Himrod Baptist Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Himrod Baptist Church, also known as First Baptist Church of Milo, is a historic Baptist church located at Milo in Yates County, New York. It is a Greek Revival style structure built about 1833.”
Wikipedia article Himrod Baptist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 66 National Register listings published here for Yates County · listed in 1994 · 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. Himrod Rd., Milo, 14842
When was it listed? August 1994
Category. building
Also known as. Yates County MPS
Town. Milo town
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 94000940 - 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Himrod Baptist Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 5 were 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	48
Debris and open burning	10
Smoking	7
Natural	6
Arson/incendiarism	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Other causes	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
2 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
16 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
5 August 2005	Other causes	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 August 2005	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
16 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
15 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 August 2018	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Every fire recorded in Yates 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 Himrod Baptist Church: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Seneca Lake Mine	Halite	Past Producer	Halite
Seneca Lake Mine	Salt	Past Producer
Claude Pulver Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Holly Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Holly Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Milo Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Yates County

Maps showing this location

8 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1902 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:62500 - 9 printings
1942 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1943 USGS Dundee quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Dr. Henry Spence Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex	2.3 miles	1992
Miles Raplee House	2.5 miles	1994
Daniel Supplee Cobblestone Farmhouse	2.8 miles	1992
William Swortz House	2.9 miles	1994
Thomas Bennett Curtis House	3.0 miles	1994
Young-Leach Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex	3.4 miles	1992

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 94000940 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Yates County	All 66 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.