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Photograph of Romeo Historic District
Photograph by Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Romeo Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

From the record

“The Romeo Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by the corporate lines of Romeo, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1970.”

Wikipedia article Romeo Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Macomb County · listed in 1970 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. Roughly bounded by the corporate lines of the city, Romeo, 48065
  • When was it listed? July 1970
  • Category. district
  • Charter township. Washington charter township
  • National Register reference number. 70000281 - 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

12 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Romeo Historic District between 2018 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRUCE TOWNSHIP-ROMEO FD 0001083 - 2019
9 July 2019Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRUCE TOWNSHIP-ROMEO FD 0000957 - 2019
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FD 0001486 - 2018
13 July 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRUCE TOWNSHIP-ROMEO FD 0000975 - 2019
9 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRUCE TOWNSHIP-ROMEO FD 0000578 - 2019
3 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesARMADA TOWNSHIP FD 188 - 2019
13 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRUCE TOWNSHIP-ROMEO FD 0000565 - 2019
12 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FD 0000749 - 2019

Every fire recorded in Macomb County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Romeo Historic District: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Addison Township PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Natural Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Romeo Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sees Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Macomb County

Storms near this property

32 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Romeo, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 21 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 lightning, 2 flood. The reports record 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1997Tornado (F0)Romeo6 hurt, $30,000,000no account filed
July 2000LightningRomeo$1,000,000A lightning strike started a fire that destroyed an automall.
September 2008FloodRomeo$750,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindRomeo$7,000no account filed
October 2006LightningRomeo$5,000Lightning struck a home, sparking a fire. Property damage was roughly estimated at $5K.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRomeo$3,000Wires reported blown down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindRomeo$2,000A large tree was reported down on house, along with downed power lines.
December 1998Thunderstorm WindRomeo$2,000no account filed
August 2022Thunderstorm WindRomeo-A 12 inch tree limbs was observed down.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRomeo-A tree was reported down.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindRomeo-Large tree limbs reported down blocking road.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindRomeo-A small tree was blown down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRomeo-Power lines reported down.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindRomeo-Numerous tree limbs were reported blown down.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindRomeo-A four inch diameter tree was reported blown down at 31 mile and Powell.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindRomeo-Six inch diameter tree limbs were reported blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindRomeo-Trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindRomeo-A trained spotter reported a tree blown down on a house.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindRomeo-A small tree was uprooted.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindRomeo-A trained spotter reported several large tree limbs down.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindRomeo-Several trees were blown down in a thunderstorm.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindRomeo-Numerous trees were blown down by a thunderstorm.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindRomeo-Spotters reported several large trees and tree limbs down.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindRomeo-Several large trees were uprooted.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindRomeo-Large tree limbs blown down.
January 2020FloodRomeo-no account filed
June 2013HailRomeo-no account filed
May 2007HailRomeo-no account filed
May 2006HailRomeo-no account filed
July 2002HailRomeo-no account filed
August 2000HailRomeo-no account filed
October 1999HailRomeo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Macomb County

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

2 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Wolcott Mill5.0 miles2009
Washington Octagon House5.9 miles1971

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 70000281 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Macomb CountyAll 15 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.