Owingsville Commercial District and Courthouse Square (Boundary Increase)

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Bath County · listed in 1985 · category: District.

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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 122 E. Main St., Owingsville, 40360
When was it listed? August 1985
Category. district
Census division. Owingsville
National Register reference number. 85001668 - 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

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Owingsville Commercial District and Courthouse Square (Boundary Increase) between 2000 and 2017, burning about 124 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
Debris and open burning	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Arson/incendiarism	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
24 April 2009	Recreation and ceremony	50 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
23 March 2007	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
17 March 2009	Recreation and ceremony	7.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
11 March 2007	Recreation and ceremony	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
10 March 2000	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
29 February 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
28 February 2016	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	HART PIKE
27 February 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Every fire recorded in Bath County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Owingsville Commercial District and Courthouse Square (Boundary Increase): 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Clover Creek Iron Tract	Iron	Prospect
Horton-North Iron Tract	Iron	Prospect
Horton-South Iron Tract	Iron	Prospect
Rose Run Iron Tract	Iron	Prospect

Every working recorded in Bath County

Storms near this property

59 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Owingsville, the town this property stands in, in 59 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 33 thunderstorm wind, 12 flash flood, 10 hail, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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
January 1998	Flash Flood	Owingsville	1 killed	no account filed
March 2012	Tornado (EF1)	Owingsville	$775,000	A storm damage survey team from the National Weather Service Office in Jackson, Kentucky confirmed that an EF-1 tornado occurred in Bath County on March 2, 2012. The tornado touched down near the Bath County High School west southwest of Owingsville at 608 pm EST. The tornado had an intermittent path to the east northeast of approximately 7.5 miles in length. The tornado crossed Hwy 36 a mile or two south of Owingsville and then I-64 and Hwy 60 east of Owingsville causing damage to numerous trees, barn roofs, and residential structures along the way. The tornado lifted for the final time approximately 2.5 miles northwest of Salt Lick, Kentucky.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	$100,000	Numerous barns were blown down with trees and power lines down county wide. A tractor trailer was blown over on Highway 36 between Preston and Hard Pike. A roof was also blown off a trailer in Peeled Oak.
February 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	$50,000	Boyd County emergency manager relayed information from Bath County emergency manager about a tower blown over at the EMS station and damage at the Board of Education building in Owingsville.
June 1998	Flash Flood	Owingsville	$40,000	State Route 36 covered with water.
August 1997	Tornado (F0)	Owingsville	$25,000	The tornado downed several trees. One large tree fell on a house and caused extensive structural damage.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	$20,000	Numerous trees down and power outages as well.
August 2001	Flash Flood	Owingsville	$20,000	Flash flooding caused 6 feet of Highway 1944 to be washed out near the bridge.
November 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	$10,000	Several trees were blown down around Owingsville.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	$8,000	Large trees down between Owingsville and I-64.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	$7,000	There were several trees down around town and one utility pole leaning.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	$7,000	Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	$7,000	Trees were blown down onto Tapp Lane and Stepstone Road by wind gusts estimated at 61 mph.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	$5,000	Trees were blown down and across Saltwell Road.
June 2003	Flash Flood	Owingsville	$5,000	Water flooded several business in Owingsville. Also, water was over United States Route 60 and Kentucky Route 1269 about 3 to 4 miles east of Owingsville.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	$5,000	Barn destroyed along KY 11. Numerous trees and power lines down between Sharpsburg and Bethel.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	$5,000	Trees and power lines downed throughout county.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	$4,000	Roof blown off trailer on Powers Branch Road. Vehicle overturned by wind.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	$3,000	Two tree's were blown down on East Fork and Little Flat Roads. A porch was also damaged at a home in Owingsville.
September 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	$2,000	Two trees were blown down on Pickshien Road near KY 36 east.
April 2015	Flash Flood	Owingsville	$1,000	Multiple roads were flooded and impassable in Owingsville and throughout the county.
December 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	$1,000	A 56 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured near Owingsville.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	$1,000	A 50 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measure by the KY Mesonet station near Owingsville.
November 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	$1,000	One tree was blown down on Stepstone Road.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	-	Bath county dispatch reported multiple trees blown down across the town of Owingsville, but did not give specific locations.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	-	A large tree limb was blown down and onto the roof of a house near Owingsville.
July 2021	Flash Flood	Owingsville	-	Miller Plaza Shopping Center on Hwy-36 is flooded and closed to traffic in the Owingsville community.
September 2021	Flash Flood	Owingsville	-	A section of road near the intersection of Hwy 36 W and White Oak Road was reported impassable due to water over the road just northwest of Owingsville.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	-	Trees were blown down county wide.
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	-	Dispatch reported trees down throughout Owingsville.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	-	A large tree was blown down and onto US 60 between mile markers 4 and 5.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	-	Numerous trees were blown down throughout Owingsville.
October 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	-	A tree was blown down and onto a house.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	-	Trees were blown down and across Smoot Ave and the bridge on Bypass Rd.
April 2011	Hail	Owingsville	-	There was hail the size of quarters on highway 36 just south of Owingsville.
July 2011	Flash Flood	Owingsville	-	Hwy 36 was blocked by flood waters from Slate Creek.
July 2011	Flash Flood	Owingsville	-	Highway 36 East was heavily damaged by flood waters from Slate Creek. In addition, several businesses along Hwy 36 had flood waters enter them between 6 and 730 pm.
September 2009	Heavy Rain	Owingsville	-	Standing water observed on roads and in poor drainage areas.
November 2007	Hail	Owingsville	-	Nickel sized hail was reported. The event lasted for 10 minutes.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	-	Numerous large limbs down countywide.
September 2006	Flash Flood	Owingsville	-	County dispatch reported Bald Eagle Bridge under water. Residents evacuated from homes in western portions of the county. U.S. Highway 60 under 3 feet of running water. Highway 36 in Sharpsburg under water. Both highways impassable. Events began with flooding of highways at around 2:30 am.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	-	Several trees down across roads in western part of county.
July 2005	Hail	Owingsville	-	Quarter size hail on Tunnel Hill Road.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	-	Several trees down on Kentucky Route 36.
August 2004	Hail	Owingsville	-	Penny sized hail was reported.
July 2001	Flash Flood	Owingsville	-	Water was flowing over Highway 111.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	-	Trees were blown down.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	-	Strong winds blew numerous trees down.
November 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	-	Trees down on Peeled Oak Road, Preston Road, Highway 36E and Highway 60 just east of Owingsville.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	-	Trees downed.
May 2011	Hail	Owingsville	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Owingsville	-	no account filed
August 2007	Hail	Owingsville	-	no account filed
May 2004	Flash Flood	Owingsville	-	no account filed
March 2003	Hail	Owingsville	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Owingsville	-	no account filed
July 2000	Hail	Owingsville	-	no account filed
July 1996	Flood	Owingsville	-	no account filed
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Owingsville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bath County

Newspapers printed here

1,544 digitised pages

1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 395 issues, 1,544 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

Newspaper	Published
Owingsville Outlook	1879 to 192?

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
Owingsville Commercial District and Courthouse Square	under 500 feet	1978
Col. Thomas Deye Owings House	under 500 feet	1978
J.J. Nesbitt House	0.3 miles	2010
Confederate Monument in Owingsville	0.3 miles	1997
Myrtle Hill	1.9 miles	1982
Bourbon Iron Works	2.3 miles	1976

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 85001668 in Record Group 79.
Bath County	All 9 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.