Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
“The Desha County Courthouse, on Robert S. Moore Avenue in Arkansas City, Arkansas, is the county seat of Desha County.”
Wikipedia article Desha County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 26 National Register listings published here for Desha County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Desha County Courthouse: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville Gravel Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | 1909 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arkansas City, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkansas City | $50,000 | A metal storage building was damaged. Trees and power lines were blown down around Arkansas City and elsewhere in Desha County. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkansas City | $25,000 | Trees were blown down, with some of the trees falling on houses. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkansas City | $10,000 | Trees were blown down and there was minor damage to a gas station. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkansas City | $7,000 | A few large trees were downed with damage to a home and a car. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkansas City | $500 | Few trees were blown down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkansas City | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 65 mph and large tree limbs were blown down onto power lines on Natchez Street. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkansas City | - | This wind gust was estimated. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Arkansas City | - | Hail the size of quarters fell on Arkansas 4. |
| August 2012 | Heavy Rain | Arkansas City | - | Rainfall measured 5.00 inches in 24 hours. |
| September 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Arkansas City | - | A weak tornado was spawned in southeast Desha County. The tornado moved to the northwest around the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Estimated winds with the tornado were about 60 mph. The tornado caused minor damage to a couple of company buildings along the Mississippi River. The tornado also destroyed a carport at a residence, and uprooted or snapped some trees. The tornado was on the ground for 11 miles before dissipating. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Arkansas City | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Arkansas City | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkansas City | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkansas City | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arkansas City | - | no account filed |
| January 1995 | Hail | Arkansas City | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Arkansas City | - | no account filed |
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.
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hubert & Ionia Furr House | under 500 feet | 2011 |
 | Dickinson-Moore House | under 500 feet | 2011 |
 | Arkansas City High School | under 500 feet | 1984 |
 | Thane House | 0.2 miles | 1982 |
 | Xenophon Overton Pindall Law Office | 0.2 miles | 1999 |
 | Arkansas City Commercial District | 0.3 miles | 1999 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76000403 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Desha County | All 26 listed properties in this county. |
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