Locust Grove

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

From the record

One of 17 National Register listings published here for Harrison County · listed in 1979 · 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. Off TX 134, Jonesville, 75605
When was it listed? June 1979
Category. building
Census division. Hallsville
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 79002969 - 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

358 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 358 fires within 5 miles of Locust Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 994 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 14 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	179
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	85
Power generation/transmission/distribution	19
Equipment and vehicle use	16
Recreation and ceremony	16
Arson/incendiarism	14
Misuse of fire by a minor	10
Natural	10
Smoking	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

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
6 September 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LINDEN - 636
5 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	HARRELL AVE @ JANE ST
5 September 2010	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	10-27850
4 September 2011	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LINDEN - 544
30 September 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	7.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	15-22407
30 September 2002	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LINDEN - 208
27 September 1994	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
26 September 2015	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	6227

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Storms near this property

16 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jonesville, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 6 hail, 4 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2013	Tornado (EF1)	Jonesville	1 hurt, $100,000	This tornado began 5 miles west of Waskom and just south of I-20. The tornado caused damage to several metal buildings at Five Star Builders. The tornado then tracked east uprooting and snapping trees along its path before lifting near CR-1105. There was one injury reported with this tornado.
April 2009	Tornado (EF1)	Jonesville	$250,000	This storm developed over eastern Harrison County about 6 miles northwest of Waskom. This tornado first touched down about one half mile west of FM 134, continuing east across FM 9 about 3 miles north of Waskom, before entering western Caddo Parish. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped, especially east of FM 9, and across Highway 169.\|There were some homes damaged from fallen trees and also from the tornado itself near Masters Road in east central Harrison County.
April 2016	Tornado (EF1)	Jonesville	$50,000	An EF-1 tornado with winds estimated around 105 mph touched down along and east of County Road 2705 and just north of Farm To Market Road 134, where it uprooted several trees. It traveled north-northeast where it severely damaged two mobile homes along Bennett Road off of County Road 2705. The tornado continued north-northeast resulting in scattered tree and power line damage along Farm To Market Road 9. Additional trees were snapped and uprooted along Farm To Market Road 1999 before the tornado lifted.
October 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	$20,000	A tree fell on a home in Elysian Fields on Strickland Spring Road. Other trees were downed in Karnack, Texas and throughout Harrison County.
December 2008	Lightning	Jonesville	$20,000	Lightning struck a salt water disposal tank near mile marker 624 just off Interstate 20 west of Waskom, Texas. The resulting fire spread to other nearby tanks in the area as well.
June 2023	Hail	Jonesville	-	Quarter size hail reported just north of Waskom via social media.
January 2022	Hail	Jonesville	-	Quarter size hail fell on the north side of Waskom.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	Numerous trees down on FM 1998, as well as Highway 80 near Scottsville. At least ten power poles were downed near Scottsville as well. Trees were also downed on the roadways near Karnack.
December 2018	Flood	Jonesville	-	FM 134 over Big Sis Creek between Jonesville and Waskom was closed due to flooding.
October 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	Power lines were downed in Jonesville resulting in much of the town to lose power.
March 2016	Hail	Jonesville	-	Ping-pong ball size hail fell 3 miles west of Waskom.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesville	-	Trees were downed on FM 134 near the Jonesville community.
April 2011	Tornado (EF0)	Jonesville	-	A few trees were snapped with the initial touchdown just north and along Interstate 20 near the Highway 80 exit just west of Waskom. The tornado continued northeast causing sporadic tree damage along Bellview Road. The tornado then continued northeast where it toppled several large trees and knocked down large limbs along Concord Road between FM 134 and Owen George Road. The tornado continued northeast where it took the tops off of a few trees along Owen George Road. The tornado continued northeast knocking over a few trees along FM 9 where it finally dissipated. Maximum winds were estimated at 70-75 mph.
February 1999	Hail	Jonesville	-	no account filed
January 1998	Hail	Jonesville	-	no account filed
February 1993	Hail	Jonesville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harrison 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 79002969 in Record Group 79.
Harrison County	All 17 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.