BlockFrom the record
One of 1 National Register listings published here for Leon County · listed in 1977 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Leon County Courthouse and Jails
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Public Sq., Centerville, 75833
- When was it listed? December 1977
- Category. building
- Census division. Centerville
- Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 77001458 - 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
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Leon County Courthouse and Jails between 1996 and 2016, burning about 180 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORMANGE |
| 9 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4020 |
| 8 August 1996 | Natural | 34 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 1996 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 695 |
| 10 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 36 |
| 6 July 2013 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4018 |
| 15 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 151 |
Storms near this property
35 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centerville, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | $40,000 | Damage was reported in Centerville, including multiple downed power lines and trees. One power pole and one tree was down on top of a house. A tree also fell on a car. |
| December 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Centerville | $35,000 | At least three barns and one residence were damaged on CR 977 near CR 210 and also at the intersection of FM 2045 and CR 4025. |
| April 2025 | Lightning | Centerville | $20,000 | Emergency management reported a storage building being struck by lightning and destroyed by fire on CR 205 near Pleasant Springs. Time was estimated from lightning network data. |
| March 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | $20,000 | Sixty-five MPH winds were estimated in Centerville. The strong winds brought down power lines, caused minor roof damage, and damaged the side of one building. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | $15,000 | Seventy foot tree blown down on top of house. |
| March 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | $7,000 | Damaging thunderstorm winds knocked down and damaged large pine trees 3 miles south of Centerville. 65 mph winds had been estimated in Centerville. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Centerville | $5,000 | An amateur radio operator located 2 miles east of Centerville reported his private road was washed out by heavy rainfall. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Centerville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | $500 | A storage building was blown over by high winds. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Centerville | - | Emergency management reported the Interstate 45 service road near mile marker 168 was closed due to floodwaters. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | Several broken trees and large tree limbs were observed along Highway 7 near County Road 203 east of Centerville. |
| November 2015 | Flash Flood | Centerville | - | Leon County Sheriff's Department reported water over FM 1119 approximately 3 miles south of Centerville, TX. One eastbound lane of Highway 7 just east of FM 1119 was closed due to high water. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Centerville | - | Dime sized hail was reported by the COOP Observer in Centerville. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | A 65 MPH wind gust was estimated in Centerville. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Centerville | - | Penny size hail fell in Centerville. |
| February 2005 | Flash Flood | Centerville | - | Several roads in the Fort Boggy State Park closed with water over them. |
| November 2002 | Flash Flood | Centerville | - | Interstate 45 southbound between Centerville and Old San Antonio Road was closed in two places due to high water. Roads near Boggy Creek and Spring Creek also closed due to high water. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | A tree was blown down onto Highway 7. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | Large trees were blown down. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | A tree was blown down onto U.S Highway 75 in town. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | Several trees were blown down by strong winds on Farm-to-Market Road 1511, 3 miles north of the Hopewell Community. |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | Several trees were blown down by high winds. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Centerville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Centerville | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | Centerville | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | Centerville | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Centerville | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Centerville | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Centerville | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Centerville | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Centerville | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | 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 77001458 in Record Group 79. |
| Leon 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.
- 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.