BlockFrom the record
One of 11 National Register listings published here for Hancock County · listed in 1975 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Linton Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
The listing
- Address. Town of Linton and its environs, Linton, 31087
- When was it listed? June 1975
- Category. district
- Census division. Linton
- National Register reference number. 75000597 - 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
205 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Linton Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,036 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 26 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 | 113 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021WASHINGTON002 |
| 19 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 7.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Linton Historic District: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W E Veal Prospect | Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | Alluvium |
Storms near this property
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linton, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2011: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linton | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds toppled several large pecan and hickory trees 2W of Linton. Between 30 and 40 homes were without power for at least three hours due to power lines downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linton | $1,500 | The Washington County Membership Cooperative reported that two large oak trees were down on power lines on Linton Road along the Hancock/Glascock county line east of Linton. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Linton | - | The Hancock County Emergency Management Director relayed a report of quarter-sized hail from just east-northeast of Beulah in the far south central part of the county. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Linton | - | A Hancock County Sheriff's Deputy observed quarter-sized hail in the southern part of Hancock county, north of Linton. |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linton | - | no account filed |
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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Mary | 4.5 miles | 1974 | |
| Pearson-Boyer Plantation | 5.1 miles | 1993 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75000597 in Record Group 79. |
| Hancock County | All 11 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.