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Photograph of Dixboro United Methodist Church
Photograph by Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Dixboro United Methodist Church

Built in 1858 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

From the record

“The Dixboro United Methodist Church is a historic church located at 5221 Church Street in Dixboro, Superior Township, Michigan. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971.”

Wikipedia article Dixboro United Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 87 National Register listings published here for Washtenaw County · listed in 1972 · category: Building · built in 1858, Greek Revival architecture.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 5221 Church St., Dixboro, 48105
  • When was it listed? March 1972
  • Category. building
  • Charter township. Superior charter township
  • When was it built? 1858
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 72000665 - 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

23 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Dixboro United Methodist Church between 2018 and 2019, burning about 23 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesANN ARBOR FD 751468 - 2019
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSALEM TOWNSHIP FD 190379 - 2019
18 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSALEM TOWNSHIP FD 190403 - 2019
12 July 2019Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesANN ARBOR TOWNSHIP FD 19652 - 2019
26 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUPERIOR TOWNSHIP FD 0000516 - 2019
24 June 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSUPERIOR TOWNSHIP FD 0000502 - 2019
9 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesANN ARBOR FD 0813263 - 2018
6 May 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesANN ARBOR FD 0812958 - 2018

Every fire recorded in Washtenaw 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 Dixboro United Methodist Church: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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
Kruse Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Liberty Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O E Gooding & Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Washtenaw Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washtenaw County

Storms near this property

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dixboro, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2014Thunderstorm WindDixboro$5,000Numerous large trees reported down on wires.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindDixboro-Substantial tree damage with numerous large trees blown down.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindDixboro-A pine tree and other tree limbs were blown down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindDixboro-A spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindDixboro-A 2 foot diameter tree was reported blown down.
July 1997HailDixboro-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washtenaw 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

6 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
Arnold and Gertrude Goss House2.7 miles2006
Parker Mill Complex2.8 miles1982
Nathan Esek and Sarah Emergene Sutton House3.2 miles2022
German Park Recreation Club3.3 miles2025
Orrin White House3.4 miles1971
Leland, Joshua G. and Nancy (Bly), House3.9 miles2025

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 72000665 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washtenaw CountyAll 87 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.