Bosque County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

From the record

One of 40 National Register listings published here for Bosque County · listed in 1977 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. Public Sq., Meridian, 76665
When was it listed? April 1977
Category. building
Census division. Meridian
Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture, Renaissance architecture
Architect. James J. Kane
National Register reference number. 77001427 - 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

114 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Bosque County Courthouse between 2006 and 2020, burning about 819 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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	68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Equipment and vehicle use	16
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Natural	3
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
5 September 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	50 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	REED RANCH
14 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CR 1110
1 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	PR 1112
1 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	PR 1112 BRUSH
8 August 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	22 W ALLEN
4 August 2017	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LEMONS FIRE
4 August 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BNSF 1991
4 August 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HAY BAILS 3

Every fire recorded in Bosque County

Storms near this property

60 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meridian, the town this property stands in, in 72 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 39 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 10 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 2007	Flash Flood	Meridian	$250,000	Highway 22 near Meridian was flooded, and the Bosque River flooded the city park and forced the evacuation of a jail. Near Valley Mills, Highway 56 was flooded and a bridge on CR 3491 was damaged. The Bosque River also flooded Riverside Drive and Whipple Bridge.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Meridian	$200,000	Downburst thunderstorm winds damaged several trees and dislodged a dock on the lake at Meridian State Park. Several large, healthy tree branches were broken and entire trees were knocked down.
June 2007	Flood	Meridian	$100,000	Officials reported loss of livestock and tens of thousands of dollars of fencing along the Bosque River washed away.
May 2014	Flash Flood	Meridian	$75,000	Flash flood waters entered a home near the intersection of FM 2840 and Hwy 174 in Meridian. A third of the home was damaged. Rainfall totals with the storm was 2.5-3 in the area.
March 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Meridian	$20,000	A tree was uprooted and a carport damaged.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Meridian	$20,000	Large trees were uprooted and several buildings damaged. Power lines were also downed.
March 1998	Flash Flood	Meridian	$15,000	A car was washed off a bridge by high water.
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Meridian	$15,000	Outbuildings were destroyed and a railroad sign was ripped off by high winds.
May 2025	Hail	Meridian	$11,000	Broadcast media relayed a photo of measured 2.11 inch hail.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Meridian	$10,000	A tree was blown onto a building by high winds.
March 2014	Hail	Meridian	$5,000	no account filed
March 2014	Hail	Meridian	$5,000	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Meridian	$5,000	no account filed
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Meridian	$2,000	Trees were knocked down by high winds at the Bosque Valley Golf Course.
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Meridian	$2,000	Trees were blown down and a shed was blown over.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Meridian	$2,000	Trees down on Highway 6 between Meridian and Clifton.
May 1996	Lightning	Meridian	$2,000	no account filed
May 2017	Hail	Meridian	$1,000	Meridian Voluntary Fire Department reported quarter size hail in Meridian.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Meridian	$500	Large tree limbs were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
March 2025	Hail	Meridian	-	Amateur radio operator reported quarter sized hail in Meridian.
March 2018	Hail	Meridian	-	Fire and Rescue reported quarter sized hail approximately half a mile north of the city of Meridian, TX.
March 2018	Hail	Meridian	-	A public report indicated nickel-sized hail in the city of Meridian, TX.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Meridian	-	Emergency management reported several trees of 8 to 12 inches diameter were blown down.
June 2014	Hail	Meridian	-	Half dollar sized hail was reported along Highway 6 approximately 5 miles northwest of Meridian.
April 2014	Hail	Meridian	-	Meridian VFD reported nickel sized hail.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Meridian	-	Large trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds 1 to 2 miles south of Meridian on Highway 6.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Meridian	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to be 60 MPH in Meridian.
May 2007	Flash Flood	Meridian	-	Street flooding reported in town.
May 2006	Hail	Meridian	-	Recorded by cooperative observer on monthly report.
May 2005	Hail	Meridian	-	Golf ball size hail fell at Meridian State Park.
May 2005	Hail	Meridian	-	Baseball size fell hail near Meridian State Park.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Meridian	-	Trees were blown down by high winds.
March 1999	Tornado (F0)	Meridian	-	A tornado briefly touched down on Highway 22. No damage was reported.
December 1997	Flash Flood	Meridian	-	Several roads across the county were reported flooded.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Meridian	-	Trees were blown down by high winds.
April 1994	Tornado (F0)	Meridian	-	The Sheriff's office reported a brief touchdown with no known damage.
April 1994	Tornado (F0)	Meridian	-	The Sheriff's Office reported a brief touchdown.
April 1993	Hail	Meridian	-	At Clifton, hail covered the ground three inches deep.
March 2021	Hail	Meridian	-	no account filed
March 2017	Hail	Meridian	-	no account filed
May 2015	Hail	Meridian	-	no account filed
June 2014	Hail	Meridian	-	no account filed
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Meridian	-	no account filed
November 2004	Hail	Meridian	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Meridian	-	no account filed
June 2003	Hail	Meridian	-	no account filed
January 2002	Hail	Meridian	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Meridian	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Meridian	-	no account filed
March 2000	Hail	Meridian	-	no account filed
March 2000	Hail	Meridian	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Meridian	-	no account filed
April 1998	Hail	Meridian	-	no account filed
February 1997	Flash Flood	Meridian	-	no account filed
February 1997	Flash Flood	Meridian	-	no account filed
March 1997	Flash Flood	Meridian	-	no account filed
March 1997	Flash Flood	Meridian	-	no account filed
March 1997	Flash Flood	Meridian	-	no account filed
October 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Meridian	-	no account filed
September 1996	Hail	Meridian	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bosque 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

6 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
First National Bank Building	under 500 feet	1979
Bosque County Jail	under 500 feet
Bosque River Bridge	0.3 miles	2025
Bosque River Bridge	0.4 miles	2025
Lumpkin Building	0.6 miles	1998
Bridges-Johnson House	0.8 miles	1979

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 77001427 in Record Group 79.
Bosque County	All 40 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.