Built in 1861. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
“The Olive Branch United Methodist Church is a historic church in Finchville, Kentucky. It was established in 1801 at Pickets Dam.”
Wikipedia article Olive Branch Methodist Episcopal Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 142 National Register listings published here for Shelby County · listed in 1988 · category: Building · built in 1861.
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 3 fires within 5 miles of Olive Branch Methodist Episcopal Church between 2005 and 2011, burning about 16 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 | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 February 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | INDIAN RIDGE FIRE |
| 8 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Finchville, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finchville | $30,000 | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Finchville | $25,000 | This tornado touched down 1.6 miles east-southeast of Finchville just north of the end of Duvall Lane. It then traveled north-northeast and produced a track of just over 2 miles over mainly plowed field and strips of forest. Two barns were destroyed. Two other barns has much of their roofs removed. In one case, portions of the roof were strewn downwind across a field and became lodged within a grove of trees. More than two dozen trees were snapped or uprooted. It lifted 1 mile south of the intersection of Taylorsville Road and Interstate 64. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finchville | $20,000 | Two houses damaged by trees. A barn lost part of a roof. All damage occurred from one mile North of Finchville to Logan State Road. Report from Shelby County Department of Emergency Service and HAM Radio spotter. |
| August 2021 | Lightning | Finchville | $10,000 | There was a structure fire caused by a lightning strike. Cost of damage is unknown. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finchville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finchville | - | Trees fell down. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Finchville | - | Quarter sized hail was observed near Finchville. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Finchville | - | A broadcast meteorologist relayed a report to the NWS of nickel size hail. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finchville | - | The Shelby County emergency manager reported that several trees fell down in the Finchville area. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finchville | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Finchville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Finchville | - | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finchville | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Finchville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bushrod Figg House | 0.6 miles | 1988 | |
| Gray House | 0.9 miles | 1988 | |
| Ramsey House | 1.6 miles | 1988 | |
| Allen Dale Farm | 1.9 miles | 1983 | |
| Courtney House | 1.9 miles | 1988 | |
| Rodgers House | 2.0 miles | 1988 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88002895 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Shelby County | All 142 listed properties in this county. |
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