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One of 14 National Register listings published here for Cherokee County · listed in 2008 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Kings Mountain State Park Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
The listing
- Address. 1277 Park Rd., Blacksburg, 29702
- When was it listed? March 2008
- Category. district
- Also known as. South Carolina State Parks MPS
- Architectural style. National Park Service rustic
- National Register reference number. 08000185 - 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
147 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Kings Mountain State Park Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 392 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | COMPACT ROAD |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 106 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 106 workings within 5 miles of Kings Mountain State Park Historic District: 42 unknowns, 29 past producers, 17 occurrences, 10 prospects. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allison Prospect | Gold, Sulfur, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Gneiss Rock Quarry | Stone | Unknown | 1850 | |
| Kings Mountain Silica Inc Mill | Quartz, Mica, Feldspar, Clay | Producer | ||
| Moss Kaolin and Mica Mine | Kaolin, Mica | Producer | 1931 | |
| Mull Prospect | Tin, Niobium (Columbium), Titanium | Prospect | ||
| Roberts Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory), Manganese | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Beryl Occurrence | Gemstone, Beryllium | Occurrence | 1910 | |
| Unnamed Manganese Prospect Fl - 063 | Iron, Manganese | Unknown | 1900 | |
| Unnamed Pyrite Prospect Fl - 064 | Sulfur, Iron | Unknown | 1931 | |
| Allison Prospect | Gold, Copper | Unknown | 1908 |
Storms near this property
60 of 72 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blacksburg, the town this property stands in, in 72 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 40 thunderstorm wind, 27 hail, 2 tornado, 2 lightning. The reports record 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Lightning | Blacksburg | 2 hurt | County reported lightning struck a tree, which then fell on and injured an 8-year-old female and a 12-year-old female. The injuries were not serious. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | 1 hurt | Numerous trees were blown down from northeast of Gaffney to the Ninety Nine Islands Reservoir. Damage was most concentrated in the Kings Creek area in the eastern part of the county where several homes and at least one car were damaged by falling trees. One man on McGill Rd in the Kings Creek area sustained minor injuries when a tree fell on his house. |
| May 1996 | Lightning | Blacksburg | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | $55,000 | Numerous trees down, with at least one on a home. Also, the roof of the high school gym was damaged by the wind, causing part of the roof to collapse. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | $50,000 | Emergency manager reported multiple trees blown down in the Blacksburg area, with some on houses and roads. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in a 500 to 1000 foot swath. A portion of the roof was blown off of a house. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Blacksburg | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | $10,000 | County comms reported a tree blown down on a house near Craig Dr. |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Blacksburg | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Emergency management reported numerous trees blown down and several power poles snapped in an area centered around North Mountain St, mainly between Mount Paran Rd and Holly Ridge Rd. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | Public reported nickel size hail. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | Up to quarter size hail was reported SSW of Earl in Cherokee County. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Blacksburg | - | NWS storm survey found the path of an EF1 tornado that began near the intersection of Tucker Rd and Zayes Rd, crossing S Rutherford, St Oak Grove Rd, and Highway 5 before crossing into Kings Mountain National Military Park. Numerous trees and large limbs were snapped and uprooted along the entire path but structural damage was minimal in this largely rural area. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | Trained spotter reported 2-inch diameter hail on I-85 at the NC/SC state line. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | Public reported quarter size hail at exit 104 off I-85. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | DOT reported a tree blown down on I-85 at mile marker 106. Media reported another tree down on Ballfield Rd. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Spotter reported numerous trees blown down near the intersection of Possum Trot Rd and Roberts Rd. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Newspaper reported multiple trees blown down along Shelby Highway and one metal sign blown over on I-85. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Public reported at least one tree blown down at the I-85 South Carolina Welcome Center. FD reported a tree blown down on Antioch Rd and another tree down on Elm Rd. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | Spotter reported nickel size hail. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Blacksburg | - | Brugg Street was flooded and closed by a small stream. A spotter in the Blacksburg area reported 4.10 inches of rain overnight. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Large tree limbs were blown down near the intersection of Antioch Rd and Elm Rd. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Trees were blown down on Holly Ridge Rd. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Multiple large tree limbs were blown down in the area around highway 198 and Rock Springs Rd. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Several small trees were snapped about two miles northwest of Blacksburg. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Trees and power lines were blown down in areas from Holly Grove Rd and Foster Lake Rd north of Blacksburg, east to the Antioch community, including Ballfield Rd. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | A tree was blown down on I-85 at mile marker 104. Another tree was blown down in the same area on East Cherokee St. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | A tree was blown down on I-85 near mile marker 102. A metal roof was blown off a picnic shelter and additional trees down about a mile east of Blacksburg, and a tree was blown down on Antioch Rd about 4.5 miles northeast of town. |
| March 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Trees were blown down about 3 miles southeast of Blacksburg. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Trees were blown down across the Blacksburg area. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Trees were blown down on Lookout Tower Rd. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Two trees were blown down on Blacksburg highway and other trees were blown down on Dravo Rd and Old Buffalo Church Rd. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | Reported along Possum Trot Rd. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | Reported near the intersection of highway 5 and highway 29. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | Golf ball hail reported in the Antioch community, and penny hail in reported in Blacksburg. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | Nickel to quarter size hail on Youngs Grove Rd. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Trees blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Several trees and power lines down on East Pine St. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Trees down near the intersection of highways 5 and 18. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | A few trees were blown down onto roads. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Trees were blown down near I-85. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | Trees and power lines down from Blacksburg to Cashion Crossroads. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | 911 center reported that three trees were blown down. Dime-sized hail was also observed. |
| October 2001 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | Spotter report of hail as large as ping-pong balls at Blacksburg. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blacksburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Blacksburg | - | no account filed |
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 08000185 in Record Group 79. |
| Cherokee County | All 14 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.
- 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.