BlockFrom the record
One of 32 National Register listings published here for Larue County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Miller-Blanton House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Miller--Blanton House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Blanton Rd. E of Athertonville, New Haven, 40051
- When was it listed? January 1991
- Category. building
- Also known as. Larue County MPS
- Census division. Hodgenville
- Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 90001976 - 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
18 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Miller-Blanton House between 1998 and 2017, burning about 70 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site | KNOB CREEK |
| 13 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HURST FIRE |
| 8 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Miller-Blanton House: 3 prospects. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Gap Roadcut | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Highway 84 Roadcut | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Rolling Fork Roadcut | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Burch House | 1.6 miles | 1991 | |
| Aaron Atherton House | 2.0 miles | 1991 | |
| New Haven Battlefield Site | 2.7 miles | 2004 | |
| Lincoln Boyhood Home | 3.4 miles | 1988 | |
| Dorsey Beeler House | 3.8 miles | 1991 | |
| Brown House | 5.1 miles | 1991 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90001976 in Record Group 79. |
| Larue County | All 32 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.