Smyrna Baptist Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

From the record

“Smyrna Baptist Church, also known as Kirkland Church, is a historic Baptist church located near Allendale, Allendale County, South Carolina. It was built in 1827, and is a one-story, meeting house style frame structure with a hipped roof.”
Wikipedia article Smyrna Baptist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Allendale County · listed in 1976 · 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. S of Allendale on SC 22, Allendale, 29810
When was it listed? May 1976
Category. building
Census division. Fairfax
National Register reference number. 76001691 - 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

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Smyrna Baptist Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 710 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 25 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
Debris and open burning	36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	29
Arson/incendiarism	25
Natural	10
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Smoking	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Other causes	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
26 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2019	Natural	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 2002	Natural	1.8 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
2 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
19 August 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Allendale County

Storms near this property

60 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allendale, the town this property stands in, in 60 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 43 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 tornado. 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
April 1999	Tornado (F1)	Allendale	$25,000	Roof damage to several buildings, numerous trees and powerlines down.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$15,000	The Allendale county Emergency Manager reported a tree down and through the roof of a mobile home on Fig Lane in Allendale, South Carolina.
July 2010	Lightning	Allendale	$15,000	The Allendale county Emergency Manager reported two homes were caught on fire by lightning strikes in Allendale, South Carolina. One home was located on Burton Ferry Highway with damage resulting from the fire. The other home was located on Christian Estate with little to no damage.
November 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$10,000	The Allendale County Warning Point reported numerous trees and power lines down on Barton Road, Citadel Street and Blanton Road in Allendale.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$5,000	Numerous trees were reported down in various locations in and around Allendale, South Carolina.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$5,000	Trees and powerlines downed by wind.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$5,000	Thunderstorms accompanied by hail and strong winds moved across central, eastern and southern South Carolina during the afternoon and evening causing considerable but mostly minor damage. Fallen trees closed Lightwood Knot Road in southern Lee County, trees and large limbs blown down in Clarendon, Lee and Orangeburg Counties.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$4,500	A county official reported trees and power lines down in various locations in Allendale County.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$3,500	Seven trees were reported down across the town of Allendale, South Carolina.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$3,000	The Allendale county 911 Dispatch center reported trees and power lines down on Bostick Road, 3 miles south of Allendale, South Carolina.
February 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$3,000	Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted or snapped off a few trees and broke off large tree limbs in several locations from 1 mile south of Allendale to 1.5 miles northeast of Sycamore. The damage 1.5 miles northeast of Sycamore occurred around 1912 EST.
February 2007	Tornado (EF1)	Allendale	$3,000	A tornado developed about 1 mile southeast of Allendale and traveled north-northeast about 60 yards before lifting. The tornado was about 30 yards wide and had maximum wind speeds estimated to be 90 mph. This puts the tornado in the low end of the F1 category. This tornado uprooted trees and damaged the skirting of a mobile home.
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$2,250	An emergency manager reported a tree down on a mobile home.
August 2018	Lightning	Allendale	$2,000	An emergency manager reported minor damage to a county building.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$2,000	Law enforcement reported large trees down at Highway 321 and Williams Road.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$2,000	Law enforcement reported large trees down at Highway 125 and Bluff Road.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$2,000	Trees and power lines down along Highway 278
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$2,000	5 trees down in Allendale.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$2,000	Large tree down on Bluff Road.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Allendale	$1,000	Emergency Manager reported several roads closed due to flash flooding.
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$1,000	An emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Barton Street and Flat Street.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$1,000	Law enforcement reported a tree down at the intersection of College and Wagner Road.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$1,000	A trained weather spotter reported a tree down across Highway 125 in Allendale, South Carolina. The tree was approximately 30 to 40 feet tall and 15 to 20 inches in diameter.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$1,000	The Allendale county Emergency Manager reported power lines down near the intersection of Revolutionary Trail and Fig Lane, 2 miles south of Allendale, South Carolina.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$1,000	A public report was received of two trees down at 56 Main Street in Allendale, South Carolina.
February 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$1,000	Two trees were reported down on Highway 3 and Highway 278 about 1 mile east of Allendale.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$1,000	Power lines down off Highway 301 N.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$500	Allendale County warning point reported a tree down on Water Street.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	$500	One large tree was reported down in Allendale, South Carolina.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	Allendale County Emergency Management reported a tree fell and damaged the doorway of a building in the 140 block of Augusta Highway.
March 2022	Hail	Allendale	-	A business in Allendale reported hail up to the size of nickels.
March 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	Allendale County dispatch reported a power pole down and a railroad crossing gate broken at the intersection of Augusta Highway and Bluff Road.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	The Allendale 911 Call Center reported a tree down on a power line along Highway 278.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	The Allendale County South Carolina Department of Transportation office reported a tree down on Gum Street West in Allendale.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	The Allendale County 911 Call Center reported trees down on Rayzor Road near Route 301.
August 2012	Flash Flood	Allendale	-	A report roadway closed at Highway 125 and Highway 278 due to flooding.
August 2012	Flash Flood	Allendale	-	Flash flooding reported on Short Street in Allendale.
October 2010	Hail	Allendale	-	A trained weather spotter reported nickel size hail near the intersection of Highway 301 and Bluff Road in Allendale, South Carolina.
April 2009	Hail	Allendale	-	A Law Enforcement official reported penny size hail in Allendale, South Carolina.
May 2008	Hail	Allendale	-	Quarter size hail was reported in Allendale, South Carolina.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees along Highway 3 and 278.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	Trees were blown down on Highway 125.
September 2004	Tornado (F0)	Allendale	-	A tornado knocked down and snapped off numerous trees.
August 2003	Flash Flood	Allendale	-	Heavy rain flooded numerous roads including Highway 301 northeast of Allendale.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	Several trees were down.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	Several large limbs were down.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	An oak tree fell on a moble home and did extensive damage.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	Wind blew down several trees.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	Several large limbs down.
August 1999	Hail	Allendale	-	Golfball size hail reported.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	Several trees blown down.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	Several large tree limbs down.
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	Trees down.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	Trees down.
May 2006	Hail	Allendale	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Allendale	-	no account filed
February 2005	Hail	Allendale	-	no account filed
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	no account filed
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	no account filed
January 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Allendale	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Allendale 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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Gravel Hill Plantation	3.0 miles	1976
Roselawn	3.2 miles	1976
Antioch Christian Church	3.7 miles	1977
Erwin House	3.8 miles	1976
Allendale Training School	5.2 miles	2022
Allendale County Courthouse	5.9 miles	2007

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 76001691 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Allendale County	All 10 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.
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.