BlockFrom the record
One of 102 National Register listings published here for Warren County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Polk House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Ring Rd., Woodburn, 42170
- When was it listed? December 1979
- Category. building
- Also known as. Warren County MRA
- Census division. Woodburn
- National Register reference number. 79001045 - 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
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Polk House between 2006 and 2012, burning about 53 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 November 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WILL PAYNE |
| 13 October 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Polk House: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodburn, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Woodburn | $500,000 | A supercell thunderstorm developed over northern Tennessee and moved into south central Kentucky during the early evening hours of November 15. It produced multiple, short-lived tornado touchdowns along its path, which stretched for nearly 25 miles across three counties. The third and final touchdown was in Warren County in the Woodburn area. The tornado was on the ground for approximately a mile, and did F1 damage to at least three businesses, six homes, and numerous barns and outbuildings. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | $15,000 | An airport hangar was blown onto nearby railroad tracks, forcing crews to temporarily stop traffic. One small airplane was blown onto the railroad's signal lines. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | $500 | A large shed was blown over. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | There were multiple large trees down on Clay Starks Road and Woodburn Allen Springs Road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | A trained spotter near Woodburn estimated 65 mph wind gusts with thunderstorms. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | Several large tree branches came down in Woodburn, Kentucky. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | Local broadcast media reported trees down blocking Three Springs Road near Woodburn. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | A law enforcement official reported a tree fell and blocked the roadway. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | The Bowling Green media reported trees and power lines down in Woodburn. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Woodburn | - | Dime to nickel sized hail was reported in the downtown Woodburn area. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | A trained spotter reported dime sized hail, estimated 60-70 mph winds, and trees blown down near 31 W and Hwy. 240. |
| February 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | Several trees were downed in the vicinity of the intersection of KY 240 and KY 622. Dime sized hail was also reported. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Woodburn | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Woodburn | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Woodburn | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | no account filed |
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
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dr. William Robb House | 0.3 miles | 1979 |
| William P. Neale House | 2.0 miles | 1980 | |
 | Merritt-Hardin House | 2.2 miles | 1979 |
| John Sloss House | 3.4 miles | 1979 | |
| Curd-Moss House | 4.9 miles | 1980 | |
| Jesse Kirby Springhouse | 7.8 miles | 1987 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79001045 in Record Group 79. |
| Warren County | All 102 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.