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One of 27 National Register listings published here for Coweta County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
W. A. Brannon Store-Moreland Knitting Mills
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Brannon, W. A., Store--Moreland Knitting Mills - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Main St., Moreland, 30259
- When was it listed? December 1985
- Category. building
- Census division. Moreland
- National Register reference number. 85003332 - 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
317 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 317 fires within 5 miles of W. A. Brannon Store-Moreland Knitting Mills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 910 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 27 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 | 197 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
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 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-COWETA-005 |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MERIWETHER-003 |
| 4 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of W. A. Brannon Store-Moreland Knitting Mills: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bingham Property | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer |
Storms near this property
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moreland, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Moreland | $60,000 | A National Weather Service and Emergency Management survey team determined an EF-0 tornado with maximum winds of 85 MPH briefly touched down just east of Moreland near Martin Mill Road and Windom Drive where a 35X35 ft outbuilding used as a workshop was destroyed. A 20 ft pontoon boat and 30 ft camper trailer were thrown about 50 yards and destroyed. The adjacent home sustained minor damage to its patio and roof. Light debris was thrown up to 150 yards. Six medium sized trees were damaged, snapped or uprooted, some of which showed signs of rot.|[04/28/13: Tornado #1, County #1-1, EF0, Coweta, 2013:009]. |
| January 2008 | Lightning | Moreland | $50,000 | The Times-Herald of Newnan reported that lightning struck a home on U.S. Highway 27 Alternate starting a fire that caused extensive damage to the structure. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | $15,000 | Over a dozen trees reportedly blown down on the South side of Sewnan between East Newnan and Grantville. Heavily impacted areas include Griffin St, Grantville Rd, and Martin Mill Rd. |
| December 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | $8,000 | The Coweta County 911 Center and amateur radio operators reported that over a dozen trees and several power lines were down in the between Moreland, Newnan, Sharpsburg, and Thomas Crossroads. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | $5,000 | The public observed that several power lines were blown down around Moreland. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | $2,000 | The Newnan Times/Herald reported that trees were blown down on a power line on Bethlehem-Church Road, southwest of Moreland. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | $1,500 | The Coweta County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down in the Moreland area. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | $1,000 | Public report of a tree down at along S Highway 29 near College St in Moreland. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | $1,000 | The public reported that three trees and two power lines were blown down in the Grantville area from a small isolated thunderstorm downburst. Hail just less than dime-size was also observed. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | $1,000 | The public reported that three trees were blown down near the intersection of Gordon Road, Georgia Highway 54, and More Road. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | $1,000 | The Coweta County 911 Center reported that around five trees were blown down scattered between Senoia and Moreland near U.S. Highway 29. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | $500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked power lines down.In Newnan, a three-foot diameter limb was blown down and the flag pole at the Municipal Building was blown over at a sharp angle. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Moreland | $250 | Several reports of dime to nickel size hail were received from the public in the Moreland area. The hail lasted 5 to 10 minutes at some locations. In one instance, nickel size hail cracked a car windshield. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | - | Trees and powerlines down along Robinson Road and Highway 54. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Moreland | - | Radio Station WCOH reported dime size hail. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Moreland | - | Numerous reports of dime to quarter size hail were received from the public and an off duty NWS employee. One report indicated hail from quarter size to almost as big as a golf ball. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Moreland | - | Dime size hail was reported on Tabby Lynch Road. |
| October 1997 | Hail | Moreland | - | The public reported quarter size hail. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Moreland | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Moreland | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Moreland | - | 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Gordon-Banks House | 3.9 miles | 1972 |
 | Mary Ray Memorial School | 4.7 miles | 2013 |
 | Grantville Historic District | 5.0 miles | 1991 |
 | Tidwell-Amis-Haynes House | 5.7 miles | 1997 |
| Chalk Level Historic District | 5.8 miles | 2026 | |
 | Goodwyn-Bailey House | 5.9 miles | 1992 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85003332 in Record Group 79. |
| Coweta County | All 27 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.