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Allen County, Kentucky

44 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

Research this county

From the record

12 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Kentucky within the United States
Allen County within Kentucky
Explore by year 1911 1928

What the record shows

  • 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Scottsville, between 1903 and 1940.
  • 5 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 466 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 12 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 8 buildings, 2 districts and 2 sites.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 40 populated places in this county; 40 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

12

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Allen County Poor Farmbuilding199191001662
Big Spring School-Oliver Farmsteaddistrict200403000712
Dumont Hillsite200303001227
Dr. Pellie G. Graves Housebuilding200101000798
Halcomb, Dr. Francis Joseph (F.J.) Jr., Housebuilding2018100002152
Edward and Julia Satterfield Housebuilding200505001304
Scottsville Downtown Commercial Historic Districtdistrict200101000797
Scottsville Freight Depotbuilding200101000799
Scottsville Public Springsite200101000801
Tabernacle, Thebuilding200101000800
J.L. and Son Turner Buildingbuilding200101001253
Andrew M. Whitney House and Barnbuilding199494000250

Digitised newspapers

12 issues

Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.

The Citizen=times

Scottsville, Ky., 1918 to Current. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The Citizen

Scottsville, Ky., 1908 to 1918. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The Allen County Times

Scottsville, Ky., 1890 to 1918. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The county from the air

17 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 562 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 17 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-05-01, scale 1:28400
1951-05-01, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-05-01, scale 1:28400
1951-05-01, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-05-01, scale 1:28400
1951-05-01, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-05-01, scale 1:28400
1951-05-01, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-03-19, scale 1:18000
1953-03-19, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-03-19, scale 1:18000
1953-03-19, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-03-19, scale 1:18000
1953-03-19, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-03-19, scale 1:18000
1953-03-19, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-02-01, scale 1:18000
1954-02-01, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-02-01, scale 1:18000
1954-02-01, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-02-01, scale 1:18000
1954-02-01, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-02-01, scale 1:18000
1954-02-01, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-04-22, scale 1:24000
1967-04-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-04-22, scale 1:24000
1967-04-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-04-22, scale 1:24000
1967-04-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-04-22, scale 1:24000
1967-04-22, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-12, scale 1:50000
1973-03-12, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

19 stations, 2 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

21 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 2-1Magisterial District 1, Scottsville: Scottsville city Scottsville city - That part north of West Main and East Main
  • 2-2Magisterial District 1, Scottsville: Scottsville city - That part south of West Main and East Main
  • 2-3Magisterial District 1, Scottsville - That part east of State Hwy.101 and north of Scottsville - Maynard Rd., Maynard - [illegible] Rd. via [illegible] Ford School, outside Scottsville city
  • 2-4Magisterial District 1, Scottsville - That part west of State Hwy. 101 and northwest of Louisiana and Nashville Railroad , outside Scottsville city
  • 2-5Magisterial District 1, Scottsville - That part southeast of Lousiana and Nashville Railroad, west of State Hwy. 100 and Belwood School - Doddy School Rd. from State Hwy. 100 to district line, outside Scottsville city
  • 2-6Magisterial District 1, Scottsville - That part east of Belwood School - Doddy School Rd. from State Hwy. 100 to district line and southwest of State Hwy. 100
  • 2-7Magisterial District 1, Scottsville - That part south of Scottsville - Maynard Rd., Maynard- [illegible] Rd. via Browns Ford School and northeast of State Hwy. 100, outside Scottsville city
  • 2-8Magisterial District 2, Halfway: Magisterial District 2, Halfway - That part east of Trammel Fork and Johns Creek
  • 2-9Magisterial District 2, Halfway - That part west of Trammel Fork and Johns Creek and north of State Hwy. 265
  • 2-10Magisterial District 2, Halfway - That part south of State Hwy. 265 and west of Johns Creek
  • 2-11Magisterial District 3, Halifax
  • 2-12Magisterial District 4, Gainesville: Magisterial District 4, Gainsville - That part southeast of U.S. Hwy. 31E
  • 2-13Magisterial District 4, Gainesville - That part northwest of U.S. Hwy. 31E and east of Difficult Creek
  • 2-14Magisterial District 4, Gainesville - That part west of Difficult Creek and U.S.Hwy. 31E
  • 2-15Magisterial District 5, Puncheon: Magisterial District 5, Puncheon - That part north and east of State Hwy. 100, State Hwy. 99 and Unnamed road from State Hwy. 99 southeast to south county line via Red Hill School
  • 2-16Magisterial District 5, Puncheon - That part south and west of State Hwy. 100, State Hwy. 99 and Unnamed road from State Hwy. 99 southeast to south county line via Red Hill School
  • 2-17Magisterial District 6, New Roe: Magisterial District 6, New Roe - That part east of U.S. Hwy. 31E
  • 2-18Magisterial District 6, New Roe - That part west of U.S. Hwy. 31E and east of State Hwy. 100, and Chapel Hill - Mt. Olivet Church Rd. via Fleet
  • 2-19Magisterial District 6, New Roe - That part northwest of State Hwy. 100 and Alonzo Rapids Rd. via Stony Point Church and New Roe
  • 2-20Magisterial District 6, New Roe - That part west of Chapel Hill - Mt. Olivet Church Rd. via Fleet and southeast of State Hwy. 100 and Alonzo Rapids Rd. via Stony Point Church and New Roe
  • 2-21Magisterial District 7, Massey

