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One of 17 National Register listings published here for Barrow County · listed in 1991 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Manning Gin Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The listing
- Address. Jct. of Manning Gin and McElhannon Rds., Bethlehem, 30620
- When was it listed? May 1991
- Category. district
- Census division. Bethlehem
- National Register reference number. 91000541 - 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
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Manning Gin Farm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 224 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 24 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 | 69 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 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 |
| 17 September 1999 | Smoking | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.3 acres | 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 Manning Gin Farm: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer |
Storms near this property
19 since 1997Regional 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Kilgore Mill Covered Bridge and Mill Site | 2.8 miles | 1975 |
| Russell Homeplace Historic District | 3.4 miles | 1984 | |
 | Omer Christian Church and Cemetery | 3.9 miles | 2000 |
| Downtown Winder Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 4.6 miles | 1994 | |
| Downtown Winder Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 4.6 miles | 1994 | |
 | Winder Depot | 4.6 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91000541 in Record Group 79. |
| 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.