Cimarron County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

“The Cimarron County Courthouse is the historic courthouse serving Cimarron County, Oklahoma, located in Boise City. Parker in the Classical Revival and Neoclassical styles and built in red brick by Strong & Froman.”
Wikipedia article Cimarron County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 2 National Register listings published here for Cimarron County · listed in 1984 · 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. Cimarron Ave., Boise City, 73933
When was it listed? August 1984
Category. building
Also known as. County Courthouses of Oklahoma TR
Census division. Boise City
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 84002988 - 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.

Storms near this property

60 of 180 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boise City, the town this property stands in, in 180 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 82 hail, 81 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 4 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 1997	Lightning	Boise City	1 killed	A man was riding a horse at Black Mesa StatePark around Lake Carl Etling and were struck by lightning.Both the man and the horse were killed instantly.
May 2000	Lightning	Boise City	3 hurt	Three men were injured when lightning struck their pickup truck as they were getting out during a thunderstorm.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	$62,000	Report from emergency manager of an unknown number of downed power lines on EW 21 RD between NS 30 and NS 36 RD.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	$60,000	Tractor trailer reported blown over.
June 1995	Hail	Boise City	$25,000	Large hail damaged a few cars caught on the open road.
June 1994	Hail	Boise City	$5,000	Hail up to golf ball-size reported by KYGN radio caused damage to autos and windshields in Boise City.
June 1994	Hail	Boise City	$5,000	Hail up to golfball size reported by KYGN radio caused damage to autos and windshields in Boise City.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	$3,000	In Boise City, strong winds brought down 2 -inch-diameter tree limbs, and peeled back metal roofing at a lumber yard.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	$3,000	A wooden shed was reportedly blown down by the high winds. No injuries were reported.
June 2025	Tornado (EFU)	Boise City	$2,000	This tornado pushed a semi-truck off the highway into a ditch approximately six miles north of Boise City on Highway 287. This tornado was later seen by a storm spotter further to the southeast. There is no known damage otherwise with this tornado.
May 2024	Tornado (EFU)	Boise City	-	This tornado occurred in open field near the Santa Fe Trail campground in northwest Cimarron County. No damage is known from this tornado. It was observed and captured via photographic evidence by a storm spotter in that area. It was on the ground for at least a minute, before becoming obscured by rain and may have lifted soon after.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	A report was received of 25 train cars laid over from thunderstorm winds. No injuries were reported.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	A barn was damaged and partially collapsed from thunderstorm winds.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	Another barn was damaged here by the thunderstorm winds.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	Multiple large (4+ inch diameter) tree \| branches were knocked down. A few out \| buildings and sheds were damaged or \| destroyed by straight line winds.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	Very high dewpoint and temperature spread at the surface led to gusty conditions as the line of storms moved in.
May 2021	Tornado (EFU)	Boise City	-	Multiple storm chasers reported and recorded video of a brief \|tornado around 10 miles south of Boise City. The tornado remained \|in open grassland and did not encounter any damage indicators.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	First severe gust was measured at 2030 CDT with a peak gust measured at 2035 CDT.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	Two different wind gusts 5 mins apart, highest was 78 mph, were measured by the mesonet station located in Boise City. At the same time reports of cottonwood trees being ripped apart in Boise City came in from the public.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	This 85 mph wind gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet station 3 miles south-southeast of Boise City. No damage was reported other than some broken small tree limbs in Boise City.
June 2020	Hail	Boise City	-	Penny size hail fell 6 miles west of Boise City.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	This gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet station 3 miles south-southeast of Boise City.
July 2020	Flood	Boise City	-	Some roads in Boise City became impassable to smaller vehicles.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	There were 4 to 5 power poles snapped from thunderstorms winds. The lines were laying across the road at County Roads east/west 20 and north/south 26. Extremely low visibility was also reported due to blowing dust east of Boise City.
June 2019	Hail	Boise City	-	Golf ball hail was reported several miles west of Boise City. Hail decreased in size to one inch but continued for over 15 minutes.
June 2019	Flood	Boise City	-	Minor flooding in the southeast part of the county southeast of Boise City.
July 2019	Hail	Boise City	-	Jagged quarter to half dollar size reported, with accumulating hail noted at 1523CST. Emergency Manager reported that the quarter size hail ended around 1529CST.
June 2018	Funnel Cloud	Boise City	-	Storm chaser reported funnel cloud continuing.
June 2018	Hail	Boise City	-	Trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail.
May 2018	Hail	Boise City	-	Quarter sized hail reported west of Boise City.
May 2018	Hail	Boise City	-	Penny size hail near Boise City.
May 2018	Hail	Boise City	-	Quarter size hail in Boise City.
May 2018	Hail	Boise City	-	Ping pong ball size hail southeast of Boise City.
June 2017	Tornado (EF0)	Boise City	-	Sheriffs Office reported tornado on the ground at intersection of HWY 64 and HWY 56 from a law enforcement officer in the field.
September 2017	Hail	Boise City	-	Some hail stones were slightly larger than a Quarter.
September 2017	Hail	Boise City	-	Hail covering ground.
November 2015	Hail	Boise City	-	Quarter size hail was reported 4 miles west of Conrad.
July 2015	Hail	Boise City	-	Hail up to the size of golf balls fell 5 miles southeast of Boise City.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Boise City (Cimarron County), the Oklahoma Mesonet site 3 miles south-southeast of Boise City (Cimarron County) reported a 62 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Boise City (Cimarron County), the Oklahoma Mesonet site 3 miles south-southeast of Boise City (Cimarron County) reported a 73 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Boise City (Cimarron County), the Oklahoma Mesonet site 3 miles south-southeast of Boise City (Cimarron County) reported a 60 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Boise City (Cimarron County), the Oklahoma Mesonet site 3 miles south-southeast of Boise City (Cimarron County) reported a 60 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast.
