Built in 1903. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
“Father Dickson Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery located on 845 South Sappington Road in Crestwood, St.”
Wikipedia article Father Dickson Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 663 National Register listings published here for St. Louis County · listed in 2021 · category: Site · built in 1903.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Father Dickson Cemetery in 2007, burning under an acre 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 | 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 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Father Dickson Cemetery: 28 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Portland Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Producer | ||
| Jamieson Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Big Bend Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Grant Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kempf Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mutual Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Osage Hills Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crestwood, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2011: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crestwood | $25,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts blew down a large cottonwood tree which fell on the roof of a home on Tahiti Drive in Crestwood. The tree punched a hole in the roof and also took down power lines. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crestwood | - | Several windows were blown out on a local supermarket. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crestwood | - | Amateur radio spotters reported trees down. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Crestwood | - | Amateur radio spotters reported 3/4 inch hail at Lindbergh and Sappington roads. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Crestwood | - | Storm spotters reported nickel size hail in the Concord Village area. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Crestwood | - | Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Crestwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crestwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Crestwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Crestwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Crestwood | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | Crestwood | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crestwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Thomas J. Sappington House | 0.1 miles | 1974 |
 | Hawken House | 0.7 miles | 1970 |
 | J. Milton Turner School | 0.9 miles | 2002 |
 | Elijah J. Unsell House | 1.0 miles | 2002 |
 | Judge Enos Clarke House | 1.1 miles | 2002 |
| Lizzie McLagan House | 1.2 miles | 2002 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14001125 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| St. Louis County | All 663 listed properties in this county. |
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