and continuing southeast to Appalachian Hwy near Old US 76. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epworth | $10,000 | The Fannin County 911 center reported numerous trees blown down from Epworth to Mineral Bluff. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epworth | $10,000 | The News Observer of Blue Ridge reported that a large tree was blown down onto a porch that was attached to a trailer. The porch was removed from the trailer as a result. In addition, an adjacent dirt bike was also crushed by the large tree. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epworth | $1,500 | The public reported six or more trees down in the area, one 8 inch diameter tree snapped off. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epworth | $1,000 | Tree downed along galloway road se of hwy 5 . |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epworth | $1,000 | The Fannin County 911 Center reported that up to five trees were blown down across the county. |
| August 2004 | Lightning | Epworth | $1,000 | The News Observer of Blue Ridge reported that lightning struck a propane tank at a private residence on Lickskillet Road. The lightning blew the propane supply line apart at the tank, which was about 30 percent full, and ignited the propane fuel leaking from the tank at the supply line. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Epworth | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Epworth | - | The public reported nickel-sized hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierceville | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| Kyle | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Kingtown | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Galloway | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Jonestown | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Fry | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| McCaysville | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Williamstown | 2.6 miles | 23 |
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 Epworth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5384053 | 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 355715. 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.












