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Photograph of Liberty Downtown Historic District
Photograph by Nyttend, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Liberty Downtown Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

From the record

“The Liberty Downtown Historic District is a historic district in Liberty in Casey County, Kentucky which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.”

Wikipedia article Liberty Downtown Historic District (Liberty, Kentucky), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 2 National Register listings published here for Casey County · listed in 2008 · category: District.

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

The listing

Fires near this property

50 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Liberty Downtown Historic District between 1998 and 2016, burning about 740 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 September 2008Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 August 2008Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 April 2013Railroad operations and maintenance41 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySTRONG BRANCH
7 April 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2010Recreation and ceremony90 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 April 2014Debris and open burning41 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWATSON SAWMILL
24 April 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 April 2014Debris and open burning31 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFAIRVIEW CHURCH FIRE

Every fire recorded in Casey County

Storms near this property

56 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Liberty, the town this property stands in, in 56 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 38 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025LightningLiberty1 killedA man was sitting on his porch on the 2600 block of State Road 1547 when he was struck and killed by lightning.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindLiberty1 hurt, $15,000no account filed
February 2008Thunderstorm WindLiberty$100,000A barn was destroyed and several others were heavily damaged norhteast of Middleburg on Highway 198. Several large pine trees were snapped on a golf course on Short Town Road.
May 2017Flash FloodLiberty$40,000The Casey County Emergency Manager reported water rescues due to high water across numerous roads. Many roads across the county were closed due to the flash flooding.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindLiberty$35,000no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindLiberty$30,000Two porches were blown away.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLiberty$30,000Trees and power lines were downed in several places. A barn's roof was blown off.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLiberty$25,000Roof damage to a building was reported.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindLiberty$25,000A barn was blown down, and also pea size hail was observed.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindLiberty$25,000Trailer destroyed, tree down on home, power lines down
January 2002Thunderstorm WindLiberty$20,000Numerous trees were blown down. Wind damaged the roff of a building and blew out the window at a grocery store.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLiberty$10,000The Casey County emergency manager reported numerous trees down and power outages in the area from a severe thunderstorm.
March 1997Thunderstorm WindLiberty$10,000no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindLiberty$5,000Several trees were downed, and one was blown on to a truck.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindLiberty$1,000Trees and power lines were downed. A trampoline was also blown into a road near Liberty.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLiberty-A tree was blown down onto powerlines on Conner Avenue.
February 2025Flash FloodLiberty-Three water rescues took place across Casey County.
January 2022Flash FloodLiberty-Casey County water rescue had worked 2 water rescues. Widespread flash flooding had occurred in Liberty and Yosemite. KY Hwy 127 was closed in Liberty. Damage amount unknown.
February 2021Flash FloodLiberty-In downtown Liberty, law enforcement has closed South 127 due to flooding of the southbound lanes.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLiberty-Power lines were down on Bowman Trail Road.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLiberty-There was a report of a tree down on Kentucky 49 within the Liberty city limits.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLiberty-A tree was reported down on Woodrum Ridge about 2 miles from Hustonville Street.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLiberty-A Casey County law enforcement official reported that trees fell down across KY 49 and KY 70 in Liberty. The officer also reported numerous other trees down across the county.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLiberty-The public reported a tree down on a house in downtown Liberty.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindLiberty-The Casey County Road Dept reported several trees downed across the county.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindLiberty-Local law enforcement reported several trees down on Wilson Ridge Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLiberty-The Casey County road crew had to remove a tree that fell across the road in the town of Liberty.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLiberty-A fallen power line closed Kentucky Highway 70 between Highways 1649 and 1817. ROAD.
May 2010FloodLiberty-Kentucky 70 at KY 1649 near Liberty was closed with 6 inches of water covering the intersection.
May 2010FloodLiberty-Multiple roads were closed throughout Casey county. Several residences were flooded and several motorists were stranded. Highways 127, 70, and 501 were all impassable in spots.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindLiberty-Two trees were reported down in the city along with some power lines.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindLiberty-A building in Liberty had partial roof damage. Trees and power poles were downed elsewhere across the county. An eSpotter reported an estimated wind gusts of 70 mph.
October 2009Tornado (EF2)Liberty-The tornado did some damage to homes and buildings near Liberty, Kentucky. Trees were also damaged.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindLiberty-Trees were downed.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindLiberty-Trees were downed.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindLiberty-Trees were downed.
June 2002Flash FloodLiberty-Some city streets were flooded. A four lane bypass around the city was closed down to one lane in places by high water.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindLiberty-no account filed
April 2011HailLiberty-no account filed
April 2011HailLiberty-no account filed
June 2009HailLiberty-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindLiberty-no account filed
April 2006HailLiberty-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindLiberty-no account filed
April 2006HailLiberty-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindLiberty-no account filed
May 2003HailLiberty-no account filed
May 2003HailLiberty-no account filed
May 2002HailLiberty-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindLiberty-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindLiberty-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindLiberty-no account filed
October 2001HailLiberty-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindLiberty-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindLiberty-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindLiberty-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Casey 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Casey County Courthouseunder 500 feet1977

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 08000004 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Casey CountyAll 2 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.