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One of 1 National Register listings published here for Montague County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Montague County Courthouse and Jail
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 101 E. Franklin St., Montague, 76251
- When was it listed? July 2017
- Category. building
- Census division. Montague-Forestburg
- National Register reference number. 100001377 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
81 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Montague County Courthouse and Jail between 2005 and 2019, burning about 973 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2018085 |
| 13 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010064 |
| 31 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009114 |
| 24 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009107 |
| 15 August 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Montague County Courthouse and Jail: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pevler Spring-1,2,3 | Copper | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
41 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montague, the town this property stands in, in 41 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 27 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montague | $12,000 | A building on Alamo Road south of Montague sustained roof damage. The metal roof of the building was partially peeled back. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montague | $10,000 | Tree damage was reported on a property approximately 1.5 miles north of Montague. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montague | $10,000 | Minor wind damage was reported in and around the city. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Montague | $7,000 | Amateur radio operator reported golf ball sized hail in Montague. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Montague | $7,000 | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). |
| May 2025 | Hail | Montague | $7,000 | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). |
| April 2009 | Hail | Montague | $7,000 | Hen Egg size hail was reported 1 mile west of Montague. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Montague | $7,000 | Golfball size hail fell in the city of Montague. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Montague | $5,000 | Golfball size hail fell in the city of Montague. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Montague | $5,000 | Golfball size hail fell in the city of Montague. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montague | $4,000 | Numerous trees were blown down by high winds. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Montague | $3,000 | Golfball size hail was reported 4 miles north-northwest of the city of Montague. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Montague | $3,000 | Hen Egg size hail was reported 3 miles northwest of the city of Montague. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Montague | $3,000 | Golfball size hail fell 8 miles west of Montague. |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Montague | - | The tornado began northeast of the city of Montague near Nobile Rd and Fenoglio Rd. Tree damage was observed in this area. The tornado moved northeast, damaging the roof of a home and more trees on Aurelia School Road, and then caused significant damage to a home on Dixie School Road, rendering the house a total loss. The tornado wandered down Dixie School Road where substantial tree damage was observed. The tornado crossed Highway 82 to the east of Nocona. On Old Bonita Rd, a few sheds and small barns sustained damage along with damage to a number of large pecan trees across the area. As the tornado moved northeast it passed through a heavily wooded area with additional tree damage throughout before crossing Redbud Creek. As the tornado crossed FM 1956 a manufactured home in the path was separated from its undercarriage while a nearby single-family home sustained damage to its roof, several windows, and a small barn on the property. Tree damage extended through Saunders Rd to Cottonwood Creek Rd. The tornado tracked all the way to the Red River Bridge on FM 667, but no tree damage was observed on the Oklahoma side of the river. Maximum estimated winds were 110 mph. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Montague | - | A social media report indicated nickel size hail approximately one-half of a mile west of the city of Montague, TX. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Montague | - | Emergency management reported quarter-sized hail in the city of Montague, TX. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Montague | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in Montague. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montague | - | Large trees and tree limbs were also blown down along Alamo Road south of Montague. Several of these trees were rotted inside. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montague | - | Tree limbs with a diameter between 6 and 8 inches were blown down in Montague. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Montague | - | Penny-size hail was reported on Highway 455 just east of the city. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montague | - | A fruit stand awning was damaged by high winds. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montague | - | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montague | - | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montague | - | Trees were blown down by strong winds. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Montague | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines between Nocona and Spanish Fort. |
| April 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Montague | - | An intermittent tornado track extended along Highway 59 between Montague and St. Jo. Fences and power lines were down across the highway, closing it to traffic until the debris could be cleared. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Montague | - | Tornado with debris between Montague and Saint Jo. |
| May 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Montague | - | Tornado with debris between Montague and Saint Jo. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Montague | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Montague | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Montague | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Montague | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Montague | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Montague | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Montague | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Montague | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Montague | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montague | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Montague | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Montague | - | 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 100001377 in Record Group 79. |
| Montague County | All 1 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.