BlockFrom the record
One of 101 National Register listings published here for St. Joseph County · listed in 2021 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Walkerton Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bounded by Michigan, Indiana and Van Buren Sts., Nickle Plate RR., Walkerton, 46574
- When was it listed? November 2021
- Category. district
- Township. Lincoln township
- National Register reference number. 100007175 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
The ground it stands on
8,050 wordsThe chapter on Lincoln Township in History of St. Joseph County, Indiana :, published 1880 names Walkerton. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
The territory now included in Lincoln township was formerly a part of the territory that constituted Liberty township, and owing to the p;reat inconveniences to which tiie settlers in what is now Lincoln township were subjected in attending elections, they in June, 1S6U, presented to the Board petitions for the territory now included in the limits of Lincoln township to be detached and made an independent township, and that Walkerton should be the place of holding their elections, and that the township be given the name of Lincoln. Their petitions were granted by the Board, and the township was detached, and Wm. A. Ilawe was appointed Trustee.
Passage source: History of St. Joseph County, Indiana :, published 1880.
The first election in this township was held in April, 18G7, at the Walkerton Hotel, Mr. Wm. A. Haven acting as Inspector, Robert A. Wilson and J. O. Akin as Judges, and Paul Straub, Clerk. At this election K!6 votes were cast. Tiie following persons were elected to ofKce, viz.: Neely Frame, Justice of the Peace; A. O. Hamilton, Trustee; and Zebedee James and Samuel Hudelmyer, Constables. At the next election Wm. J. AVolfe and John Caiman were elected Justices of the Peace, and H. J. Kinney, Trustee, which office he held till ]1S7G. The present Justices are S. J. Nichols and Amos H. Stevison; the Trustee is Silas George.
Passage source: History of St. Joseph County, Indiana :, published 1880.
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 Lincoln Township - 8,050 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Storms near this property
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walkerton, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walkerton | $350,000 | A path of damage was reported starting in the Walkerton area, continuing through North Liberty and Lakeville before ending near the Elkhart county line. A tree fell onto a unoccupied truck in Walkerton with trees and power lines down in this city as well. The most concentrated damage extended from North Liberty to Lakeville where winds were estimated to 75 mph. Numerous large maple trees and power lines were blown down across this area. Several homes, vehicles and other buildings in these areas suffered damage as a result of falling trees. A few of the homes were nearly destroyed. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walkerton | $5,000 | Power lines were downed. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Walkerton | $2,000 | Ping pong ball size hail reported. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Walkerton | $2,000 | Ping pong ball sized hail. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walkerton | $1,000 | Large tree snapped in Walkerton. Photo on Facebook. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Walkerton | - | The public reported water running over several roads in and around Walkerton. Rainfall reports from spotters and CoCoRAHS observers indicated that one and one half to nearly three inches of rain fell within a few hour period. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walkerton | - | Law Enforcement officials reported trees and power lines down in town from strong winds. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walkerton | - | Media reports a large tree down 2 miles east of Walkerton. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walkerton | - | Large tree blown down. |
| July 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Walkerton | - | ST JOSEPH COUNTY POLICE REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT ROUTE 104 AND BARLEY ROAD. SHED WAS BLOWN APART AND A BOAT WAS BLOWN ACROSS A FIELD WHICH WAS LATER CONFIRMED BY A NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walkerton | - | Trees were blown down bye 60 to 70 mph winds. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walkerton | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | North Liberty Park | 5.7 miles | 2007 |
 | North Liberty Commercial Historic District | 5.7 miles | 2014 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007175 in Record Group 79. |
| St. Joseph County | All 101 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.
- 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.