Cooper Memorial Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“Cooper Memorial Church is a historic church at 9900 Cooper Church Drive in Okolona, Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It was built in 1896 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.”
Wikipedia article Cooper Memorial Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 526 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1980 · 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. 9900 Preston Hwy., Okolona, 40229
When was it listed? December 1980
Category. building
Also known as. Jefferson County MRA
Census division. South Jefferson
National Register reference number. 80001639 - 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

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Cooper Memorial Church between 1999 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Natural	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
12 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
20 August 2020	Natural	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	FAIRDALE HIGH FIRE
7 April 2010	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
5 April 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
3 April 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
7 March 2002	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
8 November 2010	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	BROOKS HILL FIRE
8 November 2010	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	CEDAR CREEK FIRE

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cooper Memorial Church: 3 producers. All of them still produce. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Coral Ridge	Clay	Producer
Bullitt County Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Okolona Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this property

24 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Okolona, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
April 2008	Flash Flood	Okolona	$50,000	Several vehicles were submerged in the Louisville area, but no injuries or water rescues were reported. Numerous roads were closed due to flooding around the Louisville Metro area. Some of the closures included: a lane of Interstate 65 at the Woodbine exit, Third Street at Eastern Parkway, Breckinridge Lane at Six Mile Lane, Outer Loop at Preston Highway, and Outer Loop at New Cut Road.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Okolona	$25,000	A portion of the roof of a hardware store collapsed.
September 2014	Flash Flood	Okolona	$6,000	At least two automobiles became flooded at the intersection of Egypt and McCawley Roads.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Okolona	$1,000	A tree fell on an apartment building at 7506 Dunwoody Court and brought down some wires. The extent of damage to the building is unknown.
January 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Okolona	$1,000	The Louisville media reported a downed power line and damaged power pole.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Okolona	-	The top of a tree was blocking the intersection at Glen Rose Road and East Manslick Road.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Okolona	-	A tree was blown down near the intersection of Garrow Avenue and Southacres Drive.
February 2018	Flood	Okolona	-	The public reported high water and flooded roads.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Okolona	-	A large maple tree was down near South Park Road and Blue Lick Road.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Okolona	-	Public reported trees down on Preston Highway.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Okolona	-	A member of the broadcast media relayed a report that a large tree was blocking a road at 9600 Preston Highway.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Okolona	-	A spotter reported three trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Okolona	-	Trees and fences were blown over along Cooper Ave. between Preston Highway and Shepherdsville Rd. The observer also reported 1.6 inches of rain had fallen in less than an hour.
August 2010	Flash Flood	Okolona	-	Six inches of water was flowing over the road at Outer Loop and Preston Hwy.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Okolona	-	A storm spotter estimated a 60 mph wind gust.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Okolona	-	Trees and power lines were downed.
April 2006	Hail	Okolona	-	no account filed
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Okolona	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Okolona	-	no account filed
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Okolona	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Okolona	-	no account filed
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Okolona	-	no account filed
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Okolona	-	no account filed
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Okolona	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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

6 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Fishpool Plantation	0.4 miles	1983
Pennsylvania Run Presbyterian Church	2.8 miles	1983
Locust Avenue	3.4 miles	1983
Lynnview Historic District	5.5 miles	2024
Levin Bates House	5.5 miles	1980
Snapp House	5.5 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80001639 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Jefferson County	All 526 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.