Taylorsville, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Euharlee-Taylorsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30178. The Survey maps it on the Taylorsville quadrangle. 252 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 732 feet above sea level.

Taylorsville within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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.

1890 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
1891 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
1896 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1906 USGS Stilesboro quadrangle1:62500
1908 USGS Stilesboro quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Taylorsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

262 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Taylorsville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,570 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 124 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
Arson/incendiarism	124
Debris and open burning	85
Misuse of fire by a minor	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Natural	11
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Recreation and ceremony	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Smoking	1

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 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	2.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-POLK-017
28 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1998	Debris and open burning	3.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Taylorsville: 7 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Brannon Prospect	Aluminum	Prospect
Taylorsville Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Piedmont Portland Cement Co Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Southern States Portland Cmnt Co Qy	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Deaton Ore Bank	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Mitchell-Hodge Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Red-Ore Bank	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
S.K. Hoge Ore Bank	Iron	Past Producer	Residual

Every working recorded in Bartow County

Storms near this place

10 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taylorsville in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flood. 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
March 2008	Tornado (EF3)	Taylorsville	$3,000,000	A storm survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia in cooperation with the Georgia State Patrol confirmed that the EF3 tornado, that originated in Polk county just east of Seney, and continued across extreme southeast Floyd county, continued into southern Bartow county. The tornado entered the county about 3 1/4 miles west-northwest of Taylorsville and finally lifted about four miles southwest of Cartersville. The tornado tracked approximately 11 miles across southern Bartow county. While no deaths or injuries were reported from the tornado in Bartow county, several mobile homes were heavily damaged and hundreds of trees and several high voltage power transmission lines were knocked down and there was damage to the Georgia Power Plant on Georgia Highway 113. In addition, the Taylorsville Elementary School sustained significant damage.\|\|Several homes sustained roof damage along Popum Road just north of Taylorsville, a number of trees were down along Euharlee Road, and several bulidings, a number of trees, and several street signs were down in the area of Woodland High School about three miles southwest of Cartersville. All together, there were approximately 55 homes damaged, six of which were destroyed, and 30 homes with minor damage. Two schools, as noted above Taylorsville Elementary and Woodland High School suffered heavy damage. Some Georgia Power high transmission towers were also down.
April 2003	Lightning	Taylorsville	$150,000	The Bartow county Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a home on Mullinax road northwest of Taylorsville causing extensive damage to the structure.
March 2021	Tornado (EF1)	Taylorsville	$100,000	A National Weather Service survey found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 95 MPH and a maximum path width of 125 yards touched down along Lanier Drive SW on the northwest side of Taylorsville in southern Bartow County. Trees were uprooted near a small school along Euharlee Street SW and a large tree fell onto a small cabin on the eastern side of the road. The tornado continued moving northeast across an open field where it flipped a large center pivot irrigation system. The tornado then hit a tree line along Euharlee Creek where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. The storm continued moving northeast along the creek snapping and uprooting trees before ending as it approached Old Alabama Road. [3/25/21: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF-1, Bartow, 2021:006].
January 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylorsville	$30,000	The Bartow County Emergency Manager and an amateur radio operator reported trees blown down from the Taylorsville and Euharlee areas to near Adairsville along I-75. A portion of the roof was blown off of a church in Euharlee.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylorsville	$10,000	Several trees and power lines down across the Taylorsville area.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylorsville	$1,000	Tree down along sewell road .
April 2007	Hail	Taylorsville	-	An amateur radio operator reported penny-sized hail in the Taylorsville area.
June 2006	Hail	Taylorsville	-	The public reported nickel-sized hail.
May 2004	Heavy Rain	Taylorsville	-	The Bartow County Emergency Management Director reported that very heavy rain, on the order of 2.5 to 3.0 inches in less than one hour, caused localized flooding of Georgia Highway 113 between Taylorsville and Cartersville. Water of the depth of 3 to 4 inches was flowing over the road in spots.
July 2001	Flood	Taylorsville	-	The Cartersville Daily Tribune and the Bartow county 911 center both reported that several streets were flooded in the southern part of the county. There was also some minor flooding in low lying areas. Several streets in Cartersville were flooded, five of which had to be closed in the city.

Every storm recorded in Bartow 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
McGinnis (historical)	1.9 miles	18
Crossroads	2.9 miles	17
Stilesboro	4.0 miles	18
Euharlee	5.0 miles	18
Ligon (historical)	5.9 miles	18
Shellman (historical)	6.0 miles	18
Malbone (historical)	6.2 miles	18
Browns (historical)	6.9 miles	19

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 Taylorsville	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3248761	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 323966. 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.