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Lenox, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Lenox census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31637. The Survey maps it on the Lenox quadrangle. 752 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 289 feet above sea level.

Lenox within Cook County

Population over time

2 figures

Lenox fell from 873 to 752 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.

YearPeople Change
2010873
2020752-121 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Photographs

8 of 19 photographs shown, 1977

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.

John R. Griffin, Lenox, Georgia, house interior, family members; Janie Doss, Tift County, Georgia, house exterior
John R. Griffin, Lenox, Georgia, house interior, family members; Janie Doss, Tift County, Georgia, house exterior
Fleischhauer, Carl, 1977. Library of Congress
John R. Griffin house, Lenox, Georgia, brothers John R. Griffin and Arthur Griffin
John R. Griffin house, Lenox, Georgia, brothers John R. Griffin and Arthur Griffin
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Commercial district, Lenox, Georgia; John R. Griffin house, Lenox, Georgia; Sparks United Methodist Church, Sparks, Georgia; Cook County Courthouse, Adel, Georgia
Commercial district, Lenox, Georgia; John R. Griffin house, Lenox, Georgia; Sparks United Methodist Church, Sparks, Georgia; Cook County Courthouse, Adel, Georgia
Adler, Thomas A, 1977. Library of Congress
John R. Griffin, Lenox, Georgia, playing music with Arthur Griffin and Alan Jabbour, scenes at Griffin house
John R. Griffin, Lenox, Georgia, playing music with Arthur Griffin and Alan Jabbour, scenes at Griffin house
Jabbour, Alan (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Bethel Baptist Church homecoming, Worth County, Georgia; Barbershop building, Lenox, Georgia
Bethel Baptist Church homecoming, Worth County, Georgia; Barbershop building, Lenox, Georgia
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
John R. Griffin, Lenox, Georgia, old family photographs
John R. Griffin, Lenox, Georgia, old family photographs
Jabbour, Alan (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Joe T. Fletcher, Irwin County, Georgia, birthplace house; Stores in Lenox, Georgia
Joe T. Fletcher, Irwin County, Georgia, birthplace house; Stores in Lenox, Georgia
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
John R. Griffin, Lenox, Georgia, old family photographs, home of Griffin's son
John R. Griffin, Lenox, Georgia, old family photographs, home of Griffin's son
Jabbour, Alan (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Cook County

Fires near this place

349 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 349 fires within 5 miles of Lenox between 1992 and 2020, burning about 867 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 13 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 burning220
Equipment and vehicle use76
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural9
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burning3.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-COOK-020
30 September 2019Debris and open burning7.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020COOK007
30 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cook County

Storms near this place

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lenox in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindLenox$150,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees along a line from Lenox to Adel. Several trees fell on houses. Three large trees were uprooted at a residence on Concord Church Circle near Sparks, with one falling on a trailer. Winds also tore the top off a shelter.
August 2015LightningLenox$37,920Ten cows were killed when a pine tree they were standing under was struck by lightning. According to the 2010 farming and ranch guide, the average value of a cow is about $1.58 per pound. The average cow weighs about 2,400 pounds. Thus the damage loss is estimated at about $37,920.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLenox$10,000Roof damage occurred at Rebels Road and Bobby Road.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindLenox$1,000The Cook county EM reported several large trees down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindLenox$1,000The Cook County EMA reported trees down on Nelson Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLenox$750A tree was blown down on Highway 41 in Lenox. Monetary damage was estimated.
September 1994Thunderstorm WindLenox$500One tree was blown down across power lines, which caused them to snap. Numerous power outages were reported near U.S. Highway 41.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindLenox-Trees were down near I-75 with debris across the highway.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindLenox-Several trees were blown down.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindLenox-Trees were blown down on Godwin Road.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindLenox-A tree was blown down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLenox-Trees were blown down around Lenox.
February 2000Tornado (F0)Lenox-Brief tornado touchdown with no damage. Reported by the Cook County Sheriff.
April 1997HailLenox-Lenox Police Department reported hail.
April 2021HailLenox-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cook County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Staunton0.7 miles8
Wagon Wheel2.4 miles8
Barneyville4.0 miles8
Flat Ford4.0 miles8
Laconte4.1 miles8
Chaserville6.8 miles8
Berrien (historical)7.0 miles8
Nola (historical)7.2 miles8

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 LenoxAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3261075The 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 316766. 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.

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.