BlockFrom the record
One of 8 National Register listings published here for Grayson County · listed in 1988 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Court Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 2 objectss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 106 & 104 N. Main, Leitchfield, 42754
- When was it listed? January 1988
- Category. district
- Census division. Leitchfield
- National Register reference number. 87001917 - 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
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Court Square Historic District (Boundary Increase) between 2000 and 2014, burning about 19 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | TAYLOR FORK |
| 14 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SALT RIVER |
| 14 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 February 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 Court Square Historic District (Boundary Increase): 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ragland Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
60 of 72 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leitchfield, the town this property stands in, in 72 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 40 thunderstorm wind, 24 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 16 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 2000 | Tornado (F3) | Leitchfield | 16 hurt, $50,000,000 | A storm survey was done by NWS personnel on Wednesday May 24. The survey found severe damage to residential and industrial structures. Three vortices combined into a single tornado north of Leitchfield, then moved east to southeast at 40 to 45 mph. The path moved through the northeast and east sections of Leitchfield and beyond. (Path length and width are estimated). The structural damaged evidenced the presence of an F3 tornado, with maximum winds around 175 mph. Houses that were virtually destroyed, but still had parts of their structure remaining above the main floor, were the basis of the F3 evaluation. Severe damage to nearby factories also supported the F3 evaluation. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | $100,000 | Two trailers on Caney Creek Church Road were rolled over by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | $50,000 | A broadcast meteorologist relayed a report of structural damage to a building because of severe thunderstorm winds. This resulted in several vehicles damaged. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | $50,000 | Several large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Leitchfield | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | $20,000 | Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. One was blown on to an occupied trailer. No injuries occurred. |
| February 2012 | Lightning | Leitchfield | $15,000 | Local media reported that lightning struck a home and started a fire near Leitchfield. The fire department was on the scene at the time of the report. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | $10,000 | Local law enforcement reported several trees down near Leitchfield. In addition, they reported several windows shattered. Other unofficial reports from the public mentioned damage to yard furniture, gutters, and playground equipment. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | $8,000 | Mobile homes damaged |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | $5,000 | A large metal building was blown half a mile. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | $5,000 | Trees were downed. One was blown on to an occupied mobile home, however there were no injuries. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | $2,000 | A store sign was blown on to a car. Trees were downed and blocking roadways. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | Multiple trees were blown down in Leitchfield, and about 1400 customers were without power as a result of thunderstorms. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Leitchfield | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail was observed on the west side of Leitchfield. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Leitchfield | - | Ample amounts of quarter sized hail fell in Leitchfield. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | Trees were downed and multiple power outages were reported across Leitchfield. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | Trees were knocked down on State Route 259 near McClure Cemetery Road. |
| January 2023 | Hail | Leitchfield | - | Penny-sized hail observed in Leitchfield. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | A large tree blew down on a shed on Dixie Avenue. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | A large tree fell on a house near Highway 737, west of Leitchfield. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | A tree blew down on Sunbeam Road. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | Trees were reported down. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | The public reported numerous trees down in the area due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | A tree was reported down due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | A Grayson County law enforcement official reported a couple of trees down in the area from severe thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Leitchfield | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | Grayson County law enforcement officials reported that trees were down in Leitchfield because of severe thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Leitchfield | - | A swath of large hail stretching all the way back west towards Caneyville brought 1.75 inch hail to Leitchfield. |
| December 2013 | Flash Flood | Leitchfield | - | Flashing Flooding was reported on the 500 block of Mill Street in Leitchfield. Around 8 inches of water was running across the road. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | Local law enforcement reported two trees downed just south of Leitchfield. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Leitchfield | - | A hail estimate from a convenience store west of Leitchfield indicated over 2 inch hail. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | The Grayson county mesonet measured a wind gust of 58 mph. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | Law enforcement reported a gust to 60 mph. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | Trees were blown down. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Leitchfield | - | Flooding was reported in a parking lot near the Leitchfield Sheriff's office. This forced a rapid removal of patrol cars. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | Trees reported down in Leitchfield. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Leitchfield | - | Winds estimated at 50 mph were also reported. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| November 2004 | Flash Flood | Leitchfield | - | Water was over Bloomington Road in several places. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Leitchfield | - | Highway 54 was turned white due to a covering of hail. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | A tree was downed on Sunbeam Road. Other trees were downed in the Walnut Hill Cemetery and on Broadway. |
| August 2003 | Heavy Rain | Leitchfield | - | Main Street in downtown Leitchfield was flooded. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Leitchfield | - | Water was flowing over Highway 259 at the Bear Creek Bridge. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | Power lines were downed in Leitchfield. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Leitchfield | - | 1 1/2 inch hail reported by spotter. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Leitchfield | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Leitchfield | - | no account filed |
| February 2012 | Hail | Leitchfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Leitchfield | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Leitchfield | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Hail | Leitchfield | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Hail | Leitchfield | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | no account filed |
| December 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leitchfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Leitchfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Court Square Historic District | under 500 feet | 1984 | |
 | Hunter House | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Jack Thomas House | 0.1 miles | 1976 |
 | Cedars, The | 2.1 miles | 1976 |
 | St. Augustine Catholic Church | 4.0 miles | 1989 |
| Grayson Springs | 4.1 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87001917 in Record Group 79. |
| Grayson County | All 8 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.