Linton Commercial Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

From the record

“Linton Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Linton, Indiana. It encompasses 66 contributing buildings in the central business district of Linton.”
Wikipedia article Linton Commercial Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Greene County · listed in 2007 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Roughly bounded by B St. N, 1st St. E, A St. S, 1st St. W, Linton, 47441
When was it listed? March 2007
Category. district
Township. Stockton township
National Register reference number. 07000214 - 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.

The ground it stands on

794 words

The chapter on Stockton Township in Early History of Greene County, Indiana : As Taken from the Official Records, and Compiled from Authentic Recollection, by Pioneer Settlers ... Including Brief Sketches of Pioneer Families ..., published 1875 names Linton. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

Grandfather Hale built a log cabin about five miles from Linton, in the Buck neighborhood, this township- Old Uncle Jesse Powell built the first house on the farm where Alexander Beasley now lives. Several of the Powell family yet live in Greene county.

Passage source: Early History of Greene County, Indiana : As Taken from the Official Records, and Compiled from Authentic Recollection, by Pioneer Settlers ... Including Brief Sketches of Pioneer Families ..., published 1875.

Mr. Thomas Mason la rather an old citizen of Greene county, having came to Linton when a young man, and commenced business with Wickliff Wines, in a tan-yard, which he carried on for a number of years successfully. He married Miss Fields, whom Wickliff Wines raised. He is about forty-five years of age.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Stockton Township - 794 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Fires near this property

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Linton Commercial Historic District between 2002 and 2007, burning about 30 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Debris and open burning	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
10 April 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
9 March 2007	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
23 March 2002	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
12 March 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
27 February 2004	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
10 February 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Storms near this property

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linton, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 18 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 7 hail, 3 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. 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 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	1 killed, 2 hurt	no account filed
December 2025	Tornado (EF1)	Linton	1 hurt, $1,500,000	A line of strong to severe storms moved across central and southern Indiana during the evening. As the line of storms approached Greene County a surge or bowing segment was noted in the line. This allowed for a quick moving tornado to impact downtown Linton. The tornado started near the corner of A Street SW and 6th Street SW and moved northeast through downtown Linton. The strongest damage was noted along Main St between West Vincennes St and A Street SW. This is where damage consistent with an EF1 tornado had occurred. This caused damage to roofs of masonry buildings in downtown Linton. Splatter of dirt and mud in a manner consistent with a tornado was found. The tornado continued to move east-northeast doing damage between A Street NE and East Vincennes Street. Additional roof damage and tree damage was found along the path. The tornado eventually weakened and lifted shortly after moving past 12th Street NE. Maximum winds were estimated at 100 mph.
September 1996	Lightning	Linton	1 hurt	no account filed
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	$50,000	Widespread wind damage was reported in Linton.
August 2000	Lightning	Linton	$40,000	no account filed
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	$30,000	Thunderstorm wind gusts caused damage to a roof and billboard.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	$30,000	Several structures and numerous trees impacted by thunderstorm wind gusts near and south of Linton.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Linton	$20,000	The county sheriff reported numerous water rescues of people from vehicles due to flash flooding from heavy thunderstorm rainfall. This occurred at several locations throughout the county.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	$10,000	A pole barn was blown down, damaging some of the machinery inside.
June 2013	Flash Flood	Linton	$7,000	An individual was rescued when their car became trapped in high water due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	$5,000	Several trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Linton	$5,000	Roadways were covered and previous flooding conditions were exacerbated due to heavy rainfall that caused renewed flash flooding.
May 1996	Tornado (F1)	Linton	$5,000	no account filed
March 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	$5,000	no account filed
July 2002	Lightning	Linton	$3,000	no account filed
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	$2,000	Big tree downed by thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	$1,250	An unknown number of trees and power lines were knocked down in the town of Linton.
April 2011	Flash Flood	Linton	$1,000	Roads were covered with water due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
June 2009	Flash Flood	Linton	$750	The Greene County Daily World reported flash flooding in Linton that occurred in Humphrey Park due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. Water was at least a foot deep in some spots. The time this event occurred is estimated.
February 2026	Hail	Linton	-	Hail up to 1.25 inches also reported in village of Hoosier.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	-	A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was estimated at this location.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	-	A thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 mph was observed in this location.
June 2010	Funnel Cloud	Linton	-	The Greene County Sheriff reported a funnel cloud, northeast of Linton.
May 2009	Flash Flood	Linton	-	Heavy rains flooded State Route 59 South in Linton, Indiana.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	-	Trees were downed.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Linton	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Linton	-	no account filed
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Linton	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Linton	-	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	-	no account filed
April 2001	Hail	Linton	-	no account filed
August 2001	Flood	Linton	-	no account filed
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	-	no account filed
October 2000	Hail	Linton	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	-	no account filed
September 1996	Flash Flood	Linton	-	no account filed
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Linton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greene 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

1 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
	Linton Public Library	under 500 feet	2000

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 07000214 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Greene 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.