Lincoln Park, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Thomaston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30286. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln Park quadrangle. 817 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 715 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresLincoln Park fell from 1,122 to 817 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,122 | |
| 2010 | 833 | -289 (-26%) |
| 2020 | 817 | -16 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1935 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Lincoln Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
474 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 474 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,454 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 62 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 | 269 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 33 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-UPSON-003 |
| 5 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-UPSON-011 |
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-UPSON-007 |
| 29 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020UPSON013 |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Lincoln Park: 14 prospects, 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B S Gibson Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Bennie Barron Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Bentley Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Boyt Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Brown Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Corley Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Corley Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Cumbie Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Emmit Trice Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| F.E.Thompson Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lincoln Park in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF3) | Lincoln Park | $300,000 | A National Weather Service survey found that an EF3 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 140 mph and a maximum path width of 1200 yards developed south of Thomaston in Upson County near Gordon School Road east of Old Talbotton Road. The tornado moved northeast narrowly missing the densely populated Lincoln Park area but hitting the Southern Crescent Technical College and Raintree Golf and Country Club on Highway 19 with winds of 70 to 85 mph. The tornado intensified as it passed Triune Mill Road on a path parallel to and just south of Yatesville Highway, where homes and cars were damaged from falling trees. As the tornado reached Trice Cemetery Road, it broadened to over 2/3 of a mile wide. An unoccupied mobile home was rotated 90 degrees and rolled on its side. The tornado reached its maximum intensity as reached Trinity road where a single story frame home had most of its roof blown off and every tree within a 1/8 mile radius was snapped. One house was lifted off of its foundation and deposited several yards away in the roadway on Highway 74. The tornado slowly began to weaken as it continued northeast through the northeastern corner of Upson County and into far southeastern Lamar County. In total, 159 structures were affected. thirty eight homes had minor damage, 20 major damage and 7 were destroyed. [04/12/20: Tornado #11, County #1/2, EF-3, Upson, 2020:017]. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln Park | $6,000 | Amateur radio operator reported a few power poles and power lines down along Carter Loop in the city of Thomaston. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln Park | $1,000 | The Upson County 911 Center reported that a tree and a power line were blown down in Thomaston. Lots of large limbs were down as well. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomaston | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| East Thomaston | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Silvertown | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Paynes Mill | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Redbone Crossroads | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Sunset Village | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| McKinney | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Roland | 4.6 miles | 12 |
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 Lincoln Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2371004 | 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 332218. 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.






