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One of 14 National Register listings published here for Lawrence County · listed in 2025 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Green Hill Cemetery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.
The listing
- Address. 1202 18th Street, Bedford, 47421
- When was it listed? May 2025
- Category. site
- Township. Shawswick township
- National Register reference number. 100011863 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Green Hill Cemetery between 2002 and 2019, burning about 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | MAPLE RIDGE FIRE |
| 18 February 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BRIARWOOD |
| 8 October 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SOUTH I FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Green Hill Cemetery: 9 producers, 8 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baalbeck Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Lawrence Co. Hwy. Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Bedford Ground Limestone Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bedford Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dark Hollow Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Dickenson Plant | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Diehl Hollow Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Elliott Stone Company, Inc. | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Eureka Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
60 of 86 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bedford, the town this property stands in, in 86 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 43 thunderstorm wind, 25 hail, 9 flash flood, 4 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2006 | Flood | Bedford | 1 killed, $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $125,000 | Numerous trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm wind gusts in Bedford and across the county. Over 6000 power outages caused by the storm across the county. |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Bedford | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Lightning | Bedford | $80,000 | no account filed |
| November 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Bedford | $70,000 | At 1557EST, this EF-1 tornado touched down one mile west-northwest of Bedford and tracked across the north side of Bedford. Most of the funnel was aloft, but intermittently touched down several times which split and uprooted trees, knocked down power lines, and caused some roof and structural damage to several homes. The worst of the damage was along M, N, and O Streets on the north side of Bedford. Several witnesses observed one or two small, narrow funnels dropping up and down from a wide wall cloud. Many witnesses described a strong pressure change, a green sky, and a roar as the tornado went through. The tornado lifted for good at 1559EST 1.5 miles northeast of Bedford. NWS Louisville conducted this survey. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $50,000 | Part of a roof was blown off of a building due to damaging thunderstorm winds. A tree fell on the screened porch of another residence. Two small barns were destroyed due to the winds. Windows were broken out of a van. At least 30 windows were blown out around town. At another residence shingles were ripped from the house. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Bedford | $50,000 | SR 58 flooded in three different locations |
| March 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Bedford | $45,000 | A tornado, rated EF0, caused very brief damage along North Jackson Street in Lawrence County. Damage was mainly limited to a construction trailer, a metal corrugated garage rooftop, removal of roof tiles from a couple homes, and broken tree branches. The damage estimate is very rough. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $25,000 | Several trees were downed and a gas station canopy was damaged. |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $20,000 | no account filed |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $15,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts blew out a transformer and downed at least one power pole. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $10,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts blew some shingles off a house and also knocked a television tower down. Trees were also reported down in Bedford. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $10,000 | A tree fell on a car. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $8,000 | Numerous power lines were downed in Bedford due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $5,000 | Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Bedford | $5,000 | Flash Flooding was reported between Mitchell and Bedford due to heavy rain. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Flood | Bedford | $3,000 | Many roads and lots were flooded in Bedford due to heavy rainfall. The intersection at M and 16th Streets was underwater and closed. All the rain fell within an hour. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $3,000 | Trees were reported down in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Power was also reported to be out. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $2,000 | Large tree uprooted by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $2,000 | Damaging thunderstorm winds caused windows to be blown out of a building. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines in Bedford. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Bedford | $1,000 | Tunnelton Road, one and a half miles from Highway 50, is closed due to high water from thunderstorm heavy rainfall. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Bedford | $1,000 | The Otis Park Golf Course reports multiple locations of high standing water on the course due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall in a short amount of time. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Bedford | $1,000 | Water was reported to be over roadways in Bedford due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $1,000 | A tree, three feet in diameter, was blown down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| February 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $1,000 | Three trees fell on nearby power lines. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Bedford | $500 | Several roads were reported to be flooded a few inches deep, due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | Bedford | - | In two to three hours, five and a half inches of heavy rain was observed. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | - | An estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph was observed in Bedford. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | - | An estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was observed in this location. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | - | A thunderstorm wind gust, estimated at 70 mph, was reported in Bedford. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bedford | - | Pea to baseball sized hail was observed in this location. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | - | The Jackson County REMC reported that 2400 customers were without power as a result of downed lines and/or utility poles. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | - | Small trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | - | Trees were downed. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | - | Trees were blown down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | - | A large tree was downed. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | - | Power lines down |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | - | Several trees downed. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | - | Trees were downed near Bedford. |
| March 2002 | Flash Flood | Bedford | - | Parts of State Road 37 were flooded |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Bedford | - | Roads flooded |
| May 1999 | Flood | Bedford | - | Law enforcement reported a few streets water covered. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Bedford | - | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Hail | Bedford | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Bedford | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bedford | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bedford | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bedford | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bedford | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Bedford | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Bedford | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Bedford | - | no account filed |
| February 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bedford | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bedford | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Zahn Historic District | 0.3 miles | 1998 |
 | Bedford Courthouse Square Historic District | 0.4 miles | 1995 |
| Bedford Southern Indiana Railroad Passenger Depot | 0.5 miles | 2021 | |
 | C. S. Norton Mansion | 0.5 miles | 1976 |
| Bedford Northside Residential Historic District | 0.5 miles | 2024 | |
 | Indiana Limestone Company Building | 1.3 miles | 1993 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100011863 in Record Group 79. |
| Lawrence County | All 14 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.