BlockFrom the record
One of 43 National Register listings published here for Pulaski County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
US Post Office-Bronston
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.
- Listed as. US Post Office--Bronston - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. KY 790, Bronston, 42518
- When was it listed? August 1985
- Category. building
- Also known as. Pulaski County MRA
- Census division. Burnside
- National Register reference number. 85001835 - 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
62 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of US Post Office-Bronston between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,514 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 were 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 | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RADIO TOWE |
| 29 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RADIO TOWE |
| 23 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 June 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 June 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 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 US Post Office-Bronston: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tateville Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
20 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bronston, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Bronston | 2 hurt | NWS verified an EF-1 tornado that touched down on Hardwick Road in Bronston, and moved northeast, lifting in the community of Antioch. Two injuries were sustained when a mobile home was flipped on Hardwick Road. The tornado had maximum winds of 110 mph with a path length of just over 3 miles and a path width of 100 yards. A video of the tornado 1 mile NNW of Tateville was also posted on social media. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | $40,000 | Baseball size hail (2.75 inch diameter) damaged vehicles and homes. Trees were also down due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | $10,000 | A trained spotter reported a roof blown off of a trailer on Jacksboro Road in Bronston. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Bronston | $10,000 | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | $1,000 | Power lines are downed in the community of Burnside at the intersection of Cliffside and Cumberland Drives. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | Pulaski County dispatch reported multiple trees blown down along KY-90 in the vicinity of Bronston. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | Pulaski county dispatch reported a tree blown down onto KY-790 at the sharp curve in Bronston. |
| February 2019 | Heavy Rain | Bronston | - | The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Kentucky State Emergency Management reported near-record water levels on Lake Cumberland. This resulted in the closure of a few marinas near Burnside, as well as nearby roads. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | Dispatch reported a couple of trees blown down from near Elihu on Cedar Grove Road to Antioch Avenue in Burnside. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | A tree was blown down on Old Waitsboro Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | Trees were blown down on Jacksboro Road. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | Several trees were blown down and condos were damaged at the Woodson Bend resort. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Bronston | - | Quarter size hail was observed in Bronston. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | A tree was blown down on Denny Lane. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | A tree was blown down on Twin Rivers Drive. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Bronston | - | Nickel sized hail was reported near Bronston. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | A few trees down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bronston | - | Severe thunderstorm winds brought trees down blocking a road. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Bronston | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Bronston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Beatty-Newell House | 0.1 miles | 1985 |
 | Boland House | 0.8 miles | 1984 |
| Burnside Historic District | 0.8 miles | 1984 | |
 | Burnside Methodist Church | 0.9 miles | 1985 |
 | Burnside Lodge | 1.0 miles | 1984 |
| Robinson Mill | 6.7 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85001835 in Record Group 79. |
| Pulaski County | All 43 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.