Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
“The Willisburg Historic District is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.”
Wikipedia article Willisburg Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 69 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2014 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willisburg, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Willisburg | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $30,000 | A driver on Lawrenceburg Road noticed a white Ford Explorer that had washed off the road in flood waters. He then noticed an elderly man and woman were still in the vehicle with water up to their necks. Rescuers broke out windows on the vehicle and pulled the couple out just as it filled completely with flood water. Both were unconscious when they were pulled out; the woman was resuscitated at the scene, but her husband never regained consciousness and died later that afternoon after they were both transported to a local hospital. |
| April 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Willisburg | 4 hurt, $70,000 | The tornado destroyed two mobile homes and a tobacco barn. It also did roof, siding, and chimney damage to several homes, and damaged vehicles. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willisburg | $75,000 | A one-half mile long area of straight-line wind damage was surveyed southwest of Willisburg. The most significant damage was to a sturdy Amish school house that lost part of its roof, and to a nearby home that had lost the vertical supports to its front porch when the roof briefly lifted. Several trees were also downed and minor roof damage occurred to two outbuildings. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willisburg | $15,000 | The southwest corner of a large, well-constructed barn was blown in, with several roofing panels removed. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willisburg | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willisburg | - | Power lines were down. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willisburg | - | A tree blew down in Willisburg. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Willisburg | - | A state highway department official stated that roads that don't normally flood where flooding across the northern part of the county. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Willisburg | - | A road was impassable due to flash flooding. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Willisburg | - | Water up to 10 feet deep was flowing over Lawrenceburg Road. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willisburg | - | Trained spotters reported trees down in the area. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willisburg | - | The Washington County emergency manager reported trees down in the Willisburg area. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Willisburg | - | The public reported nickel sized hail fell near Willisburg. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willisburg | - | The Washington County road crew reported trees downed near State Highways 142 and 43. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willisburg | - | A trained spotter relayed a HAM radio report that several trees were downed in the Willisburg Area. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willisburg | - | Several trees down across the county. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Willisburg | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Willisburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Willisburg | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Willisburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willisburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willisburg | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willisburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Willisburg | - | no account filed |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Willisburg Central Bank and Post Office | 0.4 miles | 1989 |
| Tatham Springs | 3.5 miles | 1989 | |
| Stephen Cooke Brown House | 4.4 miles | 1994 | |
| Long Lick Creek Bridge | 4.7 miles | 1989 | |
| Richard Berry Jr. House | 4.7 miles | 1989 | |
| Thomas H. Williams House | 4.8 miles | 1989 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 12001204 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Washington County | All 69 listed properties in this county. |
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