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First United Methodist Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

From the record

“First United Methodist Church is a historic church at 701 E Goliad Ave in Crockett, Texas. First United Methodist Church in Crockett, Texas was organized on December 23, 1839, by the Texas Mission of the Mississippi Methodist Conference by Littleton Fowler.”

Wikipedia article First United Methodist Church (Crockett, Texas), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Houston County · listed in 2011 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 701 E Goliad Ave, Crockett, 75835
  • When was it listed? March 2011
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Crockett
  • Architectural style. Victorian architecture
  • National Register reference number. 11000133 - 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

266 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of First United Methodist Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,350 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 5 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 burning160
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Equipment and vehicle use20
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2010253
5 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2009302
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2011298
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2011301
30 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 959
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2011355
30 September 2011Natural20 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 956
30 September 1992Arson/incendiarism25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of First United Methodist Church: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hurricane BayouBentoniteUnknown

Every working recorded in Houston County

Storms near this property

60 of 80 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crockett, the town this property stands in, in 80 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 42 thunderstorm wind, 26 hail, 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCrockett$75,000Numerous trees and power lines down in Crockett. Mobile home destroyed 4 miles east of Crockett.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Crockett$50,000Tornado destroyed unoccupied mobile home and damaged several others along County Road 3015. Path continued across Route 21 with several large trees uprooted or snapped on a hillside east of Route 21.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindCrockett$40,000Sheriff reported trees down, a barn roof blown off, and a trailer roof blown off.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindCrockett$35,000Barn roof blown off. Three power lines down with 18-inch diameter trees snapped off.
April 2004HailCrockett$30,000Baseball-size hail in the town of Crockett.
June 2004Flash FloodCrockett$30,000Street flooding with stalled cars in high water in town of Crockett.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindCrockett$25,000Numerous trees and power lines down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCrockett$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in the Crockett area. One tree fell on and damaged a home on 5th street in Crockett.
April 2000HailCrockett$15,000Hail reported at Houston County Lake.
March 1999HailCrockett$15,000Golfball hail in Belot
January 1998LightningCrockett$15,000Lightning induced fire at Spring Creek Country Club damaged 11 golf carts and other golf equipment.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCrockett$14,000Tree down on trailor home.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindCrockett$13,000Trees were downed over roadways in and around the Crockett area.
July 2020LightningCrockett$11,000A lightning strike took down a large, tall tree and caused some property damage in and around a residential home.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindCrockett$10,000There was some structural damage to a brick facade and a metal roof along 4th Street in Crockett. There were also some downed trees in a residential area.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCrockett$10,000Severe thunderstorms downed power lines in Crockett and also downed trees throughout the county.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCrockett$10,000Two mobile homes were damaged by strong winds. One of the two homes received severe damage.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindCrockett$10,000Trees and powerlines down along Highway 19 and FM 2022 from Crockett to Latexo to Grapeland.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindCrockett$10,000Wind damage reported to a senior citizens home.
April 1997Tornado (F0)Crockett$10,000no account filed
November 1997HailCrockett$10,000no account filed
November 1997HailCrockett$10,000no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindCrockett$10,000no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindCrockett$9,000Trees and power poles down from the western half of the county eastward to Crockett.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindCrockett$9,000Trees and power poles down from the western half of the county eastward to Crockett.
April 2019LightningCrockett$8,000A home was damaged by a direct lightning strike.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCrockett$5,000A severe thunderstorm produced strong winds that downed some trees.
March 2002HailCrockett$5,000Sheriff reported 3/4" hail and trees down.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindCrockett$5,000Trees blown down.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindCrockett$5,000Trees down along Highway 21 West.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindCrockett$5,000Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down.
October 1998Flash FloodCrockett$5,000Street flooding in Crockett.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindCrockett$5,000Large limbs blown down across southern parts of the county
May 1994Thunderstorm WindCrockett$5,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindCrockett$5,000Strong winds downed trees.
May 1997HailCrockett$5,000no account filed
January 1997Thunderstorm WindCrockett$5,000no account filed
November 1997HailCrockett$5,000no account filed
November 1997HailCrockett$5,000no account filed
November 1997HailCrockett$5,000no account filed
November 1997HailCrockett$5,000no account filed
April 1996HailCrockett$5,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindCrockett$5,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindCrockett$5,000no account filed
February 2009Thunderstorm WindCrockett$4,000Thunderstorm winds downed some trees east of Crockett.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindCrockett$4,000Thunderstorm winds downed power lines in and around Crockett.
October 2005Thunderstorm WindCrockett$3,000Power line down.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindCrockett$3,000Trees down
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCrockett$3,000Trees blown down.
May 2002HailCrockett$3,000no account filed
May 2001HailCrockett$3,000no account filed
February 2013Thunderstorm WindCrockett$2,500Thunderstorms generated strong winds that caused minor structural damage at a lumber yard. Also, tree limbs were downed across Crockett.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindCrockett$2,000Trees were felled by high winds.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindCrockett$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed a tree.
April 2004HailCrockett$2,000Penny-size hail just northwest of Crockett.
May 2002Flash FloodCrockett$2,000Street flooding.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindCrockett$2,000Local sheriff reported trees downed along 6th street in Crockett.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindCrockett$2,000Local sheriffs reported trees downed along 6th street in Crockett.
May 2001HailCrockett$2,000no account filed
April 2019HailCrockett$1,000Quarter sized hail occurred at the Sheriff's office.

Every storm recorded in Houston 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

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Downes-Aldrich Houseunder 500 feet1978
Monroe-Crook Houseunder 500 feet1971
Houston County Courthouse0.2 miles2010
Mary Allen Seminary for Colored Girls, Administration Building0.7 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 11000133 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Houston CountyAll 5 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.