Wildfire, 1999 to 2018

11 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 11 of them, burning about 102 acres. None started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 February 2018Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBROOKS RD.
23 October 2010Debris and open burning34 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLONG HOLLOW FIRE
3 April 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 February 2002Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 October 1999Smoking1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 February 2002Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 March 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1960 to 2026

60 of 234 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 234 reports for this county, causing 7 deaths, 12 injuries and about $2,576,050 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind148
Hail36
Flash Flood30
Flood10
Tornado9
Heavy Rain1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2008Tornado (EF3)Amos4 killed, 11 hurt, $1,250,000The tornado destroyed 12 homes and mobile homes, mainly in the Amos community and in the Tracy Lane area. Many other homes and buildings were damaged. Four people were killed in the Tracy Lane area, and eleven others were injured in southeast Allen County. The tornado continued through rural and wooded sections of eastern Allen County, and crossed into Monroe County, Kentucky near the town of Fountain Run.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindScottsville1 killed, $25,000Thunderstorm winds blew a tree onto a truck on Washington School Road northeast of Scottsville, killing the driver.
May 2010Flash FloodForest Spgs1 killed, $15,000Heavy rains caused flash flood on Snake Creek Road near Maple Grove Church Road. One person died when he reportedly got out of a vehicle that was overcome by flood waters and was swept away. M34VE.
May 2024Flash FloodForest Spgs1 killedA 56 year old male attempted to cross the Blankenship Road bridge over Trammel Creek in southern Allen County. His vehicle was swept away and his body was found in the flood waters later on May 9th.
May 2010Flash FloodMaynard1 hurt, $15,000Heavy rains continued to send flash flood waters over many roads in the county. A 72-year old male sustained a broken arm when flood waters washed his pickup off of KY Highway 482 near a bridge on Pleasant Ridge Church Road by the raging flood waters of Drakes Creek. A daring ladder truck rescue of the man from his truck - which was wedged into a fence by the flood waters - was captured on film by the editor of the local newspaper.
June 2019Tornado (EF1)Amos$300,000The National Weather Service conducted a storm damage survey across southeast Allen County to assess damage from the storms on Friday Evening, June 21. There was a significant amount of straight line wind damage across southern Allen County. Most of this damage had wind speeds between 60-65 mph all facing east southeast direction. There were two significant areas of straight line wind damage. There was a barn north of Amos on Highway 99. The second was two large barns just north of Hayesville, TN. ||Interspersed among the straight line wind damage was a tornado which first touched down a half mile east of Amos. A family farm had numerous trees twisted, snapped, and uprooted. Several barns sustained severe structural damage to the roofs. A dozen or so portions of two by fours were impaled into the ground in multiple directions. ||Further southeast on Highland Church Road numerous trees were uprooted and snapped with trees facing from the north northeast to the southeast direction. There was clear evidence that the tornado went to the Tennessee state line in Macon County as we could see trees snapped and uprooted on the state line which correlates well with the NWS Nashville storm survey across the Macon County line. ||At 2592 Highland Church Road (Highland General Baptist Church) there was significant brick damage on the west, south, and east sides of the church due to open vents. The survey crew zig zagged across roads south of Scottsville to Highway 31 but only found sporadic straight line tree and barn damage all facing a southeasterly direction. ||The very last concentrated area of damage the team found was at 444 Old Buck Creek Road were there was numerous softwood tree damage at the residence with power poles down across the road.
May 1989Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
January 2008Thunderstorm WindScottsville$150,000Thunderstorm winds caused structural damage to homes in the vicinity of Highway 98 and Brownsford Road.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindCedar Spgs$80,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed a home near the Barren County line.
