Carolina Methodist Church

Built in 1871 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

From the record

“The Carolina Methodist Church is a historic church in rural Nevada County, Arkansas, United States, about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Rosston, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”
Wikipedia article Carolina Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Nevada County · listed in 1991 · category: Building · built in 1871, Greek Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. Co. Rd. #10 E of jct. with Kirk Rd., Poison Springs SF, Rosston, 71858
When was it listed? January 1991
Category. building
Township. Jackson township
When was it built? 1871
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 90001947 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

70 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Carolina Methodist Church between 1997 and 2019, burning about 2,000 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 23 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
Arson/incendiarism	23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	21
Natural	7
Debris and open burning	7
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
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
25 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	56 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2011	Natural	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2010	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Carolina Methodist Church: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
	Unk	Clay	Past Producer
	Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Nevada County

Storms near this property

30 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosston, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 20 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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
January 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Rosston	$30,000	Numerous trees downed. Minor damage to one church and two homes.
January 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Rosston	$20,000	Damage to houses from fallen trees.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Rosston	$10,000	Trees downed near Rosston, Arkansas. Other trees were downed along Hwy 278 in Nevada County. A vehicle struck a downed tree and the accident resulted in two injuries.
January 1998	Hail	Rosston	$10,000	Trees were also pushed over along Hwy 371. Minor damage to homes was reported. Hail was three inches deep downtown.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Rosston	-	Reports of widespread damage and trees downed across Nevada County.
February 2020	Hail	Rosston	-	Quarter size hail fell along Highway 278 just southeast of Rosston.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Rosston	-	Trees and powerlines were downed across the entire county.
January 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Rosston	-	Large tree limbs and other debris was scattered across Hwy. 371 south of Rosston, Arkansas.
March 2008	Hail	Rosston	-	Quarter to golfball sized hail on the outskirts of town.
May 2008	Tornado (EF1)	Rosston	-	AN EF1 tornado with wind speeds between 90 and 100 mph touched down briefly in a heavily wooded area along CR 36 about 2 miles west southwest of Rosston. The tornado then moved east southeast through a mainly wooded area before lifting 1 mile south of Rosston just east of U.S. 371. Over the path...several oaks and pine trees were uprooted or snapped.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Rosston	-	Flash flooding was reported by postal officials leading into and away from town.
May 2004	Hail	Rosston	-	Hail fell between Lanesburg and Rosston.
May 2004	Flash Flood	Rosston	-	Many roads flooded across much of the county. Hwy 371 was barricaded near the Mount Moriah church community.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Rosston	-	Several large trees down.
February 1995	Hail	Rosston	-	Dime-sized hail covered the ground.
July 1994	Hail	Rosston	-	Thunderstorm winds downed some tree limbs.
July 1994	Hail	Rosston	-	Thunderstorm winds downed some tree limbs.
May 2015	Hail	Rosston	-	no account filed
May 2014	Hail	Rosston	-	no account filed
April 2012	Hail	Rosston	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Rosston	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Rosston	-	no account filed
August 2005	Hail	Rosston	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Rosston	-	no account filed
October 2000	Hail	Rosston	-	no account filed
June 1997	Hail	Rosston	-	no account filed
October 1996	Hail	Rosston	-	no account filed
April 1996	Hail	Rosston	-	no account filed
September 1996	Hail	Rosston	-	no account filed
January 1995	Hail	Rosston	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nevada 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

2 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.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Camden to Washington Road-Rosston Segment	1.0 miles	2009
	Wortham Gymnasium	4.0 miles

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 90001947 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Nevada County	All 20 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.