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Photograph of Worth County Courthouse
Photograph by Original by Patrick Hull, modifications by Kbh3rd, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Worth Count Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“Worth County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Grant City, Missouri, United States. It was built in 1898-1899, and is a 2 1/2-story, rectangular, brown brick building with elements of the Classical Revival and Renaissance Revival style.”

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

One of 1 National Register listings published here for Worth County · listed in 1983 · 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. Public Sq., Grant City, 64456
  • When was it listed? January 1983
  • Category. building
  • Township. Fletchall township
  • National Register reference number. 83001056 - 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Worth Count Courthouse between 1992 and 2016, burning about 1,914 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7

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 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 May 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 May 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burning15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined820 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 April 2002Debris and open burning100 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 2014Debris and open burning200 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Debris and open burning160 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Every fire recorded in Worth County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Worth Count Courthouse: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Worth County

Storms near this property

39 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grant City, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 24 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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
September 2013Thunderstorm WindGrant City$500Large tree branches, small trees and powerlines were reported down. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
June 2025Heavy RainGrant City-Two day Cocorahs rainfall total from Grant City of 7.55 inches of rain.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGrant City-There was a report of 60 mph wind near Grant City.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGrant City-Public reported 60 mph wind via social media.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGrant City-A trained spotter reported a 60-70 mph wind.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGrant City-A few trees were down in Grant City from strong winds.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGrant City-A small tree limb was knocked down.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGrant City-An estimated 60 mph wind gust caused power outages across Grant City.
June 2015Flash FloodGrant City-City streets flooded, with water overrunning ditches and flowing across several roads in Grant City.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGrant City-Multiple tree limbs of 3 to 4 inches in diameter down across Grant City. Power was also reported out in the city.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindGrant City-Large tree limbs down.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Grant City-Brief tornado touchdown north of Grant City.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGrant City-Trees reported down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGrant City-60 MPH winds were reported by the Worth County Sheriff's Office during a severe thunderstorm.
May 1997HailGrant City-Worth County Sheriff office reported golfball-size hail which covered the ground 2 inches deep a mile west of Grant City.
April 1995HailGrant City-Quarter-size hail covered the ground.,
June 2015HailGrant City-no account filed
June 2015HailGrant City-no account filed
June 2015HailGrant City-no account filed
May 2012HailGrant City-no account filed
March 2011HailGrant City-no account filed
April 2010HailGrant City-no account filed
April 2010HailGrant City-no account filed
July 2008HailGrant City-no account filed
June 2006HailGrant City-no account filed
May 2004HailGrant City-no account filed
May 2004HailGrant City-no account filed
May 2004HailGrant City-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGrant City-no account filed
September 2004HailGrant City-no account filed
August 2004HailGrant City-no account filed
April 2003HailGrant City-no account filed
April 2002HailGrant City-no account filed
May 2002HailGrant City-no account filed
April 2002HailGrant City-no account filed
April 2002HailGrant City-no account filed
April 2001HailGrant City-no account filed
July 2001HailGrant City-no account filed
June 2000HailGrant City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Worth 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83001056 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Worth CountyAll 1 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.