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One of 26 National Register listings published here for Anderson County · listed in 2025 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Bethel Baptist Church
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 2849 County Rd 2608, Tennessee Colony, 75861
- When was it listed? December 2025
- Category. building
- Census division. Cayuga
- National Register reference number. 100012086 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
112 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Bethel Baptist Church between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,383 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 3 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 | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 500 ACR 2713 |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7133 |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BARNETT FIRE |
| 24 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 287 DITCH FIRE |
| 24 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CATFISH CREEK |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILSEY MCMAHON |
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 Bethel Baptist Church: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel Salt Dome | Halite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | 1927 |
Storms near this property
33 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tennessee Colony, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 5 flash flood, 3 tornado. The reports record 5 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 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Tennessee Colony | 4 hurt, $300,000 | Four houses were destroyed and three houses were damaged by a tornado. The tornado also damaged the prison barracks and caused 4 minor injuries. |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Tennessee Colony | 1 hurt, $30,000 | A tornado touched down three times on County Road 2202. Trees were blown down and a barn was destroyed. An eighteen wheeler was turned over and the driver was injured. |
| October 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Tennessee Colony | $55,000 | A tornado touched down just west of Tennessee Colony and moved towards Montalba. A metal roof was removed from a mobile home on FM 2709 and a barn was heavily damaged. Numerous trees were twisted and broken with their leaves stripped off. On Highway 287, a mobile home was damaged and a huge tree was felled, damaging a carport and two vehicles. Shingles were also missing from roofs in this area. A barn east of Highway 287 was blown down. In Montalba, trees and power lines were downed. |
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee Colony | $35,000 | A tower was damaged at a prison and an eighteen wheeler tractor-trailer was blown over. On FM 321, four houses had shingles missing, two sheds were damaged, and numerous trees had been blown down and some had their tops sheared off. Power lines were downed by trees and large limbs. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee Colony | $25,000 | Roofs were ripped off two houses in Tennessee Colony. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Tennessee Colony | $15,000 | Numerous FM and County Roads closed due to flooding. FM 321 was partially washed out in Tennessee Colony. One man was killed when he lost control of his car in high water on his way to work. |
| January 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee Colony | $15,000 | Strong winds blew the roof off the community center and uprooted trees. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Tennessee Colony | $10,000 | Softball sized hail was reported east of Tennessee Colony. |
| October 2008 | Hail | Tennessee Colony | $10,000 | Hail as large as hen eggs was reported. The hail broke siding off a home and damaged trim around windows. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee Colony | $8,000 | The roof was blown off a manufactured home west of Tennessee Colony. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Tennessee Colony | $5,000 | Road 321 near Catfish Creek flooded, as well as several low water crossings. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee Colony | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn and shingles were blown off houses. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee Colony | $3,000 | Estimated winds of 60 mph and pea size hail was reported in Tennessee Colony. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee Colony | $2,000 | A few trees were knocked down in Tennessee Colony, and a few power poles were broke on FM 2054. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee Colony | $1,000 | Trees were down in Tennessee Colony. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee Colony | $1,000 | Winds of 60 mph were estimated in Tennessee Colony. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee Colony | $100 | Numerous trees were blown down and an eighteen wheeler was blown off the road by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Tennessee Colony | - | Anderson County Emergency Management reported flooding of low lying areas across the county with 4.55 inches of rain measured in Tennessee Colony. |
| July 2020 | Flood | Tennessee Colony | - | An emergency manager reported that Catfish Creek was running out of its banks. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee Colony | - | Emergency management reported trees down on FM 315, Highway 84, and County Road 391 in Anderson County. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Tennessee Colony | - | Spur 324 remained flooded and impassable through mid morning due to flash flooding from overnight and early morning heavy rain. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Tennessee Colony | - | Farm to Market Road 321 was closed at Catfish Creek west of Tennessee Colony due to flooding of the creek. |
| November 2012 | Hail | Tennessee Colony | - | Quarter sized hail was reported near the intersections of Anderson County roads 2304 and 2311. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Tennessee Colony | - | Hail up to the size of pennies was reported one mile north of Tennessee Colony. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Tennessee Colony | - | Anderson County Emergency Management reported quarter sized hail in Tennessee Colony. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Tennessee Colony | - | Residual flooding lasted for many hours after the heavy rain had ended. Farm-to-Market Road 2330 remained closed as did Farm-to-Market Road 315 from Farm-to-Market Road 837 to Highway 175. Several county roads throughout the county also remained closed due to residual flooding. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Tennessee Colony | - | Three-quarter inch hail was reported near Anderson County Road 2709 in Tennessee Colony. |
| October 2008 | Hail | Tennessee Colony | - | Quarter-size hail was reported. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee Colony | - | A large tree was blown down onto C.R. 321. |
| November 1998 | Flash Flood | Tennessee Colony | - | Heavy rains from thunderstorms caused water to cover Highway 321. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Tennessee Colony | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Tennessee Colony | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee Colony | - | 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 100012086 in Record Group 79. |
| Anderson County | All 26 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.