Photograph of Ebenezer — Photograph by Bubba73 (Jud McCranie), CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Ebenezer Townsite and Jerusalem Lutheran Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From the record

“Ebenezer, also known as New Ebenezer, is a ghost town in Effingham County, Georgia, United States, near Ebenezer Creek, on the banks of the Savannah River. National Register of Historic Places as Ebenezer Townsite and Jerusalem Lutheran Church in 1974.”
Wikipedia article Ebenezer, Georgia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 8 National Register listings published here for Effingham County · listed in 1974 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. E of Springfield on GA 275 at Savannah River, Springfield, 31326
When was it listed? December 1974
Category. district
Census division. Rincon
National Register reference number. 74000674 - 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

202 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Ebenezer Townsite and Jerusalem Lutheran Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,383 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 66 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	77
Arson/incendiarism	66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22
Natural	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Smoking	4
Recreation and ceremony	4

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
3 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020EFFINGHAM004
8 August 2008	Natural	100 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
25 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-EFFINGHAM-017
20 August 1993	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 August 2002	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Effingham County

Storms near this property

51 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springfield, the town this property stands in, in 51 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 34 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 5 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
March 2008	Tornado (EF2)	Springfield	5 hurt, $1,500,000	An EF2 Tornado was confirmed by a Storm Survey conducted by the Charleston, South Carolina National Weather Service Forecast Office. The Tornado touched down in Effingham county 1 mile northeast of Springfield, Georgia at 934 PM EDT and traveled southeast approximately 7 miles before lifting at 943 PM EDT about 6 miles east-southeast of Springfield, Georgia. This Tornado destroyed three mobile homes, damaged three to four dozen homes, knocked down 15 high voltage transmission towers, destroyed or damaged 20 vehicles, destroyed numerous outbuildings, sheds, and barns. Five people were injured when the mobile home they were in was blown over and rolled a time or two. Another person was injured when they drove a car into a tree that had fallen across the road. This tornado was a quarter mile wide at its widest point when it crossed Ebenezer Road and had maximum sustained winds estimated between 110 and 120 mph.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous tree limbs and powerlines.
June 2006	Tornado (F0)	Springfield	$5,000	Damage survey confirms F0 tornado touchdown 3 miles south of Springfield. Tornado path was near 0.5 miles long with a width of 50 yards. Track was near the intersection of Little McCall Road and Courthouse Road. Tree damage was observed with minor roof damage and damage to a carport. Winds estimated at 60 to 70 mph.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$4,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees and large limbs.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$3,250	A emergency manager reported trees and power lines down along with minor bridge damage on Stillwell Road.
June 2018	Lightning	Springfield	$2,500	An emergency manager reported a lightning strike to a transformer, starting a fire and power lines down in the roadway near the 400 block of Ash Street.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$2,500	A report of trees and power line down blocking Old Dixie Highway.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$2,000	Law enforcement reported several large tree limbs down near the intersection of Fawn and Ash Street.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$2,000	A emergency manager reported trees down on Old Dixie and Keiffer Hill Road.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$2,000	Trees down on Clyo-Kildare Road.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$1,000	Effingham County Emergency Management reported a tree down at the intersection of Old Tusculum Road and Standard Lane.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$1,000	Effingham County Emergency Management reported a tree down blocking one lane on Highway 119.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$500	Law enforcement reported large tree limbs down and blocking Route 119 near Effingham County High School.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$500	A few trees and power lines were downed along Georgia Highway 119 in Springfield.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Effingham County Emergency Management reported a tree down on power lines at the 900 Block of Old Tusculum Road, a 6 inch diameter pine tree down on the 500 Block of Old Tusculum Road, and a tree down on a house along Standard Lane.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Effingham County dispatch reported a tree down blocking the roadway on E 4th Street.
January 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Effingham County dispatch reported a tree down on Old Tusculum Road near the intersection with Standard Lane.
April 2023	Hail	Springfield	-	The public reported quarter size hail.
April 2023	Hail	Springfield	-	The Effingham County 911 Call Center reported a police car damaged by hail near the intersection of Highway 21 and 119.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	An Effingham County emergency manager reported a tree down along Highway 119 near Forest Road.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	The Effingham County 911 Call Center reported a tree down and across the road near the intersection of Highway 21 and Old Tusculum Road.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	A video shared by the media online showed a tree and power line down outside a home while another social media post indicated a tree down on a home in Springfield, Georgia.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Effingham County dispatch reported a tree down on a house in the 100 block of 2nd Avenue. No injuries were reported and damage to the structure is unknown.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	The Effingham County Warning Point reported one tree down on a power line along Highway 119.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	A spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts near the intersection of Stillwell Road and Clyo Road.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	A emergency manager reported trees down, including one down on a vehicle along Cedar Street.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Law enforcement reported powerlines down along North Ash Street.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	A emergency manager reported three traffic lights blown off lines at Georgia Highway 21 North and Old Tusculum Road.
October 2008	Hail	Springfield	-	The public reported penny size hail on the road 2 miles northeast of Springfield, Georgia. Winds were also estimated to be near 50 miles per hour.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees. A trained spotter measured a gust to 60 mph.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Large tree and limbs down along SR 119N.
August 2003	Flash Flood	Springfield	-	Heavy rain caused flooded roads.
February 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Several trees were down.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	A house was crushed when a large tree fell on it.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down large limbs.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Several trees down.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Numerous large limbs down.
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Power lines down.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Powerlines down.
April 2007	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed
August 2003	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed
March 2003	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed
June 2000	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	no account filed
June 1996	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Effingham 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

4 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
Reiser-Zoller Farm	6.4 miles	1989
Springfield Historic District	7.4 miles	2021
Effingham County Jail	7.8 miles	2006
Effingham County Courthouse	7.9 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 74000674 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Effingham County	All 8 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.
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.