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Platte County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

From the record

“Platte County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Platte City, Platte County, Missouri. It was built in 1866-1867, and is a two-story, cruciform plan, red brick building on a limestone foundation.”

Wikipedia article Platte County Courthouse (Missouri), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Platte County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.

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. 3rd and Main Sts., Platte City, 64079
  • When was it listed? January 1979
  • Category. building
  • Township. Carroll township
  • National Register reference number. 79001390 - 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

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Platte County Courthouse in 2007, burning about 11 acres 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/undetermined2

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 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
29 November 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Every fire recorded in Platte County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Platte County Courthouse: 25 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
Baker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Coffey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Everett Quarry # 49Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Harris QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Miller QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Platte City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Platte City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Spratt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Spratt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Platte County

Storms near this property

60 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Platte City, the town this property stands in, in 64 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 32 hail, 27 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 flood. 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
October 1998Flash FloodPlatte City$4,000,000no account filed
May 2007FloodPlatte City$500,000The Platte River at Platte City crested at 32.50 feet, or 12.50 feet above flood stage. This was its third highest crest on record and was on May 10, 2007. Several homes suffered loss and there was widespread agricultural losses in the adjacent bottom lands.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindPlatte City$50,000Numerous large trees and power lines were blown down throughout northern parts of the county.
June 2011HailPlatte City$30,000All exposed car wind shields cracked or broken. Numerous dings on vehicles.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindPlatte City$30,000Large section of grocery store roof blown off. Also car windows and store front windows broken or blown out. Restaurant door blown off.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindPlatte City$7,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindPlatte City$5,000HH Highway and Bethel Road was closed due to trees into the power lines.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindPlatte City$2,000Power lines were reported down at I-29 and Highway 92.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPlatte City$1,000Several shingles blown off roof.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-Downed wires and power outages in Platte City.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-Multiple reports of tree limbs and wires down near the Platte City area.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-Downed wires and power outages east of Platte City.
October 2024HailPlatte City-Quarter sized hail was reported in Platte City.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-Downed wires and power outages near Fontana Avenue.
September 2023HailPlatte City-Quarter sized hail was reported in Platte City.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-There were several small tree limbs down in Platte City, with some power outages.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-Power lines were down near Platte City.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-An amateur radio spotter reported 60 mph wind.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. One to two inch tree limbs were reported down.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-A thunderstorm wind gust was estimated around 60 mph, near the I-29 and Highway 92 intersection.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-A tree was blocking Highway 45. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
March 2008FloodPlatte City-The Platte River near Platte City crested at 25.70 feet, or 5.70 feet above flood stage.
June 2005Flash FloodPlatte City-Water covering many city streets due to heavy rains.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-Numerous trees down.
September 2004Flash FloodPlatte City-Several streets in town were water covered due to brief heavy rains.
March 1998HailPlatte City-The Platte County Sheriff's office reported golfball-size hail during a severe thunderstorm in Platte City.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust of 60 mph at the Kansas City International Airport. The same thunderstorm produced a 55 mph wind gust at Platte City, which knocked down a few large tree limbs.
August 2021HailPlatte City-no account filed
June 2018HailPlatte City-no account filed
June 2018HailPlatte City-no account filed
May 2017HailPlatte City-no account filed
May 2017HailPlatte City-no account filed
May 2017HailPlatte City-no account filed
October 2014HailPlatte City-no account filed
June 2011HailPlatte City-no account filed
June 2011HailPlatte City-no account filed
June 2011HailPlatte City-no account filed
April 2011HailPlatte City-no account filed
April 2011HailPlatte City-no account filed
May 2011HailPlatte City-no account filed
May 2010HailPlatte City-no account filed
April 2010HailPlatte City-no account filed
April 2010HailPlatte City-no account filed
June 2010HailPlatte City-no account filed
May 2008HailPlatte City-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-no account filed
June 2008HailPlatte City-no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-no account filed
April 2006HailPlatte City-no account filed
April 2005HailPlatte City-no account filed
May 2005HailPlatte City-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-no account filed
June 2005HailPlatte City-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-no account filed
March 2003HailPlatte City-no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindPlatte City-no account filed
May 2002HailPlatte City-no account filed
May 2001HailPlatte City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Platte 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
Frederick Krause Mansion0.1 miles1978
McCormick Distillery5.6 miles1974
Pleasant Ridge United Baptist Church5.8 miles2002
TWA Administrative Offices Building7.0 miles2007
Missouri District Warehouse7.1 miles2010
Weston Historic District7.1 miles1972

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79001390 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Platte CountyAll 12 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.