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One of 9 National Register listings published here for Murray County · listed in 2005 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Spring Place Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
The listing
- Address. Approx. 2.5 mi. W of Chatsworth, E of jct. of GA 52 A and GA 225, Spring Place, 30705
- When was it listed? January 2005
- Category. district
- Census division. Chatsworth
- National Register reference number. 04000338 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
515 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 515 fires within 5 miles of Spring Place Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,056 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 65 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 | 287 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 65 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 6.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-MURRAY-012 |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Spring Place Historic District: 10 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Talc-Soapstone, Barium-Barite, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Black Marble Co Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| C.C.Keith Property | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| J.W.Coffey Property | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Jessf Jackson Property | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| W.F.Hampton Property | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Chatsworth Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cohutta Mill | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Cohutta Talc Mine | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Earnest Mine | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Farrar Tripoli Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect |
Storms near this property
20 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Place, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Spring Place | $100,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 85 to 90 MPH traveled just under 3 miles across northern Chatsworth in Murray County. The tornado touched down just east of Highway 225 destroying a barn on Dogwood Circle. The tornado continued moving east striking a tractor-trailer storage facility along Lowy Road where it overturned a trailer and snapped or uprooted numerous trees. Continuing east, the tornado struck an industrial building at the intersection of Highland Road and Treadwell Road, peeling back a large section of the roof. An apartment complex across Treadwell Road suffered significant shingle damage and some minor structural damage to the roof. The tornado continued moving east snapping or uprooting trees along Keller Drive and then hit Murray County High School at Green Road and Old Dalton Ellijay Road. The tornado caused significant damage to the baseball fields blowing down a fence and a cinderblock wall and throwing a portion of the bleachers onto the field. The press box also sustained damage. The tornado continued east along West Chestnut Street uprooting and snapping trees, blowing a fence down and collapsing a carport onto a car and a house before dissipating as it reached Highway 411, or North 3rd Avenue. [03/01/17: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF-1, Murray, 2017:030]. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Place | $15,000 | The Murray County 911 Center reported that thunderstorm downburst winds blew down at least six trees southwest of Chatsworth near the intersection of Georgia Highway 225 and New Hope Church Road. In addition, a portion of the roof of a home was ripped off. Several large tree limbs were also down, falling on and causing damage to some vehicles. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Place | $7,000 | An amateur radio operator reported utility lines down on Spring Place Smyrna Road near Leonard Bridge Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Place | $4,000 | The Murray County Emergency Manager and the Murray County 911 Center reported trees blown down on Tibbs Bridge Road, Greeson Bend Road and Smyrna Church Road. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Place | $2,000 | The Murray County Emergency Manager reported power lines blown down at the intersection of Highway 52 and Highway 225. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Place | $2,000 | The Murray County 911 Center reported that numerous trees were blown down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Place | $1,500 | The Murray County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the southwest part of the county. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Place | $1,000 | A tree was downed on Brown Bridge Rd at Hwy 225. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Place | $1,000 | Powerlines down on Ellijay Street between highway 225 S and Clarence Ridley pkwy. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Place | $1,000 | Tree down at Gudger Rd and hwy 225 S . |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Place | $1,000 | A tree was downed onto a power line at the intersection of Deep Wood Drive and Tibbs Bridge Road. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Place | $1,000 | A spotter for the National Weather Service in Peachtree City reported that several large, six to ten inch diameter trees, were blown down along U.S. Highway 76 and Georgia Highway 225 north and west of Spring Place near the Whitfield county line. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Place | $500 | A trained spotter and cooperative observer for the National Weather Service reported that two large 8-10 inch diameter trees were blown down on Tibbs Road. The Murray County 911 center also reported that a couple of trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Spring Place | - | Spotter reports quarter sized hail at hwy 225 and chattsworth hwy. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Spring Place | - | Report of 1 inch hail at Tibbs Bridge Rd and New Hope Rd. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Spring Place | - | The public reported that dime to quarter sized hail fell for 5 minutes at the BP gas station in Chatsworth. Several cars had to pull in under the awning to avoid the hail. |
| July 2003 | Heavy Rain | Spring Place | - | The Dalton Citizen reported that heavy rain, associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill, forced the closing of Patricia Avenue for the third time in six weeks. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Spring Place | - | An amateur radio operator reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Spring Place | - | The Murray county 911 center reported penny-sized hail. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Place | - | The Murray county 911 center reported that one tree was blown down. |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Vann House | 1.4 miles | 1969 |
| Murray County High School Historic District | 2.0 miles | 2004 | |
 | Murray County Courthouse | 2.7 miles | 1980 |
| Chatsworth Downtown Historic District | 2.8 miles | 2005 | |
 | Wright Hotel | 2.8 miles | 1982 |
 | Fort Mountain | 6.5 miles | 1977 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 04000338 in Record Group 79. |
| Murray County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.