Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
“Buchanan County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at St. It was built in 1873, and is a cruciform plan, Renaissance Revival-style brick building.”
Wikipedia article Buchanan County Courthouse (Missouri), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 63 National Register listings published here for Buchanan County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Washington Township in History of Buchanan County and the City of St. Joseph and Representative Citizens : 1826 to 1904, published 1904 names St. Joseph. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Some of the early farms in Washington township now form a part of the city of St. Joseph. The following persons are mentioned in history as having settled prior to 1840: John H. Whitehead, William Whitehead, Henr}- \\\ Hanson, James Cochran, Frederick Waymire, William Pugh, Clayborne F. Palmer, A. C. Hyde, Thomas, John and Elisha Sollars. Stephen Parker, Isaac and Michael ^liller, James G. Karnes, Alexander Fudge, Leroy Kauffman, Benjamin Williams, Jacoli (iroschon. Logan Jones, Edward Maxwell, _F)hn H. Cox, Da\id Ewing, William Sallee, Joseph Davis, George Coughern, Michael Rogers, F.
Passage source: History of Buchanan County and the City of St. Joseph and Representative Citizens : 1826 to 1904, published 1904.
Washington township has three justices of the peace and one constable, who are stationed at St. Joseph. There are four post offices in the township, besides St. Joseph - Stock Yards (South St. Joseph), Vories (South Park), Inza (Hyde's Addition) and Saxton.
Passage source: History of Buchanan County and the City of St. Joseph and Representative Citizens : 1826 to 1904, published 1904.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Washington Township - 190 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Buchanan County Courthouse (Boundary Decrease) between 1995 and 2018, burning about 840 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Doniphan County | 017-108 |
| 26 March 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176135-01105-03162018-0200 |
| 15 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 28 |
| 14 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2018031 |
| 14 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 27 |
| 7 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 165953-01180-01072018-1213 |
| 14 January 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 5 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Buchanan County Courthouse (Boundary Decrease): 25 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| City Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Farmer & Dunn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Heuemander Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Heumander Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Central-North Commercial Historic District | under 500 feet | 1991 |
| Edmond Jacques Eckel House | under 500 feet | 1980 | |
 | Buchanan County Courthouse and Jail | under 500 feet | 1972 |
 | Wholesale Row | 0.1 miles | 1977 |
 | John D. Richardson Dry Goods Company | 0.1 miles | 1982 |
 | Benton Club of St. Joseph, The | 0.1 miles | 2017 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78003397 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Buchanan County | All 63 listed properties in this county. |
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