April 2008FloodHalifax$75,000Numerous roads were closed due to high water, including two state highways. On Scottsville Road, the roof of a building collapsed due to the weight of ponded water.
November 2002Tornado (F1)Scottsville$65,000Near New Roe, KY, a large mobile home was lifted into the air,twisted, and tumbled down a hill. The home did have substantial tie downs which were ripped from the ground. One of the tie downs was bent into a "U" shape. Debris was blown across New Roe Road, about a quarter mile away. Other tree damage and minor structural damage was noted downwind from the mobile home site.
June 2019Tornado (EF1)Mt Aerial$50,000The National Weather Service in conjunction with Allen County EMA conducted a storm survey across the western half of Allen County. There was significant straight line wind damage across much of the county facing an easterly and southeasterly direction. Interspersed with the straight line wind damage was at least one tornado across western Allen County north of and paralleling KY 585.||The tornado touched down near the Horseshoe Ford Road and Horseshoe Bend Road intersection. There were numerous large hardwood trees split, twisted, and uprooted facing from northerly to southeasterly. Horseshoe Bend Road was closed due to trees down across the road and from flooding. Winds in this area were estimated to be between 90 and 95 mph. Further east along Mayhew Road a large, well-built barn|was uplifted and removed from its foundation with several cedar and maple trees twisted and snapped. Across a farmer's field, corn was flattened and twisted in multiple directions. Large, heavy fuel tanks were rolled in two different directions on Mayhew Road. Several barns and outbuilding had roof damage as well.||At the Mayhew and Pope Road intersection there was extensive softwood and hardwood tree damage, especially around the Harmony|Missionary Baptist Church at 5226 Pope Road. Residents said there was a major pressure change with the tornado.||There were indications there may have been more than one tornado as tree positions would go from a tornadic circulation of northeasterly to southeasterly direction and then to all straight line wind damage in an easterly wind direction, then back to a tornadic circulation in multiple directions. Radar supports this ground analysis with mesovortices along the leading edge of the potent squall line. The width of the individual circulations varied between 75 and 125 yards with widespread straight line wind damage all around. Most of the wind damage was between 85 and 95 mph.||More tree and power line damage was along KY 585 near Shores Road. The tornado dissipated halfway between the intersection of KY 585 and Shores Road and the intersection of Shirk Road and Grider Drive.||The survey crew traveled all along southern Allen County south of Scottsville and found straight line winds facing east and southeasterly directions.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindScottsville$50,000A radio station antenna was blown down, trees were downed, and windows were blown out.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindScottsville$35,000Local law enforcement reported multiple trees and power lines down throughout the county. Many roads were closed due to high water.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPope$30,000State officials reported trees down on Pope Road. Other trees down across the county resulted in power lines down as well.
April 2012Flash FloodAdolphus$30,000Allen County emergency management reported flash flooding near the intersection of Stafford Hollow Road and Andrew Jackson Highway. Several feet of water entered one home, making it uninhabitable. Several other homes were damaged.
July 2009Tornado (EF1)Scottsville$25,000This short-lived tornado was on the ground for about a mile and a half. Along its path, the tornado did considerable damage to a a stand of substantially sized hardwood trees, some up to four feet in diameter. There was also damage to two barns and one home, where residents witnessed the tornado.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindScottsville$25,000A mobile home was blown about three feet off its foundation. Bales of hay were blown over.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindHalifax$15,000A barn along Ray Williams road two miles west of Settle was completely destroyed.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindSettle$15,000Three homes had roof damage near Settle. Fifteen trees were also downed.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindScottsville$10,000A tree fell on an unoccupied car at the intersection of Old Hartsville Road and Stovall Road.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindHolland$10,000Severe thunderstorm winds tore portions of a roof off a barn and tossed it onto nearby road.
