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.
Population over time
2 figuresLenox 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 873 | |
| 2020 | 752 | -121 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Lenox quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Photographs
8 of 19 photographs shown, 1977Taken 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.
Fleischhauer, Carl, 1977. Library of Congress
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Adler, Thomas A, 1977. Library of Congress
Jabbour, Alan (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Jabbour, Alan (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Fleischhauer, Carl (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Jabbour, Alan (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Cook County
Fires near this place
349 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 220 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 76 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-COOK-020 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COOK007 |
| 30 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | $150,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2015 | Lightning | Lenox | $37,920 | Ten 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | $10,000 | Roof damage occurred at Rebels Road and Bobby Road. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | $1,000 | The Cook county EM reported several large trees down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | $1,000 | The Cook County EMA reported trees down on Nelson Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | $750 | A tree was blown down on Highway 41 in Lenox. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| September 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | $500 | One tree was blown down across power lines, which caused them to snap. Numerous power outages were reported near U.S. Highway 41. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | - | Trees were down near I-75 with debris across the highway. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | - | Trees were blown down on Godwin Road. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | - | A tree was blown down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenox | - | Trees were blown down around Lenox. |
| February 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Lenox | - | Brief tornado touchdown with no damage. Reported by the Cook County Sheriff. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Lenox | - | Lenox Police Department reported hail. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Lenox | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staunton | 0.7 miles | 8 | |
| Wagon Wheel | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Barneyville | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Flat Ford | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Laconte | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Chaserville | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Berrien (historical) | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Nola (historical) | 7.2 miles | 8 |
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 Lenox | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3261075 | 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 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.




