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Callis General Store and Post Office

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

One of 27 National Register listings published here for Trimble County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. New Hope Rd., Bedford, 40006
  • When was it listed? July 1983
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Trimble County MRA
  • Census division. Bedford
  • National Register reference number. 83002878 - 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

2 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Callis General Store and Post Office between 2002 and 2008, burning about 14 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
Recreation and ceremony2

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
8 March 2002Recreation and ceremony13 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
26 March 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Trimble County

Storms near this property

36 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bedford, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 24 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 5 hail. 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
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBedford$80,000A barn was blown down.
May 2010Flash FloodBedford$75,000Multiple roads across the county were closed due to flash flooding. A total of three to four inches of rain fell across Trimble county from May 1-2.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindBedford$30,000A mobile home was blown over on New Hope Road with one person trapped inside. The person was rescued without injuries. Numerous trees and power lines were also reported down across the county.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindBedford-Trees fell down and a barn was damaged.
February 2024Thunderstorm WindBedford-A portion of the community center's roof was blown off the building.
July 2018Flash FloodBedford-There was water over parts of Highway 421 and other rural roads southeast of Bedford.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBedford-Trained spotters trees down across the area.
March 2016HailBedford-The Trimble County Emergency Manager reported hail 1.25 inches in diameter.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindBedford-Trained spotters reported trees down in the area.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBedford-The public reported trees down in the area due to severe thunderstorm winds.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBedford-An off-duty NWS employee reported that trees were down on Highway 754 west of Bedford.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBedford-A law enforcement official reported numerous trees down in the area along with roof damage to residences.
July 2015Flash FloodBedford-A Trimble County law enforcement official reported high water and flooded sections on parts of Highway 42 and Highway 421. Rainfall amounts were between 2 and 3 inches.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBedford-Multiple trees and power lines were blown down.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindBedford-Emergency Dispatch reported that several trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm related winds.
August 2009Flash FloodBedford-Bridges and low water crossings in the Bedford area are under water, including Highways 754 and 625.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBedford-Trees and power lines were reported down all over Trimble County.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindBedford-Trees and power lines were downed near Bedford.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBedford-Trees and power lines were downed.
March 2006Flash FloodBedford-The Connector Road in Bedford was covered by four feet of water. It was closed and barricaded. Mount Pleasant Road was closed. The Highway 625 bridge was closed. Highway 316 was closed near Highway 421.
March 2006Flash FloodBedford-Connector Road and Mt. Pleasant Road were closed due to high water. The bridge on Highway 625 in Bedford was also closed. An area flood warning was issued for Trimble County through 815 EST on the evening of March 12. Persistent rainfall into the afternoon hours caused travel problems through the early evening hours.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBedford-Trees were downed.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBedford-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindBedford-Trees and power lines were downed.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindBedford-Trees down
April 1998Flash FloodBedford-1-2 inches of rain fell over a short period of time, and DES reported 3 feet of water over Highway 421 3 1/2 miles south of Bedford and across Highway 754 5 miles north of Bedford where one car was partially submerged.
June 2008HailBedford-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBedford-no account filed
April 2005HailBedford-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindBedford-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBedford-no account filed
May 2004HailBedford-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBedford-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBedford-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBedford-no account filed
March 1997HailBedford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trimble 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Humphrey Place0.3 miles1983
Bates House1.1 miles1984
Moreland School1.9 miles1984
House on KY 14923.0 miles1984
Old Kentucky Tavern3.4 miles1983
House Tm-B-73.5 miles1984

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83002878 in Record Group 79.
Trimble CountyAll 27 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.