Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
“The Calhoun County Courthouse, built in 1913, is a historic courthouse located in the city of St. Matthews in Calhoun County, South Carolina.”
Wikipedia article Calhoun County Courthouse (South Carolina), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 14 National Register listings published here for Calhoun County · listed in 1981 · category: Building.
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 213 fires within 5 miles of Calhoun County Courthouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 701 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 14 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 | 111 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Calhoun County Courthouse: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamison Clay Mine | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Roof Pit | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Col. J. A. Banks House | under 500 feet | 1980 |
 | Calhoun County Library | 0.4 miles | 1975 |
 | Col. Olin M. Dantzler House | 0.5 miles | 1973 |
 | Puritan Farm | 2.1 miles | 1974 |
 | David Houser House | 3.4 miles | 1980 |
| Cherokee Path, Sterling Land Grant | 4.5 miles | 1976 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 81000561 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Calhoun County | All 14 listed properties in this county. |
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