Cumming Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

From the record

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Forsyth County · listed in 2005 · category: Site.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
Address. Bordered by GA 20, GA 9 and Resthaven Dr., Cumming, 30040
When was it listed? May 2005
Category. site
Census division. Cumming
National Register reference number. 05000428 - 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

252 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Cumming Cemetery between 1992 and 2018, burning about 312 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 41 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	119
Arson/incendiarism	41
Misuse of fire by a minor	24
Smoking	19
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Natural	11
Recreation and ceremony	10

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
6 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 1996	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2017	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-FORSYTH-001
11 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 1993	Debris and open burning	1.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Forsyth County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Cumming Cemetery: 5 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite, Mica. 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
Cumming Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Hansard Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Mary Thomas Property	Magnesite	Past Producer
Davis Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Lot 70 2nd Dist.	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Lyons	Gold	Prospect	Vein
Sawnee Mt.	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
Young Deer Creek	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
Zamoda Au Prospect	Gold	Prospect	Vein

Every working recorded in Forsyth County

Storms near this property

60 of 129 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cumming, the town this property stands in, in 129 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 49 hail, 49 thunderstorm wind, 22 lightning, 4 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. 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 2007	Lightning	Cumming	1 killed	WSB Television of Atlanta reported that a 27-year old male construction worker was killed when struck by lightning. The individual was working on a house under construction. He and other workers sought shelter in the structure during the thunderstorm.
July 2005	Lightning	Cumming	2 hurt, $50,000	The Forsyth Herald reported that lightning struck a fishing boat on Lake Lainer. Two men in the boat were injured during the incident. In Cumming, a home on Pitman Circle was set on fire when lightning struck a nearby tree. The home suffered moderate damage as a result.
July 2003	Lightning	Cumming	1 hurt	The Forsyth County News reported that a 13-year old girl was injured when lightning struck a tree next to where she was standing. The girl complained of blurred vision and breathing difficulty following the incident.
May 2001	Lightning	Cumming	1 hurt	The Forsyth County News reported that lightning struck a 31-year old man. The man was struck outside his home on Bordeaux Boulevard. His socks were burned and his shoes were melted.
March 2012	Hail	Cumming	$4,760,000	The public called to report golf ball size hail fell for over ten minutes between 12:27 AM EDT to 12:39 AM EDT.
June 2007	Hail	Cumming	$2,700,000	Several reports of large hail were received from the public across the central and southern portions of Forsyth county from Cumming southwest to near the Fulton county line, including Brookwood and Big Creek. Golf ball-sized hail was reported in the Brookwood and Big Creek areas, with penny to nickel-sized hail around Cumming.
April 2009	Hail	Cumming	$2,000,000	Amateur radio operators relayed a report of golf ball-sized hail in the extreme southeast part of the county near the Gwinnett and Hall county line.
February 2005	Hail	Cumming	$930,000	The public reported hail ranging in size from pennies to golf balls.
September 2000	Lightning	Cumming	$500,000	The Forsyth County News reported that lightning struck and set on fire HLB Custom Cabinets at 2680 Friendship Road in Cumming. The building was completely destroyed.
August 2012	Lightning	Cumming	$400,000	The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported four lightning fires in and around Cumming. Two houses, one on Loblolly Lane and another on Hawk Creek Road, were completely destroyed, while two others, one on Crossland Drive and a condo on Tribble Gap Road, sustained only minor damage. No injuries were reported.
June 2007	Lightning	Cumming	$300,000	The Forsyth County 911 Center reported that two homes and a tree were struck and set on fire by lightning. The homes were located on Aaron Phosby Road, Astoria Avenue, and Concord Village Lane. Damage was minor to moderate.
July 1999	Lightning	Cumming	$300,000	Lightning set a fire which destroyed a two-story home in Hampton Forest subdivision. Four firemen were injured while fighting the fire. Another lightning strike caused a fire at a home on Zinfandel Court and Old Atlanta Club parkway. The fire was contained to the attic and one bedroom.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$250,000	The Forsyth County Emergency Management Director reported that an apparent downburst from a collapsing thunderstorm blew down from 40 to 50 trees in the Lanier Heights Subdivision and adjacent areas. A total of eleven homes sustained minor damage from the downed trees.
