BlockFrom the record
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Terrell County · listed in 1997 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Dawson Historict District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bounded by US 80, Pecan St., Seaboard Airline RR tracks, Crawford St., Thirteenth Ave., and Cent. of GA RR track, Dawson, 39842
- When was it listed? September 1997
- Category. district
- Census division. Dawson
- National Register reference number. 97001090 - 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
117 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Dawson Historict District between 1992 and 2018, burning about 935 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 66 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-TERRELL-002 |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-TERRELL-001 |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Storms near this property
44 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dawson, the town this property stands in, in 44 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 32 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $50,000 | A tree was blown down on Highway 82 between Graves and Dawson. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $50,000 | Several trees were blown down on homes and cars through the city of Dawson. Many power lines were also down with widespread power outages. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| February 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $10,000 | A NWS storm survey team surveyed the damage to the roof of a daycare as well as tree damage that was fanned out the northeast with all trees lying in the same direction. After investigation of the roof, speaking to witnesses, and the overall pattern of the tree damage, it was determined that straight line winds estimated at 85 to 90 mph caused the damage. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $8,000 | A carport and two vehicles damaged at a residence on Crawford Street in Dawson. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $5,000 | A tree was blown down onto a house on Hamilton Street. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $5,000 | Roof damage was reported at Salters Veterinary Hospital via Twitter. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $5,000 | Numerous trees were blown down throughout the county. Several of the trees knocked down power lines. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $3,000 | Scattered trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $3,000 | Trees were blown down in multiple locations throughout the county. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $2,000 | Numerous trees were blown down with power outages throughout the county. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $2,000 | A power line was blown down around Forrester Drive and Roundtree. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $2,000 | A viewer submitted a photo to WALB-TV of power lines down with tree debris on Pearson Drive. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto a power line near the intersection of Crawford Street and 11th Ave with power outages reported. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $1,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down with a power outage in the Dawson area. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $1,000 | A tree and power line were blown down near the intersection of Johnson Street and Newman Drive. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $1,000 | A tree was blown down onto a power line on Center Street. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $1,000 | A large tree was blown down in Dawson. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Numerous trees were blown down across the county. |
| March 2024 | Flash Flood | Dawson | - | Several road were flooded, including some manhole covers being lifted by the flood waters in the Dawson area. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Numerous trees were blown down across Terrell county. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Terrell county. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Dawson | - | There were reports of water over roadways in Terrell county. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Terrell county. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | A tree was blown down onto Johnston Street. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | A tree was down across Highway 118 blocking traffic. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Power lines were blown down in the Dawson area. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Several trees were blown down in Terrell county. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | A tree was blown down onto Crawford Street and blocked the road. Also, numerous limbs were blown down in the area. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | A tree was blown down along Highway 82. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | A tree was blown down northeast of Dawson on Highway 118. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | The Terrell County 911 center reported one tree down on Cooper Drive NE. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | A tree was blown down in Dawson. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Trees were blown down around Dawson. |
| January 2012 | Hail | Dawson | - | The public estimated golf ball sized hail covering the yard in Dawson. This report was obtained via the facebook page of broadcast media. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Dawson | - | The Terrell county 911 call center reported quarter size hail falling in Dawson and lasting for a few minutes. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Dawson | - | Nickel size hail was reported along State Highway 49. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Dawson | - | At least six inches of water was reported over Plains Highway. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Dawson | - | A Georgia DOT official reported nickel size hail. |
| August 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Dawson | - | The Dawson Fire and Rescue Department relayed a public report of a funnel cloud. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Dawson | - | Nickel size hail reported by the Terrell County EMA. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Dawson | - | Quarter sized hail covering the ground. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | no account filed |
Newspapers printed here
18,652 digitised pages3 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 2,318 issues, 18,652 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Dawson News | 1889 to Current |
| The South Western News | 188? to 1889 |
| The Dawson Journal | 1878 to 18?? |
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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson Woman's Clubhouse | 0.2 miles | 1982 | |
 | Terrell County Courthouse | 0.3 miles | 1980 |
| Bronwood Calaboose | 6.1 miles | 1982 | |
| Martin Elementary School | 6.1 miles | 2008 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97001090 in Record Group 79. |
| Terrell County | All 6 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.