Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
“It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It is a one-story gable-front frame building.”
Wikipedia article Cranor School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 30 National Register listings published here for Hopkins County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Cranor School between 1998 and 2015, burning about 682 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 31 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cranor School: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Charles Clay | Clay | Prospect |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Richard Salmon House | 4.9 miles | 1988 |
| Dawson Springs Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 6.4 miles | 1998 | |
| Dawson Springs Historic District | 6.4 miles | 1988 | |
 | Darby House, The | 6.5 miles | 1997 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88002721 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hopkins County | All 30 listed properties in this county. |
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