June 2007	Lightning	Cumming	$250,000	The Forsyth County Emergency Management Director reported that two homes were struck by lightning and set on fire in the western part of Cumming, one on Castleberry Road and another on Wenham Court.
June 2004	Lightning	Cumming	$250,000	The Forsyth County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck and set a home on fire on Creekstone Path. The structure was a total loss.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$200,000	The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported widespread wind damage from Cumming and points south. Numerous trees were blown down, many on houses. Power lines, street lights and stop lights were blown down as well. Three mobile homes were destroyed by falling trees on Homesteaders Drive, and another was damaged but repairable.
June 2008	Lightning	Cumming	$200,000	The Forsyth County 911 Center reported that lightning strikes started several house fires in the southern half of the county. Specific damages were not provided.
July 2002	Lightning	Cumming	$175,000	The Forsyth county Emergency Management Director reported that lightning strikes caused several structural fires. The Forsyth County newspaper reported that lightning struck a home in the Gran Forest subdivision. The home was completely destroyed by the resulting fire. Damage to other homes was minor.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$125,000	Multiple trees and power lines blown down from just west of Cumming, along Chamblee Gap Road, Greystone Place and Hickory Court. Several trees on cars in this area. The path of damage extended south-southeast to near Union Road and Brandywine Circle, where trees were on houses in this area. In the Sawnee View Farms neighborhood over two dozen trees were blown down.
April 1998	Lightning	Cumming	$120,000	Lightning struck a gas main at a home in the Gran Forest subdivision. The house was immediately engulfed in flames and was destroyed.
July 1999	Lightning	Cumming	$50,000	Fire caused by lightning severely damaged the roof and upper floor of a home on Lakeridge Drive.
March 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$50,000	Five homes in a subdivision off Kelly Mill Road received damage from thunderstorm winds. Numerous trees were downed in southern Forsyth county.
February 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$30,000	The Forsyth County Emergency Management Director reported that a few trees were blown down in the Buford Dam area at the southern end of Lake Lanier in the far southeast part of the county. The Forsyth County News reported that the Spondivits restaurant in Cumming had a door ripped off and suffered significant roof damage.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$25,000	The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down, some onto houses, in a neighborhood south of Cumming. Locations include on Redbud Way, Gran Forest Drive, Haw Creek Drive, Loblolly Lane, Hawthorne Terrace, and Cottonwood Trail. No injuries were reported.
June 2003	Lightning	Cumming	$25,000	The Forsyth county Assistant Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a house and set it on fire causing minor to moderate structural damage. The Forsyth County news also reported that lightning struck a tree and Suwanee EMC breaker on Jot'em Down Road near Chestatee
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$25,000	The Forsyth County News and the Emergency Management Director reported that numerous trees and power lines were blown down west and northwest of Cumming, near Drew, along Georgia Highway 371 and in Cumming as well. In addition, a small portion of a roof was blown off a store and a chicken house was blown down. Two homes were damaged by the fallen trees and more than a dozen power lines were knocked down by trees. A large oak tree crushed the roof of one home and another large tree fell in front of an apartment complex in Cumming. Traffic was detoured in the city around downed power lines, wires, and trees or tree limbs and debris.
September 2000	Lightning	Cumming	$25,000	The Forsyth County News reported that lightning struck a home on Sanders Road on the east side of Cumming setting the attic on fire. The fire was extinguished before the fire spread to other parts of the house.
July 1999	Lightning	Cumming	$25,000	Lightning started a fire that destroyed half of a 4200 square foot storage building.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$20,000	The Forsyth county EMA director reported wind damage in the northern part of the county. Trees and power lines were knocked down. Several roofs were damaged or torn off. There was a report of a possible tornado.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$10,000	The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down across the northern end of the county from the west side of Cumming to the area between Silver City and Coal Mountain.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$10,000	The Forsyth County Emergency Management Director reported that eight trees were down southwest of Cumming between Georgia Highway 400, Atlanta Highway, and Castleberry Road. In Matt, a home sustained roof damage on Nicholas Drive.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$10,000	The Forsyth County Emergency Management Director reported that a tree was blown down onto a home on Lake Lanier causing damage to the structure. The tree also brought down power lines when it fell.
