Butts County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Butts County Courthouse is an historic former government building designed by Bruce & Morgan and constructed in 1898 by J.H. McKenzie & Son in Jackson, Butts County, Georgia, United States.”
Wikipedia article Butts County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Butts County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.

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 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. Courthouse Sq., Jackson, 30233
When was it listed? September 1980
Category. building
Also known as. Georgia County Courthouses TR
Census division. Jackson
Architect. Bruce & Morgan
National Register reference number. 80000982 - 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

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Butts County Courthouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 529 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 10 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	101
Smoking	14
Misuse of fire by a minor	14
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Arson/incendiarism	10
Railroad operations and maintenance	10
Natural	9
Recreation and ceremony	8

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
6 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 1994	Misuse of fire by a minor	5.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1999	Railroad operations and maintenance	21 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020BUTTS001
12 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2002	Debris and open burning	11 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-BUTTS-004

Every fire recorded in Butts County

Storms near this property

60 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jackson, the town this property stands in, in 60 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 33 thunderstorm wind, 23 hail, 3 lightning, 1 flash flood. 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
March 2008	Hail	Jackson	$200,000	The Butts County Sheriff's observed golf ball-sized hail in western Jackson county near Interstate-75. The public observed half-dollar-sized hail in southeast Butts county near Flovilla. Radar supported half this large or larger tracked across much of western and southern Butts county.
August 2010	Lightning	Jackson	$150,000	The Jackson Progress Argus reported that lightning struck a home on First Street near downtown Jackson. The structure sustained major fire and smoke damage as a result of the lightning strike.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$120,000	The Butts County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees down in Jackson. Two or three trees fell on a house and a large limb fell on a fire station awning.
March 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$40,000	The Butts County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down across the northern end of the county from the city of Jackson up Stark Road to Keys Ferry Road.
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$30,000	The Butts County Emergency Management Director reported that many trees were down across the county. A tree was down on a home on Georgia Highway 16 causing damage to the structure.
February 2008	Lightning	Jackson	$25,000	The public reported that lightning struck a home causing damage to the structure. A portion of an outside wall was ripped apart and wires in the electrical circuit breaker box were charred. However, the structure did not sustain any fire or smoke damage.
June 2005	Flash Flood	Jackson	$25,000	The Butts County Emergency Management Director reported that a persistent cluster of thunderstorms had resulted in the washout of one road. Several streams and creeks in the area had overflowed their banks as well.
February 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$15,000	The Butts County Emergency Manager reported over a dozen trees blown down across the county from southwest of Jackson to through northeast of Jackson.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$10,000	A National Weather Service survey team determined that straight-line winds caused minor shingle damage to the roof of a funeral home and blew down a large limb in the parking lot of the business. An Oak tree was also blown down around 50 yards east of the funeral home across Old Griffin Road. No injuries were reported.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$10,000	The Butts County Emergency Management Director reported that more than a dozen trees were down in the eastern part of the county, east of Jackson southward toward Flovilla. Several roads around Flovilla were blocked by downed trees and had to be closed. Roads affected included Higgins Road, Riley Road, and Pratt Smith Road in the Pine View subdivision, as well as Georgia Highways 16 and 42.
December 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$10,000	The Butts County 911 Center reported that a few trees were down north of Jackson. One of the trees fell on a vehicle. No injuries were reported.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$10,000	The Butts County Emergency Management Director reported that up to 10 trees were blown down, mainly across the eastern portion of the county. A tree was down on a home on Old Hardy Farm Road and another tree was blown onto railroad tracks between Jackson and Flovilla.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$10,000	The Butts county 911 center reported that numerous trees and several power lines had been blown down.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$6,000	no account filed
March 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$5,000	no account filed
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$3,000	Several trees were knocked down and power lines were snapped by thunderstorm winds.
