Boonville Public Square Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

From the record

“Boonville Public Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Boonville, Indiana. It encompasses 50 contributing buildings in the central business district of Boonville.”
Wikipedia article Boonville Public Square Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Warrick County · listed in 1987 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Bounded roughly by First, Sycamore, Fourth, and Walnut, Boonville, 47601
When was it listed? January 1987
Category. district
Township. Boon township
National Register reference number. 86002720 - 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

94 words

This property stands in Boon Township. Warrick and Its Prominent People : a History of Warrick County, Indiana, from the Time of Its Organization and Settlement, with Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent People of the Past and Present, published 1881 gives that township a chapter of its own.

The chapter covers the township.

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 Boon Township - 94 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Boonville Public Square Historic District: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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
	Warrick Co. Hwy. Dept.	Stone	Producer

Every working recorded in Warrick County

Storms near this property

58 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boonville, the town this property stands in, in 58 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 9 flash flood, 4 flood. The reports record 2 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
April 1996	Flash Flood	Boonville	1 hurt, $80,000	no account filed
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	1 hurt, $50,000	A large tree fell on a home, injuring one person. Multiple large trees were down on the south side of town.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$105,000	A microburst containing winds estimated near 85 mph tracked north and northeast of Boonville. More than a dozen homes and other structures lost shingles or pieces of siding. Dozens of trees were uprooted. Many tree limbs were blown down. The microburst was about one mile wide on average.
April 2011	Tornado (EF2)	Boonville	$90,000	At the initial damage point just southwest of Greenbrier, many trees were snapped or uprooted. As the tornado crossed Highway 61, it demolished a barn and tossed the debris about 50 to 75 yards. Another barn was damaged, and numerous large trees were uprooted and snapped. Several homes suffered roof damage from both the wind and from trees or large branches falling on them. Three telephone poles were snapped on Highway 61. Parts of the damage path were over inaccessible, roadless coal mine property. Peak winds were estimated near 120 mph. The average path width was 300 yards.
April 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$70,000	A microburst with 70-90 mph winds occurred in Warrick County south of Boonville, Indiana on the morning of April 2, 2024. The swath of damage was about 5 miles in length and 0.75 miles in width, stretching from Geneva Way to Metz Road, south of Maple Grove Road. Trees were uprooted and minor damage occurred to several homes including some fascia, siding, and shingle damage.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$50,000	Several trees and powerlines were downed in Boonville and a front porch was shifted as a powerful surge in the storm line moved southeastward through the town.
September 2009	Flash Flood	Boonville	$30,000	Many low-lying areas of Boonville were under water. Some roads were under as much as four feet of water. Numerous roads were flooded, with stranded cars. Some homes were flooded. A CoCoRahs (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow) Network observer reported 1.57 inches of rain about a mile north of the city. The ground was already very moist from between 3 and 4 inches of rain that fell on the 20th.
August 2023	Flash Flood	Boonville	$25,000	Numerous main roads were closed around Boonville. Cars stalled due to flash flooding.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$15,000	Three utility poles were snapped. A tree and numerous branches were blown down.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$10,000	About a dozen trees were blown down at a country club on the northwest side of town.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$10,000	Traffic signals and signs were blown down.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$10,000	Trees and power lines were blown down throughout the county.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$9,000	A roof was partially blown off a car wash. Two trees were blown down.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$5,000	A few trees and power lines were down.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1998	Flash Flood	Boonville	$5,000	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$3,000	Trees were down.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$3,000	Power lines were down.
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$2,000	Several trees were blown down. A small billboard was blown down in front of the American Legion building.
April 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$1,000	A thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph was measured on the SE side of Boonville.
March 2025	Hail	Boonville	-	Hail up to the size of quarters fell just south of Boonville.
July 2025	Flood	Boonville	-	Brief minor flooding of several roads occurred in Boonville as heavy rainfall produced approximately an inch of rain in 45 minutes. Lack of additional storms kept flooding issues from worsening.
July 2024	Flash Flood	Boonville	-	Localized flash flooding occurred in and around Boonville. A measured 2.32 inches of rainfall occurred primarily between 1745-1900CST.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	A greenhouse was damaged where a wind gust was measured at 68 mph.
June 2013	Heavy Rain	Boonville	-	Water was reported over a couple of intersections.
July 2013	Heavy Rain	Boonville	-	A trained spotter reported three inches of rain during the early evening hours.
June 2013	Heavy Rain	Boonville	-	A co-operative observer reported a storm-total rainfall of 5.03 inches.
March 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	A tree was blown down across Highway 61 just north of Boonville.
April 2011	Hail	Boonville	-	Hail up to the size of golf balls covered the ground. This hailstorm was the same storm that struck Newburgh a short time earlier.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	A spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph. No damage was reported.
April 2007	Hail	Boonville	-	Penny to quarter size hail was reported with the storm. The penny-size hail fell in Paradise, with quarter-size hail in Boonville.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	Some tree limbs and whole trees were blown down. A trained spotter estimated wind gusts up to 60 MPH.
April 2006	Hail	Boonville	-	Quarter size hail fell in Tennyson, and dime size hail fell several miles south of Boonville.
May 2006	Hail	Boonville	-	Golf-ball size hail fell four miles north of Boonville. Nickel-size hail fell in Folsomville.
May 2006	Funnel Cloud	Boonville	-	A spotter reported a cold air funnel cloud was undulating from the cloud base.
May 2005	Hail	Boonville	-	Hail fell for less than one minute.
August 2005	Heavy Rain	Boonville	-	About five inches of water was on Main Street, and a few other side streets had water over them.
March 2004	Flash Flood	Boonville	-	Slow-moving thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall. Water was over U.S. Highway 62 at Boonville.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	Small trees were uprooted near Highway 61 in the Turpin Hill area.
April 2003	Hail	Boonville	-	A severe thunderstorm moved east across Warrick County, producing very large hail near Boonville. Hail was reported to be 2.5 inches in diameter, nearly baseball size, just north of Boonville. The hail broke windows and damaged vehicles.
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	Two trees were down on Yankeetown Highway.
September 2002	Flood	Boonville	-	The remnants of Tropical Storm Isidore moved slowly north from the Louisiana coast, passing through central Kentucky around daybreak on the 27th. Rainfall amounts were in the 2 to 4 inch range across Warrick County. A spotter reported 3.8 inches of rain at Boonville, causing minor flooding of streets, yards, and flood-prone areas. The region was in the midst of a drought, which allowed the ground to soak up the rainfall efficiently.
August 2001	Flash Flood	Boonville	-	Slow-moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall that flooded Highway 662. Spotters reported water 2 inches deep in parts of Boonville, and more thunderstorms were on the way at the time of the report.
October 2001	Hail	Boonville	-	Dime size hail was reported from Boonville to the Spencer County line, several miles southeast of Boonville.
July 2000	Flood	Boonville	-	Minor street flooding occurred in the city of Boonville. About 2 inches of water was on 4th Street, with water also noted on Highway 61 north and Highway 62. The flooding was the result of thunderstorms producing an estimated one to 1.5 inches of rain.
August 1998	Flood	Boonville	-	Spotters reported up to 3 inches of rain from thunderstorms.
November 2019	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
May 2014	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
April 2011	Funnel Cloud	Boonville	-	no account filed
October 2010	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
February 2008	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
May 2004	Flash Flood	Boonville	-	no account filed
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	no account filed
April 2002	Flash Flood	Boonville	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
August 2001	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Warrick 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

2 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
	Old Warrick County Jail	0.1 miles	1979
	Pyeatt's Mill Iron Bridge	7.5 miles	2022

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 86002720 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Warrick 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.
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.