Kilgore Mill Covered Bridge and Mill Site

Built in 1894. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

From the record

“The Kilgore Mill Covered Bridge and Mill Site, near Bethlehem, Georgia, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The bridge, built in 1894, has also been known as the Bethlehem Bridge, the Apalachee River Bridge, and the Briscoe Mill Bridge.”
Wikipedia article Kilgore Mill Covered Bridge and Mill Site, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 17 National Register listings published here for Barrow County · listed in 1975 · category: Structure · built in 1894.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. 3.5 mi. SW of Bethlehem across Apalachee River/county line, Bethlehem, 30656
When was it listed? April 1975
Category. structure
When was it built? 1894
National Register reference number. 75000572 - 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

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Kilgore Mill Covered Bridge and Mill Site between 1992 and 2020, burning about 326 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 23 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	79
Arson/incendiarism	23
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Misuse of fire by a minor	11
Smoking	8
Natural	7
Recreation and ceremony	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3

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 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 2002	Debris and open burning	4.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-WALTON-005
7 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1997	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1993	Debris and open burning	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2008	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-BARROW-002

Every fire recorded in Barrow County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kilgore Mill Covered Bridge and Mill Site: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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
Unnamed Prospect	Mica	Occurrence
Smith Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
Thompson Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer

Every working recorded in Barrow County

Storms near this property

19 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bethlehem, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 lightning. 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
May 2009	Lightning	Bethlehem	$200,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck a home in the 900 block of Nature Trail. The home was completely destroyed from the resulting fire. Three residents of the home were displaced because of the loss. No injuries or deaths were reported.
August 2005	Lightning	Bethlehem	$150,000	The Barrow County News reported that twp lightning strikes resulted in damage to private property. A home was struck by lightning on Courtyard Circle and caught fire. Just a few minutes later, a barn and a recreational vehicle were struck by lightning on Harrison Mill Road and burned.
July 2001	Lightning	Bethlehem	$35,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post newspaper reported that lightning struck and set on fire a custom cabinet shop on Carl-Bethlehem Road. The cabinet shop and its contents were completely destroyed.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Bethlehem	$15,000	The Barrow County Emergency Manager had multiple reports of trees down between Winder and Bethlehem.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Bethlehem	$8,000	The Barrow County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down in the 100-200 block of Tanners Bridge Road.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Bethlehem	$7,000	The Barrow County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down across the county. The most concentrated damage was noted between Auburn, Carl, and Winder in the northwest part of the county.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Bethlehem	$5,000	The Barrow County 911 Center reported that at least 25 trees were down across the county.
March 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Bethlehem	$3,000	no account filed
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Bethlehem	$2,000	Trees down near Bethel Bower Road and Tanners Bridge Road.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Bethlehem	$2,000	Trees down along Mcelhannon Road, south of Bethlehem.
February 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Bethlehem	$2,000	The Barrow county 911 center reported that some power lines down on Brisco Mill Road.
February 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Bethlehem	$2,000	no account filed
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Bethlehem	$1,000	The Barrow County 911 Center reported that two power lines were down near Bethlehem.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Bethlehem	$1,000	Barrow county 911 reported power lines blown down.
February 2005	Hail	Bethlehem	-	The public reported quarter-sized hail.
April 2005	Hail	Bethlehem	-	The public reported quarter-sized hail.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Bethlehem	-	The public reported that several trees were blown down.
March 2003	Hail	Bethlehem	-	The public reported penny to nickel size hail.
April 1997	Hail	Bethlehem	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barrow 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

6 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
Manning Gin Farm	2.8 miles	1991
Omer Christian Church and Cemetery	3.9 miles	2000
Russell Homeplace Historic District	5.6 miles	1984
Winder Depot	6.4 miles	1979
Downtown Winder Historic District (Boundary Increase)	6.4 miles	1994
Downtown Winder Historic District (Boundary Increase)	6.5 miles	1994

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 75000572 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Barrow County	All 17 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.