Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1928.
One of 25 National Register listings published here for Brown County · listed in 1978 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Georgetown Historic District in 2020, 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 16068 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Georgetown Historic District: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown County Engineer Lms. Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| White Oak Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Georgetown Pit Number 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Georgetown Pit Number 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ruggles Stone Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ruggles Stone Company Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| Democratic Standard | 1837 to 1850 |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home | 0.1 miles | 1976 |
 | Bailey-Thompson House | 0.1 miles | 1976 |
 | Georgetown Public School | 0.2 miles | 1991 |
 | Dr. Philip Buckner House And Barn | 0.3 miles | 1978 |
 | Thompson Farm | 1.0 miles | 1976 |
| Thompson-Bullock House | 1.0 miles | 1978 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78002011 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Brown County | All 25 listed properties in this county. |
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