Built in 1882. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
“The Old Morris County Courthouse in Daingerfield, Texas is a historic courthouse built in 1882. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.”
Wikipedia article Old Morris County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 1 National Register listings published here for Morris County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · built in 1882.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Old Morris County Courthouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,435 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 30 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 | 165 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 566 |
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 90514 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOYD CROLEY |
| 30 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 930151 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Old Morris County Courthouse: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daingerfield Deposit | Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite | |
| Oak Grove-Rock Springs Deposit | Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite | |
| Ed West Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite | |
| Lone Star Steel Black Mountain Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Star Steel Daingerfield Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Star Steel Limonite Pits | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Veals Switch Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Daingerfield, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 20 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | $850,000 | Winds reported by Storm Spotters. Roofs were torn from homes and businesses with numerous pines were snapped and fell onto homes and power lines. So many power lines were topped that power outages lasted for several weeks in many areas. Power companies from Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas and Texarkana, AR were called in to help with the repairs. |
| January 1995 | Hail | Daingerfield | $300,000 | Large hail damaged over 282 homes, businesses and automobiles in southern Morris County resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | $40,000 | Strong and damaging wind gusts downed trees south of town. One tree fell onto a carport and roof of a home south of town near Hwy 259. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | $15,000 | Numerous trees and powerlines down. |
| April 2000 | Tornado (F2) | Daingerfield | $12,000 | Numerous large pine and oak trees snapped and broken. A roof was partially removed from a brick house and a chain link fence wrapped in a pine tree about 50 feet up. This was one of several tornadoes which occurred. This tornado continued into Cass County, TX. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down between Daingerfield and Jenkins. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by high winds. During the evening hours, a line of strong thunderstorms had moved into the western parts of North Central Texas. Just after 830 pm a bow-echo developed on the south end of the line in Southern Comanche County and began accelerating rapidly to the northeast, sometimes reaching speeds of 70 miles an hour. During the next several hours a series of bow echos produced wind damage from Hamilton County northeastward across Bosque, Johnson, Ellis, Dallas, Collin, Rockwall, Hunt, and Delta Counties. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | - | A tree was blown onto power lines on County Road 1127. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Daingerfield | - | A couple of county roads were flooded and closed briefly in and around Daingerfield, Texas. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | - | Trees and powerlines downed. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | - | Trees downed over Fm 1400. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | - | Trees and power lines downed throughout the county. |
| January 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | - | Numerous trees and powerlines were toppled along FM130. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | - | Several large tree limbs downed throughout the city. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| January 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Daingerfield | - | HP supercell developed along a slow moving northeast-southwest orientated cold front. This supercell made a gradual transition into a squall line with a line-echo wave pattern on doppler radar. A family of 6 weak tornadoes were produced across 2 states and 5 counties. Damage path consisted of snapped and fallen limbs. The damage path was in a wooded region away from any population with no structures present. Without a survey the tornado would have been unreported. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | - | Numerous trees and power lines down. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | - | Power poles were toppled across town leading to power outages. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | - | Numerous trees and power lines toppled. |
| January 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | - | Trees were damaged by high winds on Highway 11 into Daingerfield. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | - | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | - | Large tree limbs blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| November 2005 | Hail | Daingerfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Daingerfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Daingerfield | - | no account filed |
| January 2001 | Hail | Daingerfield | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Daingerfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Daingerfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Daingerfield | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Daingerfield | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Daingerfield | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Daingerfield | - | no account filed |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79002997 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Morris County | All 1 listed properties in this county. |
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