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St. Theresa Roman Catholic Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

From the record

“Theresa Catholic Church is a Catholic parish located in Rhodelia, Kentucky. It was built in 1855 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.”

Wikipedia article St. Theresa Catholic Church (Rhodelia, Kentucky), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Meade County · listed in 1977 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 3 mi. NW of Rhodelia on KY 144, Rhodelia, 40157
  • When was it listed? November 1977
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Battletown-Payneville
  • Architectural style. Gothic architecture
  • National Register reference number. 77000635 - 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.

Fires near this property

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of St. Theresa Roman Catholic Church between 2000 and 2010, burning about 112 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 April 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresHoosier National ForestCORNFIELD
22 April 2007Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2000Debris and open burning30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2000Debris and open burning7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 March 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresHoosier National ForestRACHEL
21 March 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Meade County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of St. Theresa Roman Catholic Church: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Derby Slope MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wolf Creek Clay BedClayProspect

Every working recorded in Meade County

Storms near this property

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rhodelia, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
March 2025HailRhodelia-Between nickel and dime sized hail was observed at the Rhodelia Volunteer Fire Department.
December 2015HailRhodelia-Meade County law enforcement reported to the NWS that hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter fell.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindRhodelia-Numerous trees were downed in Rhodelia and a roof was blown off a hay barn on Popham Road.
March 2012HailRhodelia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Meade 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 77000635 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Meade CountyAll 12 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.