October 2014	Hail	Boise City	-	A cluster of thunderstorms moved into Cimarron County during the evening hours of the 9th. As this cluster of storms approached the town of Boise City (Cimarron County), local broadcast media reported golf ball size hail (1.75 inches) in town. After producing this hail the cluster of storms continued to move eastward across the county.
October 2014	Hail	Boise City	-	A cluster of thunderstorms moved into Cimarron County during the evening hours of the 9th. As this cluster of storms approached the town of Boise City (Cimarron County), the 911 call center in Boise City reported ping pong ball size hail (1.50 inches) in town. After producing this hail the cluster of storms continued to move eastward across the county.
June 2013	Hail	Boise City	-	A discrete supercell thunderstorm developed over the northeastern New Mexico Plains and moved to the east into the western Oklahoma Panhandle. As it moved into the Oklahoma Panhandle it intensified as a result of a more unstable environment. As this thunderstorm neared Boise City (Cimarron County), a member of the public 1 mile west-northwest of Boise City (Cimarron County) reported golf ball size hail (1.75 inch). After producing this hail the supercell continued moving to the east across the southern portion of the county.
June 2013	Hail	Boise City	-	A discrete supercell thunderstorm developed over the northeastern New Mexico Plains and moved to the east into the western Oklahoma Panhandle. As it moved into the Oklahoma Panhandle it intensified as a result of a more unstable environment. As this thunderstorm neared Boise City (Cimarron County), a trained storm spotter 5 miles southeast of Boise City (Cimarron County) reported golf ball size hail (1.75 inches). After producing this hail the supercell continued moving to the east across the southern portion of the county.
June 2013	Hail	Boise City	-	A discrete supercell thunderstorm developed over the northeastern New Mexico Plains and moved to the east into the western Oklahoma Panhandle. As it moved into the Oklahoma Panhandle it intensified as a result of a more unstable environment. As this thunderstorm neared Boise City (Cimarron County), a trained storm spotter 10 miles southeast of Boise City (Cimarron County) reported ping pong ball size hail (1.50 inch). After producing this hail the supercell continued moving to the east across the southern portion of the county.
June 2013	Hail	Boise City	-	A discrete supercell thunderstorm developed over the northeastern New Mexico Plains and moved to the east into the western Oklahoma Panhandle. As it moved into the Oklahoma Panhandle it intensified as a result of a more unstable environment. As this thunderstorm neared Boise City (Cimarron County), a trained storm spotter 1 mile west of Boise City (Cimarron County) reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch). After producing this hail the supercell continued moving to the east across the southern portion of the county.
June 2013	Hail	Boise City	-	A discrete supercell thunderstorm developed over the northeastern New Mexico Plains and moved to the east into the western Oklahoma Panhandle. As it moved into the Oklahoma Panhandle it intensified as a result of a more unstable environment. As this thunderstorm neared Boise City (Cimarron County), a trained storm spotter 1 mile west of Boise City (Cimarron County) reported ping pong ball size hail (1.50 inch). After producing this hail the supercell continued moving to the east across the southern portion of the county.
July 2013	Heavy Rain	Boise City	-	Scattered thunderstorms developed along a surface trough during the evening hours of the 25th. As thunderstorms moved southeastward across the city of Boise City (Cimarron County), the KVII School net site at Boise City School reported that 1.10 inches of rain fell in less than an hour. The thunderstorm which produced this rain continued to move to the southeast and quickly entered the northern Texas Panhandle. No swift water rescues or flooding was associated with this heavy rain.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	A developing squall line moved into the western Oklahoma Panhandle during the early evening hours of the 7th. The Oklahoma Mesonet site 3 miles south-southeast of Boise City (Cimarron County) reported a 63 mph thunderstorm wind gust as the squall line moved overhead. This squall line would go on to move eastward across the entire panhandle.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	A squall line moved across the Oklahoma Panhandle during the late night hours of the 7th. As the squall line moved across Cimarron County, the Oklahoma Mesonet site 3 miles south-southeast of Boise City (Cimarron County) reported a 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust. The squall line continued to move to the east after producing this gust and exited the panhandle by midnight of the 8th.
August 2013	Hail	Boise City	-	A discrete thunderstorm developed across western Cimarron County during the early evening hours of the 7th. The thunderstorm quickly intensified and after initially on a northward track the storm turned to the east. the Cimarron County Emergency Manager reported at the thunderstorm produced baseball size hail (2.75 inches) 4 miles north-northwest of Boise City (Cimarron County). After producing this hail the thunderstorm continued moving to the east before dissipating over western Texas County.
October 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	The thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet station located three miles south southeast of Boise City Oklahoma.
October 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	The thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet station located three miles south southeast of Boise City Oklahoma.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of fifty-six knots west of Boise City.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	A trained spotter estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts and reported that six inch tree limbs had been blown down.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	The thunderstorm wind gusts was measured at the Boise City Oklahoma Mesonet station.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	The thunderstorm wind gusts was measured at the Boise City Oklahoma Mesonet station.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Boise City	-	The thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Boise City Oklahoma Mesonet site located three miles south southeast of Boise City.

Every storm recorded in Cimarron 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 record	The nomination case file for reference 84002988 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cimarron County	All 2 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.
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.