July 2008	Lightning	Cumming	$10,000	The Forsyth County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning strikes at several locations caused electrical transformers to blow and resulted in damage to audio equipment at several homes. However, no structural fires were reported.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$10,000	The Forsyth County News reported that a large oak tree fell onto a vehicle and a home near the intersection of Hutchinson Road and Atlanta Highway. Several other trees were blown down in the area.
June 1998	Lightning	Cumming	$10,000	The Forsyth county EMA reported lightning started a house fire in southern Forsyth county. Damages were unknown.
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$10,000	no account filed
July 2005	Lightning	Cumming	$5,000	The Forsyth Herald reported that lightning struck near a home on Winchester Drive. A storage building near the home sustained major damage, while the house sustained minor damage.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$5,000	The Forsyth County 911 center reported that several trees and power lines were down.
May 2003	Flash Flood	Cumming	$5,000	The Forsyth county 911 center reported that several roads in Cumming were flooded with water flowing over the roads. The Forsyth County News reported that in the northwest part of the county, the Etowah River flooded an area the size of a football field. Nicholson Road was under four feet of water.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$5,000	The Forsyth county 911 center reported that some trees and power lines were down near the intersection of Georgia Highway 9 and Georgia Highway 306 in the Pirkle Woods community.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$5,000	The Forsyth county Assistant Emergency Management Director reported that a tree was blown down on a home off Pilgrim Mill Road causing minor structural damage.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$5,000	The Forsyth county 911 center reported that trees and power lines had been blown down.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$5,000	The Forsyth county 911 center reported that some power lines were blown down.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$5,000	Forsyth county 911 reported trees were knocked down along Atlanta Highway. A couple of them fell on power lines, and one fell on a house.
May 1998	Hail	Cumming	$5,000	Numerous public reports were received of hail from quarter to golf ball size. The largest hail appparently fell in Cumming.
March 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$5,000	no account filed
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$3,000	The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down from around Chamblee Gap Road and Kelly Mill Road to Highway 9 north of Oak Grove Circle.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$3,000	The Forsyth County Emergency Manager relayed a report of at least six trees and power lines down. At least three roads were closed from falling trees, and the Exit 16 ramp on Georgia Highway 400 was closed because of a power line down.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Cumming	$3,000	The stage height at a USGS stream gage on the Big Creek at Atlanta Highway around 6 miles southwest of Cumming reached flood stage of 6 feet. The creek crest at 7.5 feet. Minor flooding occurred in the woodlands and walking paths of the The Big Creek Greenway.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$3,000	The Forsyth county 911 center reported that several trees and power lines had been blown down.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$3,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down several large trees and power lines on Erin Sosbee Road and Bethelview Road.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$3,000	Trees were knocked down in southern Forsyth county near Sharron.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$2,500	The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down on house 2 miles south of Cumming. Six other trees were down elsewhere around the county.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$2,000	The public reported a tall pine tree blown down along Rosewood lane which damaged the windshield of a parked vehicle.
May 2002	Lightning	Cumming	$2,000	The Forsyth County News reported that a lightning strike ruptured a natural gas main igniting the line and causing a road to be blocked much of the day. No structural fires ensued and no one was injured during the incident.
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$2,000	The public reported that a tree was blown down on a home causing some damage to the roof of the structure.
May 1998	Hail	Cumming	$2,000	The public reported quarter to golf ball size hail.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$2,000	The Forsyth county EMA reported several trees and power lines down.
May 1998	Hail	Cumming	$2,000	no account filed
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Cumming	$1,500	The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported that several trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Forsyth County

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

3 within 8 miles

Other 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Cumming Bandstand	0.1 miles	2002
Cumming Public School-Cumming High School	0.2 miles	2000
Fowler Family Farm	5.4 miles	2003

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 05000428 in Record Group 79.
Forsyth County	All 5 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.