Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
“Poinsett House is a historic home located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. The house was built in the mid-18th century as a tenant house.”
Wikipedia article Poinsett House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 136 National Register listings published here for Kent County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Poinsett House between 2006 and 2016, burning about 21 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.1 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 26 April 2016 | Smoking | 10 acres | Delaware Forest Service | SAWMILL |
| 3 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 14 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
| 14 March 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kenton, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenton | - | Multiple wires blown down. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Kenton | - | Just over two inches of rain fell at this DEOS. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenton | - | A convectively-driven wind gust brought down a tree onto wires in Kenton. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenton | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked down a few trees in Kenton. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Benjamin Blackiston House | 0.8 miles | 1983 |
 | Thomas Lamb House | 2.3 miles | 1983 |
 | N. C. Downs House | 3.0 miles | 1983 |
| Robert Hill House | 3.0 miles | 1983 | |
 | Thomas Attix House | 3.2 miles | 1983 |
| William Stevens House | 3.8 miles | 1983 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83001350 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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