Millen, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Millen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30442. It stands on Buckhead Creek. The Survey maps it on the Millen quadrangle. 2,966 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 167 feet above sea level.

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Millen within Jenkins County

On record in Millen

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 4 records

Birdsville Plantationlisted 1971
Downtown Millen Historic Districtlisted 1996
Jenkins County Courthouselisted 1980
Millen High Schoollisted 2002

Population over time

2 figures

Millen fell from 3,120 to 2,966 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	3,120
2020	2,966	-154 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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.

1920 USGS Millen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1943 USGS Millen quadrangle1:125000
1943 USGS Millen quadrangle1:62500
1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Millen quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000

Photographs

1 photograph, 2013

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.

Autumn scene near Millen in northern Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2013. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

330 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 330 fires within 5 miles of Millen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 866 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 77 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	173
Arson/incendiarism	77
Equipment and vehicle use	39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Natural	11
Misuse of fire by a minor	9
Recreation and ceremony	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Smoking	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
4 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020JENKINS005
26 September 1996	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	2.8 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2019	Debris and open burning	3.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020JENKINS004
21 September 1996	Arson/incendiarism	2.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jenkins County

Storms near this place

60 of 69 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millen in 69 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 51 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 2 flash flood, 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
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$100,000	Several planes overturned by high winds at private landing strip northwest of Millen on Old Lewisville Road.
January 2006	Tornado (F0)	Millen	$50,000	A tornado briefly touched down severely damaging a mobile home, causing minor damage to another mobile home, and knocking down trees.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$20,000	Trees down. Tree fell on a house.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$13,000	The Jenkins county Emergency Manager reported a tree down on a car at intersection of Highway 17 and Washington Steet. Scattered trees were also reported down across the Millen area. In addition, a structure was also reported to have caught on fire, presumably by a lightning strike.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$10,000	There were reports of power lines down in the city of Millen. A 5 foot diameter tree fell on a trailer near the Jenkins County Hospital.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$8,000	Numerous trees and power lines down in Millen.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$5,000	Trees and powerlines down.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$5,000	Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$3,500	Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in Millen.
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$2,250	The Jenkins County 911 Call Center reported a tree limb went through a roof at the 600 block of Walnut Street.
August 2018	Lightning	Millen	$2,000	A lightning strike resulted in damage at the Jenkins County Sheriff's Office.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$2,000	The public reported one tree and one power line down.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$2,000	Trees and power lines were reported down 2 miles east of Millen, Georgia.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$2,000	Trees down along Highway 17.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$1,500	Three trees were reported down at the intersection of east Highway 21 and Paramore Hill Road.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$1,000	The Jenkins County 911 Call Center reported one tree down on Parks Road in Millen, Georgia.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$1,000	One tree was reported down on Hilltonia Road.
June 2009	Hail	Millen	$1,000	A trained weather spotter reported penny size hail and numerous tree limbs down in Millen, Georgia.
December 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$1,000	Law enforcement reported a large tree down on a powerline along Highway 17 in Millen, Georgia.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$1,000	There were large limbs reported down in the town of Millen.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$1,000	Trees down along Highway 25 near the Ogeechee River.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$500	One 8-inch diameter tree and a few large tree limbs reported down.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$500	One tree was reported down near the intersection of Highway 17 and Candle Brank Road.
May 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$500	Thunderstorm winds toppled a few large trees along Georgia Highway 25.
January 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	$100	Thunderstorms winds knocked down tree limbs onto power lines. The winds were estimated over 60 mph in gusts.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	The Jenkins County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on power lines and a transformer.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	The Jenkins County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on a transformer at 489 South Gray Street in Millen, Georgia.
May 2022	Hail	Millen	-	A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of pennies which lasted for about 3 minutes near Millen.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	A Jenkins County Emergency Manager reported a solar farm on Old Louisville Road sustaining significant wind damage.
March 2022	Hail	Millen	-	Jenkins County dispatch reported quarter sized hail just north of Millen.
May 2021	Hail	Millen	-	A local news station relayed a report of pea to dime sized hail just south of Millen.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	Several trees were reported snapped off near a house on Old Eighty Road near Millen.
February 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	Fire fighters reported several trees down in the city of Millen, GA.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	An emergency manager reported trees down near the intersection of Buttermilk Road and Edenfield Road.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	An emergency manager reported trees down on Terri Drive.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	The Jenkins County 911 Call Center reported trees down near the intersection of Georgia Highway 17 and North Masonic Street.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	An emergency manager reported a tree down on North Masonic Street.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	An emergency manager reported trees down on Godbee Road.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	Jenkins County dispatch reported trees and power lines down on S Masonic Street.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	Jenkins County dispatch reported numerous large limbs, 10 inches or more in diameter, blown onto power lines on Harvey Street.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	Several large tree limbs were blown down on a private lot near Grimm Avenue.
May 2014	Hail	Millen	-	Quarter sized hail fell at the Jenkins County dispatch building.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	A fire department reported a large oak tree fell onto a car and also blocked the intersection of North Masonic Street and East Winthrope Avenue.
June 2010	Flash Flood	Millen	-	The public reported seven inches of rainfall with widespread flooding on roadways in Millen.
June 2009	Hail	Millen	-	The public reported quarter size hail in Millen, Georgia.
May 2008	Hail	Millen	-	Golf ball size hail was reported by a post office employee in Millen, Georgia.
March 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	Large pecan tree down along Charlie Jones Rd.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	Several trees were down.
July 2003	Flash Flood	Millen	-	Very heavy rain caused flooding which washed out Savannah Road and Spencer Road. Highway 25 to the north of Millen was also flooded.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	Large limbs and power lines were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	Trees and power lines were down.
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	Several farm buildings were destroyed. Also, several large limbs and power lines were down.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	Coop observer reported several trees and power lines down.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	Numerous trees down across the county and trees blocking roads south of Millen.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	Trees down.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	Several trees down.
January 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Millen	-	Thunderstorm winds with gusts over 60 mph were reported.

Every storm recorded in Jenkins 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
South Millen (historical)	0.7 miles	15
Cushingville (historical)	3.2 miles	7
Emmalane	4.0 miles	15
Paramore Hill	4.5 miles	15
Lawton	4.7 miles	15
Bennetts Landing	5.0 miles	7
Rogers	6.7 miles	7
Butts	6.8 miles	7

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 Millen	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2885747	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 356393. 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.