Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
“Byrd's African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church on Smyrna Avenue in Clayton, Kent County, Delaware.”
Wikipedia article Byrd's AME Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 136 National Register listings published here for Kent County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Byrd's AME Church: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoskinson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clayton, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | 1 hurt, $200,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | $40,000 | A tree was blown down onto a house in the Clayton Courts Neighborhood. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | $10,000 | A severe thunderstorm tore down a couple of trees in Clayton, one of which damaged a home. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | - | Several large trees and power lines were blown down around Clayton. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | - | Several reports of trees and power lines down in Clayton. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | - | Several reports of downed trees and wires near Millington Rd. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | - | Trees and wires were downed near and south of Clayton. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2017 | Flood | Clayton | - | Water reported over the road on Mount Friendship road. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Clayton | - | Daily rainfall from the 6th. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | - | A few downed trees due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Clayton | - | Nickel size hail fell from a thunderstorm in Clayton. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down poles across a roadway in Clayton. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Clayton | - | Thunderstorms with torrential downpours caused field, poor drainage and small stream flooding in northwestern Kent County in and around Kenton Hundred. Doppler Radar storm total estimates averaged between 3 and 4 inches, most of which fell within one hour. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Clayton | - | Penny to nickel size hail fell in Clayton. Hail covered the ground so extensively, that some of it was still around the next morning. |
| September 2009 | Heavy Rain | Clayton | - | Showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain caused some poor drainage flooding in Kent County. Roadway flooding was reported in Clayton along Peach Alley and Wilson Street. Event precipitation totals included 3.79 inches in Dover and 3.54 inches in West Dover Hundred. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | - | A severe thunderstorm tore down large tree limbs and wires in Clayton. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down a couple of trees and wires in Clayton. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Clayton Railroad Station | 0.3 miles | 1986 |
 | Bannister Hall and Baynard House | 0.3 miles | 1973 |
 | St. Joseph's Industrial School | 0.5 miles | 2002 |
 | Moore House | 0.7 miles | 1982 |
 | Duck Creek Village | 1.1 miles | 1972 |
 | The Smyrna Opera House | 1.3 miles | 1980 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82001023 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Kent County | All 136 listed properties in this county. |
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