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One of 67 National Register listings published here for Garrard County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Bryantsville Post Office and Store
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Off US 27, Bryantsville, 40444
- When was it listed? June 1985
- Category. building
- Also known as. Garrard County MRA
- Census division. Bryantsville
- National Register reference number. 85001280 - 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
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bryantsville Post Office and Store between 2001 and 2019, burning about 44 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 | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 33 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WILDLIFE LN |
| 14 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TOM DORMAN |
| 11 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 December 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bryantsville Post Office and Store: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Nelson Stone Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| John Burdette Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
17 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bryantsville, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryantsville | $15,000 | The public reported shingles were torn off the roof of a house due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryantsville | $15,000 | A four foot diameter tree was blown on to a house, damaging the living room. Two other trees were blown over at the same location. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryantsville | - | There were trees down across the road in Bryantsville. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryantsville | - | There was a tree down across the road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryantsville | - | A tree was blown down by strong winds near Bryantsville. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Bryantsville | - | A trained spotter reported 1.75 inch diameter hail. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryantsville | - | A Kentucky state official reported that numerous trees were down in the northwest part of Garrard County due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryantsville | - | Multiple trees were downed around Bryantsville. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryantsville | - | Local media reported that several trees were downed near Bryantsville. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryantsville | - | Trees were downed. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Bryantsville | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bryantsville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Bryantsville | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Bryantsville | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryantsville | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Bryantsville | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bryantsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Bryantsville Methodist Church | under 500 feet | 1985 |
| James Smith Tanyard | 1.2 miles | 1983 | |
| John Leavell Quarters | 1.3 miles | 1983 | |
| Spring Garden-John Leavell | 1.3 miles | 1985 | |
| Gulley Farm | 1.5 miles | 1985 | |
| John Floyd House | 1.8 miles | 1975 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85001280 in Record Group 79. |
| Garrard County | All 67 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.