January 2012Tornado (EF2)Clare$10,000A long tracked EF-2 tornado that started in Simpson County continued for another 5 and a quarter miles in Allen County. The twister entered Allen County where Highway 100 crosses Sulfur Fork Creek and uprooted many trees as it crossed over a rural area for several miles. Before lifting, the tornado damaged some homes along Walker Chapel Road about one half mile south of Highway 100.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindScotsville$10,000Several trees were blown down in Scotsville.
April 1998Tornado (F0)Meador$10,000no account filed
July 2015Flash FloodScottsville$5,000A trained spotter reported that a water rescue took place on Old Glascow Road as a result of intense rain rates and excessive rainfall amounts that flooded the road.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindOak Forest$5,000An Allen County official reported that several barns had roof damage along Pitchford Ridge Road.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindAdolphus$5,000Estimated 60 mph winds near Adolphus tore a portion of a barn's roof off.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindScottsville$5,000Trees were downed on Old Hartsville Road. There was unspecified structural damage to a garage on Stovall Road.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindRed Hill$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew the underpinning out of a mobile home. An outbuilding was destroyed. A few trees were blown down, and some patio furniture was tossed around.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindAlonzo$1,000A chicken coop was blown away. trees and power lines were downed.
April 1993HailScottsville$50no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindMt Zion-A tree was blocking the road at the intersection of Akersville Road and Ridge Top Road.
May 2025Flash FloodMeador-Meader-Port Oliver Road was impassable due to flowing water over the roadway.
February 2025Flash FloodScottsville-Numerous roads were impassable across Allen County due to flash flooding.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindScottsville-There were multiple trees and power poles down near the 400 block of Brownsford Road.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindPetroleum-There were multiple trees down near the 3900 block of Old Gallatin Road.
December 2025Thunderstorm WindHalifax-Multiple reports of trees down in Allen County. Tree damage was observed along Halifax Road, Alonzo Long Hollow Road, Franklin Road, and Smiths Grove Road.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindScottsville-A tree was down on a power line, resulting in a power outage.
May 2024Flash FloodPetroleum-Two water rescues had to be performed, and numerous roads were closed across Allen County due to flash flooding.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHolland-Trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts in southeastern Allen County.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindScottsville-Several trees were downed across the south side of Scottsville.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindCedar Spgs-Trees were blown down on J W York Road.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindScottsville-A few trees were blown down in downtown Scottsville.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindCedar Spgs-Trees were blown down along Old Glasgow Road.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindAllen Spgs-Dispatch reported a tree and power line down on Allen Springs Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHolland-There was a tree down in a yard.
June 2023HailHalfway-Quarter sized hail observed near Halfway.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindScottsville-Trees and power lines were downed in Scottsville by strong thunderstorm winds. A few vehicles were damaged by the falling trees.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPetroleum-Trees were blown down onto multiple roads across Allen County.
February 2022Thunderstorm WindScottsville-A small building blew down, and a car was displaced about 40 feet.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindHalifax-There was wind damage to the roof of a barn. Half the roof was blown off.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindScottsville-A tree fell near Old Glasgow Road, just off of Highway 98.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindTrammel-A photo showed a willow tree that was uprooted and fell on a shed.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindMt Aerial-A photo showed half of a cedar tree on the west side of Kentucky 585, just north of Kentucky 1332, while the other half of the tree was on the east side of the road.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindMt Aerial-Photos showed damage to a metal barn roof.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindAllen Spgs-A power meter and roofing were blown off of a house and damaged. Trees and a power pole were blown down in the same area.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindSettle-A photo showed a tree down on a home in northwestern Allen County.
