Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
“Nation Ford Road is a historic roadbed located near Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina. It dates to pre-historic times and is one of the oldest documented travel routes in the southeast.”
Wikipedia article Nation Ford Road, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 62 National Register listings published here for York County · listed in 2007 · category: Structure.
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 61 fires within 5 miles of Nation Ford Road between 1992 and 2019, burning about 188 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Nation Ford Road: 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Mica, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clawson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Clawson Mine Or Sutton Mine | Gold | Unknown | 1856 | |
| Indian Graveyard Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Catawba River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Catawba River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fewell Island Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Residual, Igneous |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Mill, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Mill | - | no account filed |
2 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 1,364 issues, 6,118 pages. 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 |
|---|---|
| Fort Mill Times | 1892 to 2020 |
| The Fort Mill News | 1890 to 1892 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mills House | under 500 feet | 1992 |
 | Thornwell-Elliott House | under 500 feet | 1992 |
 | Fort Mill Downtown Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1992 |
 | Wilson House | 0.2 miles | 1992 |
| Fort Mill Manufacturing Company Mill No. 2 | 0.2 miles | 2025 | |
 | Banks-Mack House | 0.3 miles | 1992 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 00000593 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| York County | All 62 listed properties in this county. |
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