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Photograph of St. Paul Catholic Church
Photograph by Jim Roberts, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

St. Paul Catholic Church

Built in 1860. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

From the record

“Paul on Salt River and Center Parish, is a historic Roman Catholic church located near Center, Ralls County, Missouri. The church was built in 1860, and is a one-story, rectangular limestone building on a stone foundation.”

Wikipedia article St. Paul Catholic Church (Center, Missouri), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Ralls County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · built in 1860.

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

The listing

  • Address. W of Center off SR EE, Center, 63436
  • When was it listed? May 1979
  • Category. building
  • Township. Center township
  • When was it built? 1860
  • National Register reference number. 79001392 - 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 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of St. Paul Catholic Church in 1997, burning about 42 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
Debris and open burning2

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
8 April 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
21 March 1997Debris and open burning40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Every fire recorded in Ralls 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 St. Paul Catholic Church: 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 #9Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Clayton's QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ralls County

Storms near this property

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 1996LightningCenter1 hurtno account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCenter$50,000Widespread wind damage across Ralls County, especially in Center, New London and portions of Hannibal in northeastern Ralls County. There were numerous tree limbs blown down as well as power lines. In Center, a tree was blown down onto a house causing moderate roof damage. In New London, another large tree was blown down onto a house causing moderate roof damage. A tree was blown down onto Highway HH north of New London.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Center$30,000A tornado initially formed near the intersection of Highway 19 and County Road 209. Power pole and tree damage was noted at this location. The tornado moved east northeast and caused more tree damage about 3/4 mile south of Highway 19 and Clarence Cannon Lane. The tornado crossed Highway P about 1 mile south of Center. Large power poles were bent over about 20 degrees at this location. The tornado moved east northeast and damaged a modular home and a machine shed near Kingbird and Vesper Drive. About 100 yards east of this location a mobile home was turned onto its side.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindCenter$20,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCenter$5,000The county sheriff reported trees and power poles down in Center. A billboard sign was also blown down north of New London along Highway 61.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCenter$500Several large trees were blown down along Highway 19 northeast of Center. Trees were also knocked down in New London with one damaging the corner of a house. Rainfall up to four inches was reported by a local newspaper.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCenter$200Power lines and poles were blown down east of Center.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindCenter-Thunderstorm winds damaged a large trampoline.
July 2020Flash FloodCenter-Up to three inches of rain caused flash flooding in and around the Spalding area. Water two to three feet deep was over Highway M about 3.5 miles west of U.S. Highway 61. Also, a vehicle was stuck in water up to 18 inches deep on Highway H just south of intersection with Highway A.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCenter-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs around town.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCenter-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs and a couple of street signs.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindCenter-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous power lines between Center and New London.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCenter-An intense bow echo moved through blowing down numerous large trees, tree limbs and power lines. Just southwest of Center on Highway 19, a line of trees extending about 200 yards (30 to 50 feet tall) were uprooted. In Center, numerous tree limbs were blown down and a few trees were uprooted. Four homes sustained minor roof damage from fallen tree limbs. Further northeast along Highway 19, several power poles were snapped off. In New London, several more trees were blown down, as well as numerous tree limbs.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCenter-Thunderstorm winds snapped off several telephone poles between Center and Perry.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCenter-Several large tree limbs were blown down.
December 2008Tornado (EF0)Center-A tornado touched down about 4 miles north of Center near Highway H. Two machine sheds and large tree limbs were damaged by the tornado. The tornado rapidly moved northeast and touched down a second time southeast of the intersection of Homestead and Kingsville Lanes. Three machine sheds were damaged at this location. Further northeast the tornado crossed Highway A west of New London, damaging several large trees before lifting and dissipating.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindCenter-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees across roads south of the town of Center. Then as the storm moved to the north it blew down several large tree limbs and a power line in New London near the county courthouse. No structural damage was reported.
May 2004HailCenter-The County Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCenter-Amateur radio spotters reported trees and power lines down in Center.
June 2017HailCenter-no account filed
May 2014HailCenter-no account filed
June 2008HailCenter-no account filed
May 2008HailCenter-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ralls 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

1 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
Greenlawn Methodist Church and Cemetery4.6 miles2007

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79001392 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Ralls CountyAll 9 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.