Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
“The Cooke County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Gainesville, Texas. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”
Wikipedia article Cooke County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 8 National Register listings published here for Cooke County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.
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 148 fires within 5 miles of Cooke County Courthouse between 2005 and 2020, burning about 802 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM371 |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 122 & CR 156 |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CIRCLE DRIVE |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 154 |
| 12 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 3108 |
| 1 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 134 & FM 371 |
| 1 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 150 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gainesville, the town this property stands in, in 167 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 75 hail, 60 thunderstorm wind, 22 flash flood, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2003 | Hail | Gainesville | $4,000,000 | Large hail damaged approximately 1,000 cars and about the same number of homes. |
| April 1996 | Hail | Gainesville | $500,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Gainesville | $300,000 | no account filed |
| October 2019 | Hail | Gainesville | $250,000 | Emergency management reported three-inch diameter hail approximately one-half mile northwest of the city of Gainesville, TX. |
| October 2019 | Hail | Gainesville | $250,000 | Amateur radio reported tennis ball sized hail in the city of Gainesville, TX. |
| May 2013 | Lightning | Gainesville | $200,000 | Several fires were started by lightning on the afternoon of May 21st. Two houses suffered fire damage after lightning struck their roof. Another lightning strike destroyed a battery of oil tanks near County Road 208. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Gainesville | $100,000 | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Gainesville | $80,000 | A social media report indicated baseball sized hail in the city of Gainesville, TX. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Gainesville | $80,000 | Baseball sized hail was reported on I-35 on the south side of Gainesville. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $55,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Lightning | Gainesville | $50,000 | Lightning struck a home in Gainesville, causing a small fire. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $50,000 | The roof of the main building on the North Central Texas College campus was blown off due to high winds. A local newspaper also reported that tree damage occurred around the campus and many large tree limbs were knocked down. A house near the college had the roof of the back porch torn off and thrown onto the roof of the house, causing significant damage. At nearby Leonard Park, major tree damage occurred. |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $50,000 | 29 cars of a Burlington Northern train were blown over by high winds. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Gainesville | $40,000 | A report of half dollar hail was received. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $40,000 | A heatburst from a collapsing thunderstorm in Denton County produced wind gusts up to 74 mph in the city of Gainesville. An awning was torn off a building, trees were uprooted, and two power poles were snapped in half. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Gainesville | $40,000 | Two to three feet of rushing water across city streets in Gainesville resulted in several stalled vehicles and high water rescues. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $25,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down by high winds, and two homes had roof damage. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $25,000 | A mobile home was unroofed in the FRF Estates. A telephone pole was blown down and the canopy over a rodeo arena was blown off. A fence around the arena was uprooted and blown away. Some trees were also blown down. |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $25,000 | A metal roof was blown off a business into another building. Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $25,000 | The roof was blown off two buildings, numerous windows were blown out, a metal baseball stand was blown down, trees and power lines were blown down. |
| March 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $25,000 | High winds damaged homes, a boat dock, and blew down trees in the Lake Kiowa area. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $20,000 | Emergency management reported a roof blown off of a building and power lines down just east of Grand Ave on US Highway 82 in Gainesville. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $20,000 | The Gainesville Register newspaper reported that thunderstorm winds produced damage in and around the 810 East Highway 82 area in Gainesville early Tuesday Morning. The roof of Lone Star Title Loans was mangled and debris was scattered around the parking lot. The nearby Home Depot had buildings and sheds blown 10 to 15 feet from their original destinations. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Gainesville | $20,000 | Hail stones to size of oranges were reported 2 miles north of Gainesville. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Gainesville | $20,000 | Many windows were broken and cars damaged across the city due to golf ball-size hail. |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Gainesville | $20,000 | Tornado number three touched down 4 miles northwest of Gainesville. It then moved into Oklahoma, 6 miles north-northwest of Gainesville (5S Thackerville, OK). A mobile home and a storage shed were heavily damaged northwest of Gainesville. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Gainesville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Gainesville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Gainesville | $15,000 | Several cars were stranded in Gainesville with water halfway up their sides. Also, Interstate 35 was closed at the Weaver Street exit due to high water. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Gainesville | $15,000 | Barricades needed for the Lake Kiowa area; water flooded at least one home. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Gainesville | $10,000 | A high water rescue was required in Gainesville and another was needed along FM 51 just south of Era. Several roads were closed in Gainesville and one in Era due to flooding. Loy Lake near Denison was also overflowing. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Gainesville | $10,000 | Golfball to baseball-size hail reported near Moss Lake. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Gainesville | $10,000 | Golf ball to baseball-size hail reported at Walnut Bend. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Gainesville | $10,000 | Numerous streets flooded with several cars stranded in town. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $8,000 | Large trees were knocked down on the southeast side of Gainesville. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $8,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged barns and outbuildings approximately 1 mile southeast of Gainesville. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $8,000 | Business signs were blown down on Grand Avenue. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Gainesville | $8,000 | Golfball size hail was reported 2 miles northwest of Gainesville. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $7,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down the awning at the Quality Inn on Medal of Honor Blvd in Gainesville. The awning damaged a car parked nearby. One person also sustained minor injuries during the storm. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $6,000 | The fire department reported a 60 mph wind gust in Gainesville. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $5,000 | Several signs along I-35 were damaged and blown over between the Red River and FM 372. |
| October 2025 | Flash Flood | Gainesville | $5,000 | Moss St near downtown Gainesville and the underpass of Interstate 35 near Spring Creek were closed due to flooding. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused extensive tree branch damage at the Frank Buck Zoo in Gainesville. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $5,000 | Broadcast media reported structural damage to a Taco Bell in Gainesville, TX. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $5,000 | Large trees were blown across roadways south of Gainesville. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $5,000 | The emergency manager reported a wind gust of 58 mph and powerlines down in the city of Gainesville. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $5,000 | A barn was unroofed by high winds. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $5,000 | Power lines were blown down by high winds. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $5,000 | A tree was blown onto a house by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $5,000 | Windows were blown out by strong winds. |
| April 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Gainesville | $5,000 | A brief tornado touchdown occurred in Gainesville near the intersection of highway 82 and Interstate 35. Minor roof and tree damage was reported. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds produced wind damage across Gainesville. |
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $5,000 | Telephone lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Gainesville | $4,000 | Storm spotter reported quarter size hail 4 miles south/southwest of Gainesville. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Gainesville | $3,000 | Golfball size hail was reported 12 miles northwest of Gainesville. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $3,000 | Tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $3,000 | Trees and power lines blown down. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $3,000 | Trees and power lines down near the intersection of County Road 404 and Neely Trail. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gainesville | $2,000 | Emergency management reported a wind gust of 66 MPH at North Central Texas College in Gainesville, TX. |
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.
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | E.P. and Alice Bomar House | 0.2 miles | 2004 |
 | Santa Fe Passenger Depot | 0.3 miles | 1983 |
 | Cloud-Stark House | 0.3 miles | 1982 |
 | William and Anna Davis House | 0.3 miles | 1984 |
 | St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church | 4.7 miles | 1979 |
| Nelson Farmstead | 7.6 miles | 2007 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91000336 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Cooke County | All 8 listed properties in this county. |
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