BlockFrom the record
One of 35 National Register listings published here for Troup County · listed in 1976 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Long Cane Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The listing
- Address. N of West Point on U.S. 29, West Point, 30240
- When was it listed? May 1976
- Category. district
- Census division. West Point
- National Register reference number. 76000653 - 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
139 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Long Cane Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 388 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-TROUP-006 |
| 4 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TROUP001 |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TROUP-004 |
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 Long Cane Historic District: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Beryllium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Word Prospect | Beryllium | Past Producer | ||
| Rockford Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Rockford Placer | Gold | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Potts Brothers Store | 1.1 miles | 1983 |
| Rutledge House | 4.2 miles | 1977 | |
| Henry and Lura Miller House | 5.5 miles | 2020 | |
| Westside Historic District | 6.1 miles | 2011 | |
| Eastside Historic District | 6.3 miles | 2012 | |
 | Riverside Club-Magnolia Club | 6.4 miles | 2015 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76000653 in Record Group 79. |
| Troup County | All 35 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.