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	The Butts County Emergency Management Director reported that at least 10 trees were down in the far southern portion of the county, south of Indian Springs near the Monroe county line.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	The Butts County Emergency Management Director reported that from 10 to 12 trees were down near Interstate-75 in far western Butts county.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	The Butts County Emergency Management Director reported that 10 trees were down across the western part of the county. In addition, a car was blown off an on-ramp while trying to enter Interstate-75 in the far western part of the county.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	The Butts County 911 Center reported that several trees were down from just west of Jackson to Flovilla.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	The Butts County Fire Department reported that several trees were down.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	The Butts County Emergency Management Director reported that trees were blown down on Georgia Highway 16 at Interstate 75.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	A newspaper reported power lines were knocked down in Jackson.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$2,000	Several trees were knocked down.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$1,500	The Butts County Emergency Manager reported several trees down in and around the Jackson area.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$1,000	The Butts County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down in Jackson, one onto power lines.
September 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$1,000	The Butts County Emergency Management Director reported that a couple of power lines were down within the city of Jackson.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$1,000	The Butts County 911 Center reported that three trees were down in the Jackson area.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$500	The Butts County 911 Center reported that two trees were blown down in Jackson on Fincherville Road.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$500	The Butts County 911 Center reported a couple of trees down, including one on Highway 36 and another on Brownlee Road.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$500	The Butts County Emergency Manager reported that two trees were blown down in the city.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$500	The Butts county 911 center reported that a few trees had been blown down.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$500	Butts county 911 reported trees were blown down.
May 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$500	Three large trees and several power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	$300	Thunderstorm winds knocked down a couple of trees.
May 2013	Hail	Jackson	-	The public reported quarter sized hail in Jackson.
September 2011	Hail	Jackson	-	The Butts County 911 Center reported half-dollar-sized hail just northeast of Jackson.
June 2010	Hail	Jackson	-	The public observed nickel-sized hail east to southeast of Jackson.
February 2009	Hail	Jackson	-	The Butts County Emergency Management Director reported that nickel-sized hail was observed across the southern half of the county.
July 2007	Hail	Jackson	-	The public observed penny-sized hail in the southwest part of the county, including along Interstate-75.
August 2006	Hail	Jackson	-	The public observed quarter-sized hail.
April 2005	Hail	Jackson	-	The Butts County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail southwest of Jackson, while the public reported penny-sized hail in Jackson.
April 2005	Hail	Jackson	-	The Butts County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail near Interstate-75.
November 2004	Hail	Jackson	-	The Butts County 911 Center reported dime-sized hail on Georgia Highway 36 West in Jackson.
March 2003	Hail	Jackson	-	The public reported penny to nickel size hail, while the Butts county 911 center reported penny size hail. A few tree limbs were also blown down as well.
April 2003	Hail	Jackson	-	The public reported penny-sized hail in Jackson and at Lake Jackson.
April 2002	Hail	Jackson	-	The Butts county 911 center reported dime size hail.
May 2002	Hail	Jackson	-	An amateur radio operator relayed a report of dime size hail.
October 2002	Lightning	Jackson	-	Lightning struck a tree in Jackson causing the tree to splinter. Pieces of the tree were found up to 50 feet away.
June 2001	Hail	Jackson	-	The Butts County 911 center reported dime size hail.
May 1999	Hail	Jackson	-	There were numerous reports from the public of hail, ranging from quarter to bigger than golfball size.
August 1998	Hail	Jackson	-	Butts county 911 and the public reported dime to quarter size hail.
September 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	-	Thunderstorm winds blew lots of trees down on power lines. Some power poles were downed around the Jackson Lake area.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down dozens of trees and tree limbs down throughout Jackson.
June 1998	Hail	Jackson	-	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Jackson	-	no account filed
April 1998	Hail	Jackson	-	no account filed
April 1998	Hail	Jackson	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Jackson	-	no account filed
April 1995	Hail	Jackson	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butts 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

3 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
J. R. Carmichael House	0.2 miles	1977
Idlewilde	4.1 miles	1999
Indian Springs Hotel	4.4 miles	1973

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80000982 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Butts County	All 4 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.