Johnston Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“Johnston Historic District is a national historic district in Johnston, Edgefield County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 127 contributing buildings, 16 contributing sites, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the village of Johnston.”
Wikipedia article Johnston Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 27 National Register listings published here for Edgefield County · listed in 1983 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Calhoun, Edisto, Lee, Mims, Jackson, Church and Addison Sts., Edgefield, 29832
When was it listed? August 1983
Category. district
Census division. Johnston
Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 83002193 - 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Johnston Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 545 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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	54
Debris and open burning	50
Equipment and vehicle use	16
Arson/incendiarism	8
Smoking	7
Natural	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
9 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 2018	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	7.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	TRENTON
28 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Edgefield County

Storms near this property

60 of 92 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgefield, the town this property stands in, in 92 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 58 thunderstorm wind, 30 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 9 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
May 1998	Tornado (F3)	Edgefield	1 killed, 9 hurt, $1,000,000	An F3 tornado either destroyed or severely damaged around 60 homes and mobile homes and a church. One person was killed when her mobile home took a direct hit and was completely destroyed. Widespread trees were taken down.
May 1998	Tornado (F3)	Edgefield	$300,000	An F3 tornado touched down near SC highway 61 and moved east to SC highway 36 taking down numerous trees and causing major and minor damage to several homes.
July 2012	Hail	Edgefield	$20,000	Public reported golfball size hail on Lloyd Road.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	$18,000	Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down in Edgefield...Johnston, Trenton, and other areas around the county.
November 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	$14,000	EM reported several trees down in the eastern portions of the county. One fell on a vehicle.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	$12,000	Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down on Augusta Hwy.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	$10,000	Numerous trees and power lines downed by wind.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	$8,000	Sheriff reported trees down and power outages in Edgefield.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	$8,000	Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down.
October 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	$6,000	Highway Patrol reported trees down near Pickens Street.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	$5,000	Sheriff reported trees down on Hwy 23.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	$4,000	Sheriff reported powerlines down in northeast Edgefield on Wigfall Street.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	$4,000	Sheriff reported trees down on Walker Road.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	$4,000	SKYWARN spotter reported trees down on Mt. Vintage Plantation road.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	$2,000	Sheriff reported several trees down on Country Club road.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	$2,000	Sheriff reported several trees down in the Meriwether subdivision.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	$2,000	Sheriff reported several trees down on hwy 283.
May 2025	Hail	Edgefield	-	Broadcast meteorologist sent multiple pictures of hail from a viewer with the bigger stones ranging from quarter to half dollar size hail.
May 2025	Hail	Edgefield	-	Broadcast media passed along a picture of hail roughly penny size through slack.
May 2025	Hail	Edgefield	-	Images of quarter sized hail that had piled up in the parking lot of the KJs market off of Columbia road.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Broadcast media relayed a report with a picture of a large tree down near the Edgefield town square.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Spotter observed one large shed blown away and one tin shed flipped over at 420 Mims St in Edgefield.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	SC Dept. of Public Safety reports trees down across the road on Sweetwater Rd. near the intersection of Horn Creek W. Time estimated from radar.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Edgefield County dispatch reported trees down along Addison Street in Edgefield.
December 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Edgefield County Dispatch received a call about a tree down on Penn St in the town of Edgefield. Time estimated by radar.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Edgefield County dispatch reported numerous trees and power lines were downed across the county.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Sheriff dispatch reported trees down on Evans St in the town of Edgefield.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Tree on a power line at the intersection of Penn St and Bauskett St in Edgefield.
February 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Edgefield County Dispatch reported several trees down in and around the Town of Edgefield. Also along Sweetwater Road, Old Chappell Ferry Road and Walker Road.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Report of a tree down on Catalpa St in Edgefield. Time estimated based on radar.
December 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Sheriff Dispatch reported trees down on Sweetwater Road.
May 2008	Hail	Edgefield	-	TV station reported golf ball size hail in Edgefield.
June 2008	Hail	Edgefield	-	Quarter size hail reported by law enforcement.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Sheriff Dispatch reported severel trees down along Highway 378 in northern portion of county.
March 2008	Hail	Edgefield	-	SKYWARN spotter reported golf ball size hail in the Long Creek area.
May 2008	Hail	Edgefield	-	Sheriff reported quarter size hail in Edgefield.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down on Walker road and Martintown road.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Highway Dept. reported trees down north of Edgefield on hwy 25 and secondary highways.
February 2007	Tornado (EF1)	Edgefield	-	An EF1 intermittently touched down along a 15 mile track from SW of Edgefield to N or Edgefield. Trees were taken down along the path and 3 outbuildings were destroyed and 1 severely damaged at the intersection of hwys 25 and 283.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Sheriff reported trees down on Clarks Hill road near the Merryweather area.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	DOT reported trees down on hwy 133.
June 2007	Hail	Edgefield	-	COOP reported nickel size hail.
June 2007	Hail	Edgefield	-	COOP observer reported nickel size hail.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Sheriff reported trees down on hwys 283, 230, and Plum Branch road.
May 2006	Hail	Edgefield	-	SKYWARN spotters reported golf all size hail.
May 2006	Hail	Edgefield	-	TV 26 in Augusta reported nickel size hail.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Emergency Manager reported trees down on Plum Branch and Vann roads.
May 2005	Hail	Edgefield	-	Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail north of Edgefield.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Sheriff reported trees down just west of Cleora.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Dept. of Highways reported numerous large tree branches down around town.
May 2005	Hail	Edgefield	-	Post Office reported half dollar ball size hail on hwy 230.
May 2005	Hail	Edgefield	-	Post Office reported golf ball size hail on hwy 29.
July 2005	Hail	Edgefield	-	Public reported 3/4 inch hail and tree branches down on hwy 121 near the Edgefield/Saluda county line.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Sheriff reported trees down on hwy 23 near the middle school. Small hail was also reported.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	SKYWARN spotter reported trees down on hwy 25 between Edgefield and Johnston.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Sheriff reported trees down on hwy 378.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	SKYWARN spotter reported trees down on Fruithill road.
May 2003	Hail	Edgefield	-	SKYWARN spotter reported 3/4 inch hail in Edgefield.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Public reported trees down near a church.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Edgefield	-	Sheriff reported some trees down on the north side of town.

Every storm recorded in Edgefield County

Newspapers printed here

18,448 digitised pages

1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 3,450 issues, 18,448 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
Edgefield Advertiser	1836 to Current

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

4 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
Marshfield	6.5 miles	1995
Darby Plantation	7.4 miles	1974
Edgefield Historic District	7.7 miles	1972
Edgefield Cotton Mill-Addison Mill	8.0 miles	2022

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 83002193 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Edgefield County	All 27 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.