BlockFrom the record
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Mills County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Mills County Jailhouse
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Fisher and 5th Sts., Goldthwaite, 76844
- When was it listed? May 1979
- Category. building
- Census division. Goldthwaite
- Architectural style. Gothic Revival
- National Register reference number. 79002994 - 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
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Mills County Jailhouse between 2006 and 2020, burning about 800 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AIDE MILLS COUNTY |
| 15 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILLS COUNTY AIDE |
| 26 June 2013 | Debris and open burning | 57 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOLDTHWAITE 16 FIRE |
| 24 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE ON CR 418 |
| 11 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 March 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHELTON |
| 28 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this property
57 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goldthwaite, the town this property stands in, in 57 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 28 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1997 | Flash Flood | Goldthwaite | $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Goldthwaite | $40,000 | A tornado severely damaged a mobile home. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldthwaite | $30,000 | A mobile home was damaged by high winds and there were numerous reports of barns destroyed. |
| June 2003 | Lightning | Goldthwaite | $20,000 | 27 goats and some cows were killed by lightning. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Goldthwaite | $10,000 | Golf ball to 2 hail was reported from south of Goldthwaite east along CR 306. Some windows were broken south of Goldthwaite on Hwy 183. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Goldthwaite | $10,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported at Goldthwaite High School. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Goldthwaite | $10,000 | Golfball sized hail fell in Goldthwaite. The hail broke glass windows at the Mills County Courthouse, damaged skylights at the elementary school, and dented cars. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Goldthwaite | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Goldthwaite | $8,000 | Mills County sheriff's deputies reported golf ball sized hail approximately four miles south of Goldthwaite. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldthwaite | $5,000 | A house suffered roof damage west of Goldthwaite. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Goldthwaite | $5,000 | Goldthwaite police officers reported golfball sized hail on highway 183 south of town. |
| April 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Goldthwaite | $5,000 | Large trees were uprooted and small buildings were destoryed by a brief tornado. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Goldthwaite | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldthwaite | $2,000 | Trees were blown down by high winds on FM 574 southwest of Goldthwaite and near Mullin. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldthwaite | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in town. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldthwaite | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Goldthwaite | - | Emergency management reported that water flooded Highway 84 near Goldthwaite. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). |
| April 2019 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | Mills County Sheriff's Department reported nickel size hail in the city of Goldthwaite, TX. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | The Mills County Sheriff's Office reported quarter sized hail in the city of Goldthwaite. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | Quarter-sized hail was reported 6 miles west of Goldthwaite. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Goldthwaite | - | Water was reported over Highway 16 to the southwest of Goldthwaite. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | Nickel size hail fell in Goldthwaite. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Goldthwaite | - | FM 572 and FM 2005 were flooded and closed. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldthwaite | - | Large tree limbs blown down. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Goldthwaite | - | The intersection of county roads 306 and 307 was flooded as well as a few other nearby roads. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldthwaite | - | Occurred at Lake Merrit. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldthwaite | - | A large pecan tree was blown down by high winds. |
| January 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Goldthwaite | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Goldthwaite | - | Pecan Bayou Creek flooded Highway 574. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Goldthwaite | - | Numerous low-water crossings were flooded. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Goldthwaite | - | Numerous roads were reported flooded. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldthwaite | - | Large tree limbs were broken by high winds. |
| October 1993 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | Dime-size hail was reported by the Sheriff's Office in Goldthwaite. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | The Department of Public Safety reported dime-size hail in Goldthwaite. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Flash Flood | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Flash Flood | Goldthwaite | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldthwaite | - | 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.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mills County Courthouse | 0.6 miles | 2000 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79002994 in Record Group 79. |
| Mills County | All 3 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.