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Bethel Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

From the record

“Bethel Historic District is roughly bounded by Liberty, King, 1st, and 4th Sts. in Bethel, Missouri. Construction of the town, which was for over thirty years a successful experiment in communal living, began in 1844.”

Wikipedia article Bethel Historic District (Bethel, Missouri), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Shelby 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 Wikipedia article

The listing

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 Bethel Historic District: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Central Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UndwnStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Shelby County

Storms near this property

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bethel, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
June 1996Thunderstorm WindBethel$5,000no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBethel-A backyard anemometer recorded a 58 mph wind gust. Minor tree damage was reported along with the gust.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBethel-Large limbs were blown down.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBethel-Thunderstorms winds blew down several trees and tree limbs between Bethel and Shelbyville. In Shelbyville, one tree fell onto a house and vehicle. No injuries were reported. Also, several trees were blown over onto Highway 15 about two miles south of Shelbyville.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBethel-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs around town.
August 2016Flash FloodBethel-Up to 5 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded across the western half of the county. Route K was flooded at the intersection with County Road 237. Also, U.S. Highway 36 was flooded just east of Clarence.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBethel-A line of severe storms blew down numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines, especially between Bethel and Shelbina. Some of the trees blocked US Highway 36 in Shelbina.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBethel-A intense bow echo moved through the area, blowing down numerous large trees, tree limbs and power lines. Several power poles were snapped as well.
April 2010Flash FloodBethel-Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time on already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highway J about 4 miles east of Bethel. It had between 4 and 6 inches of water flowing over it in several locations.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindBethel-A large tree was blown onto the North River bridge on Highway 15 just south of Bethel.
June 2005HailBethel-Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail.
May 2003HailBethel-Storm spotters reported golfball size hail.
May 2003HailBethel-Storm spotters reported golfball size hail north of Bethel.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Bethel-A small tornado crossed farmland in north Shelby County, north and northeast of Bethel. A piece of farm equipment was damaged and some trees were downed.
April 2002HailBethel-The public reported 1 inch hail.
May 2023HailBethel-no account filed
May 2019HailBethel-no account filed
May 2019HailBethel-no account filed
November 2015Thunderstorm WindBethel-no account filed
March 2006HailBethel-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shelby 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
Hebron0.9 miles1978
Elim1.3 miles1971

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 70000350 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Shelby CountyAll 4 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.
  • 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.