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Photograph of Union County Courthouse
Photograph by Nyttend, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Union County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“The Union County Courthouse in Morganfield, Kentucky was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1978. The current courthouse is the third one for Union County, and was opened in 1872.”

Wikipedia article Union County Courthouse (Kentucky), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 7 National Register listings published here for Union County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Main St., Morganfield, 42437
  • When was it listed? November 1978
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Morganfield
  • National Register reference number. 78001401 - 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

3 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Union County Courthouse between 2004 and 2017, burning about 59 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
13 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 December 2017Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryH AND H
12 November 2011Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCALI FIRE

Every fire recorded in Union County

Storms near this property

49 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morganfield, the town this property stands in, in 49 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 1999Tornado (F1)Morganfield2 hurt, $200,000Three mobile homes in a mobile home park were destroyed, and 3 others received major damage. Several garages and small storage buildings were destroyed. Two occupants of one of the mobile homes were hospitalized for cuts, bruises, and torn ligaments. Top winds were estimated near 110 MPH.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMorganfield$200,000Substantial damage occurred in downtown Morganfield. Large trees were uprooted. Several metal roofs were torn off businesses and apartments. Downtown business fronts were damaged, and a few partially collapsed. Roof debris became entangled in power lines. Two windows were blown out of a furniture store. Utility poles were snapped. Kentucky Route 56 was closed downtown because of street lamps on the ground, downed trees, and roof debris. A few miles north of Morganfield, strong winds downed a large tree and some tree limbs up to 2 inches in diameter.
March 1997Flash FloodMorganfield$100,000no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMorganfield$75,000Scattered wind damage extended from about three miles north of Morganfield to Morganfield, and then extended southwest to about ten miles southwest of Morganfield around Kentucky Highway 109. Dozens of trees were uprooted. Trees and power lines were blown down throughout the east side of Morganfield. Several barns and small sheds were damaged by winds estimated up to 85 mph. Large sections of roofing were blown off at least a couple barns. Numerous areas of corn were blown down. The majority of the damage was from Morganfield west and southwest.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMorganfield$50,000A microburst caused extensive damage in northwest Union County. Dozens of large trees were uprooted, and numerous limbs were down. The roof of a home was damaged. A garage door was pushed in. A separate small garage was blown partially over. Dozens of acres of corn were blown over. The damage path was about 3.75 miles long. The maximum width of the damage path was 1.25 miles. Much of the damage was concentrated along Highways 871 and 946. The damage started along the Ohio River and ended along Kentucky Highway 360. Peak winds were estimated near 95 mph.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindMorganfield$20,000A barn was damaged on Highway 56, a shed was damaged at wmsk radio station, and a roof was damaged on the Union/Henderson County line. A wind gust to 63 mph was measured at a site four miles east of Morganfield.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindMorganfield$20,000A carport was ripped off a house and wrapped around a tree. A tree fell on a car and on a house in Morganfield.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMorganfield$15,000Several trees and power lines were blown down around the junction of State Routes 56 and 758.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindMorganfield$10,000Power lines and trees were blown down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMorganfield$10,000Some shingles were blown off. Tree limbs were blown down. The period of strong winds was about 10 to 15 minutes long.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMorganfield$10,000Some trees were blown down, mostly small ones.
November 2002Flash FloodMorganfield$10,000A line of thunderstorms with very heavy rain became nearly stationary over northern and central Union County for a few hours. Rainfall from 3 to 4 inches in three hours was indicated. A few vehicles became stranded on flooded roads near Morganfield.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindMorganfield$10,000no account filed
May 2015LightningMorganfield$5,000Lightning started a small fire at a dealership.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMorganfield$5,000Trees and power lines were down.
May 1997Flash FloodMorganfield$5,000A round of thunderstorms moved over ground saturated by 2 to 3 inches of rain earlier in the day. Water was over U.S. Highway 60 outside of Morganfield. A secondary road was flooded off U.S. 60.
May 1995HailMorganfield$5,000no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindMorganfield$4,000A few small trees, some power lines, and a power pole were down. Most of the damage was in a corridor along U.S. Highway 60 through Union County.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMorganfield$4,000Numerous trees were downed near Morganfield and just east of there. Trees blocked U.S. Highway 60 near Union County High School, as well as a 3/4-mile stretch located about 2 miles east of Morganfield.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindMorganfield$2,000A tree was reported over a road, and another large tree was blown down in the county.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMorganfield$2,000A couple of trees were down.
April 2003HailMorganfield$2,000no account filed
August 1993HailMorganfield$500Trees were blown down in Uniontown and Morgantown. Large hail was reported in Morgantown.
May 2025HailMorganfield-Hail to the size of quarters fell just east of Morganfield.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMorganfield-Small tree limbs were blown down. Wind gusts around 50 mph were measured in the area, but locally higher gusts were likely.
February 2019FloodMorganfield-A few state roads were closed due to flooding, including parts of Highways 1452, 1637, and 667.
March 2012HailMorganfield-Golf ball size hail was reported just east of Morganfield.
September 2009Heavy RainMorganfield-A few secondary roads were closed throughout the county for a short period of time due to high water.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMorganfield-Trees were downed along Highway 2834.
November 2005Funnel CloudMorganfield-A funnel cloud was spotted and photographed.
June 2004HailMorganfield-Golf-ball size hail fell at "Grove Center," between Morganfield and Shawneetown, Illinois.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMorganfield-Trees were down across Kentucky Highway 109 near Highway 130.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindMorganfield-A couple of trees were blown down.
January 2000FloodMorganfield-Some ponding of water occurred on roadways. One road was impassable.
April 1999HailMorganfield-State police reported dime sized hail.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMorganfield-Trees were down along Highway 56
March 2019HailMorganfield-no account filed
June 2014HailMorganfield-no account filed
March 2011HailMorganfield-no account filed
June 2009HailMorganfield-no account filed
April 2007HailMorganfield-no account filed
May 2006HailMorganfield-no account filed
May 2006HailMorganfield-no account filed
June 2004HailMorganfield-no account filed
May 2003HailMorganfield-no account filed
May 2002HailMorganfield-no account filed
March 1997Flash FloodMorganfield-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindMorganfield-no account filed
April 1996Flash FloodMorganfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Union 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

5 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
Morganfield Commercial Districtunder 500 feet1984
Daniel H. Hughes Houseunder 500 feet1980
Confederate Monument of Morganfield0.7 miles1997
Camp Breckinridge Non-Commissioned Officers' Club1.6 miles2001
George N. Proctor House5.1 miles1990

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78001401 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Union CountyAll 7 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.