BlockFrom the record
One of 7 National Register listings published here for Taliaferro County · listed in 2006 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Locust Grove Cemetery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Locust Grove Rd. SE, Sharon, 30631
- When was it listed? December 2006
- Category. site
- Census division. Sharon
- National Register reference number. 06001119 - 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
151 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Locust Grove Cemetery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 772 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 11 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 | 74 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WARREN-013 |
| 7 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | 277 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-TALIAFERRO-003 |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-WARREN-004 |
| 23 September 2001 | Smoking | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-TALIAFERRO-003 |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Locust Grove Cemetery: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillman | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer |
Storms near this property
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sharon, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon | $5,000 | Multiple trees downed in the town of Sharon with widespread power outages. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon | $2,000 | The Taliaferro County 911 center reported trees blown down near a trailer park on Highway 47 at Stephan Road in Sharon. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon | $2,000 | The Taliaferro County 911 center reported trees blown down along Highway 47 between Crawfordville and Washington. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon | $1,000 | Tree down across I20 near the Warren County Line. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharon | $1,000 | The Taliaferro County 911 center reported a tree blown down on I-20 eastbound near mile marker 152.5. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Sharon | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. A few small branches were also blown down. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Sharon | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Sharon | - | The Sharon Post Office observed golf ball size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonsay Plantation | 6.0 miles | 1974 | |
 | Chapman-Steed House | 6.8 miles | 2002 |
 | Crawfordville Historic District | 7.0 miles | 2006 |
 | Liberty Hall | 7.0 miles | 1970 |
 | Taliaferro County Courthouse | 7.0 miles | 1980 |
 | A. H. Stephens Memorial State Park | 7.2 miles | 1995 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 06001119 in Record Group 79. |
| Taliaferro County | All 7 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.