March 2020Tornado (EF1)Bayfork-Most of the damage was around the southeastern portion of the Alvaton community, east of Bowling Green. Several trees were either uprooted or pushed over, facing from the west-southwest to the east-northeast just west of Highway 231 on Fairview Road. The wind swath was about 200 yards wide. Just east of Highway 231 a large 40 x 60 storage barn for a camper had its roof partially lifted downwind to the east northeast. The metal siding was flung up to 150 yards into the trees. The tree damage continued along Alvaton- Scottsville Road into Marble Gate Ct. Several homes sustained roof damage, with several porches partially lifted up causing structural damage. One home on Marble Gate Court had four 20-pound steel chairs flung about 50 yards and the 35-pound table thrown 25 yards. Portions of the porch covering were blown 125 yards into the yard of their next-door neighbors yard, 2 of which punctured the house like a flying 2 by 4 missile. There were also portions of the deck impaled in the ground. The damage swatch then increased to about 225 yards and winds increased to 80 to 85 mph. There were at least three trees laying on homes.||Just east off Claypool Boyce Road... there was a distinct change in the tree pattern. Instead of just going to the northeast trees were now going to the northwest, north and northeast. A large 2 x 8 went flying and got wedged between the windshield wiper and the windshield but incredibly did not crack the windshield. This is where a small tornado formed within the straight-line wind path, with winds between 80 and 85 mph. Residents reported half inch hail, followed by a surge in lightning, then quiet, then a 20 second loud roar with popping in their ears followed by complete silence again. Further east in the 500 block of Kara Court, there was significant tree damage with the back of the house being uplifted and insulation being thrown upwind and downwind around the back of the house. Trees were laying in all directions with lots of twisting and many snapped trees. At the 200 block of Cross Creek Court, the clearest evidence of trees are facing all eight inter-cardinal headings. In this area, trees were snapped and uprooted all over the place. ||The survey team estimated well over 500 trees in a 1 mile stretch had been uprooted snapped or pushed over. Two of the snapped trees landed on pick up trucks. Winds increased to EF1 range of 95 mph and a width of 225 yards. At the 2400 block of WG Talley Road was the most significant damage of the entire survey. Three barns were destroyed, 2 of them were concreted in strong firm footers. One of the barns was 30 x 80, one was 150 x 100, and one was 12 x 16 along with numerous sheds destroyed, and debris was thrown in all directions downwind up to 500 yards. A 5000 pound horse trailer was thrown to the northwest 70 yards. ||A very well-built family residence took a direct hit from an EF2 tornado, with the front side of the home having the plywood exposed and with most of the shingles gone but the rest of the house fully intact due to the house having all the proper clips, braces, and rebar. Wind speeds at this point were 116 mph with a width of 250 yards. EF-1 Tree damage continued into Allen County along Allen Springs Road. The tornado lifted just north of Bailey School Road in far NW Allen County.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindSettle-Multiple trees were reported down near Cemetery Road and Shockley Road.

Mines and quarries

2 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 2 workings inside this county. 1 still produces and 1 is closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Uranium, Oil Shale1
Stone, Crushed/Broken1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allen County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Outcrop Sample For UraniumUranium, Oil ShaleOccurrence

Every populated place in the county

40

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 1 place that was also surveyed for fire insurance comes first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

The vanished settlements of Allen County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Scottsville, Kentucky

11 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1903 to 1940

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • 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.