A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
One of 70 National Register listings published here for Mercer County · listed in 1971 · category: District · a National Historic Landmark.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Historic District between 2001 and 2019, burning about 84 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 October 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 78 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CHINN FIRE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Historic District: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinn Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Barite, Fluorite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Shaker West Lot Farm | 0.8 miles | 1983 |
| Benjamin Daniel House | 1.7 miles | 1983 | |
| Capt. Samuel Taylor House | 1.9 miles | 1977 | |
| Lexington, Harrodsburg, and Perryville Turnpike Rural Historic District | 2.0 miles | 2003 | |
| Fairview | 2.2 miles | 1984 | |
| Shawnee Springs | 3.3 miles | 1976 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 71000353 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Mercer County | All 70 listed properties in this county. |
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