Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
“Courthouse Square Park is a town square occupying one city block in downtown Dayton, Oregon. The 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) urban park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”
Wikipedia article Courthouse Square Park, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 84 National Register listings published here for Yamhill County · listed in 1987 · category: Site.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Courthouse Square in 2017, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | GUNCLUB RD. FIRE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Courthouse Square: 18 past producers, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crabtree Traprock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Sohrweild Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Sohrweild Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Timmons Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Timmons Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Traprock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nichols House | under 500 feet | 1987 | |
 | Oregon Mutual Merchant Fire Insurance Association Office | under 500 feet | 1987 |
 | Londershausen House | under 500 feet | 1987 |
 | McNamar Building | under 500 feet | 1987 |
 | Gabriel-Will House | under 500 feet | 1987 |
| First Baptist Church | under 500 feet | 1979 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87000336 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Yamhill County | All 84 listed properties in this county. |
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