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Casey County, Kentucky

47 topographic sheets cover 61 settlements here, and 2 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

2 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Kentucky within the United States
Casey County within Kentucky

What the record shows

  • 493 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 2 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 1 building and 1 district.
  • 1 of the 2 listings was added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 61 populated places in this county; 61 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

2

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
Casey County Courthousebuilding197777000607
Liberty Downtown Historic Districtdistrict200808000004

The county from the air

23 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 663 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 23 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, 1950-03-09, scale 1:23600
1950-03-09, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-03-09, scale 1:23600
1950-03-09, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-03-09, scale 1:23600
1950-03-09, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-03-09, scale 1:23600
1950-03-09, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-04-01, scale 1:23600
1951-04-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-04-01, scale 1:23600
1951-04-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-04-01, scale 1:23600
1951-04-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-04-01, scale 1:23600
1951-04-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-29, scale 1:24000
1959-10-29, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-29, scale 1:24000
1959-10-29, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-29, scale 1:24000
1959-10-29, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-29, scale 1:24000
1959-10-29, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-13, scale 1:24000
1960-04-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-13, scale 1:24000
1960-05-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-13, scale 1:24000
1960-05-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-13, scale 1:24000
1960-05-13, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-05-29, scale 1:24000
1969-05-29, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-05-29, scale 1:24000
1969-05-29, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-05-29, scale 1:24000
1969-05-29, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-05-29, scale 1:24000
1969-05-29, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-12-02, scale 1:24000
1972-12-02, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-12-02, scale 1:24000
1972-12-02, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-12-02, scale 1:24000
1972-12-02, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

10 stations

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

The 1950 census, district by district

26 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.

  • 23-1Magisterial District 1, Liberty: Liberty town: Liberty town - That part north of State Hwys. 35 and 70
  • 23-2Liberty town - That part south of State Hwys. 35 and 70
  • 23-3Magisterial District 1, Liberty - That part northeast of Shuck Creek and Brush Creek and north of U.S. Hwys. 70 and 35, outside Liberty town
  • 23-4Magisterial District 1, Liberty - That part southwest of Shuck Creek and Brush Creek
  • 23-5Magisterial District 1, Liberty - That part south of State Hwys. 35 and 70, outside Liberty town
  • 23-6Magisterial District 2, Jenkins: Magisterial District 2, Jenkins - That part south of Walltown - Mintonville Rd. via Humphrey and north of State Hwy. 70
  • 23-7Magisterial District 2, Jenkins - That part west of Walltown - Mintonville Rd. via Humphrey and north of Gilpin - Rich Hill Rd. and Unnamed Rd. from Rich Mill east to State Hwy. 70
  • 23-8Magisterial District 2, Jenkins - That part south ef Gilpin - Rich Hill Rd. and Unnamed Rd. from Rich Hill east to State Hwy. 70 and State Hwy. 70 and west of Humphrey - Mintonville Rd. via Argyle
  • 23-9Magisterial District 2, Jenkins - That part south of State Hwy. 70 and east of Humphrey - Mintonville Rd. via Argyle
  • 23-10Magisterial District 3, Tates: Magisterial District 3, Tates - That part Bounded by Magisterial District line; Pine Grove - Phil Rd. via Gilpin, Athens and Labascus; Magisterial District line; Magisterial District line
  • 23-11Magisterial District 3, Tates - That part Bounded by Magisterial District line; County line; South Fork Creek, Sloans Fork, Magisterial District line; Pine Grove - Phil Rd. via Labascus, Athens and Gilpin
  • 23-12Magisterial District 3, Tates - That part Bounded by South Fork Creek; Sloans Fork; County line; State Hwy. 80, Windsor - Phil Rd. via Teddy
  • 23-13Magisterial District 3, Tates - That part Bounded by South Fork Creek; Windsor - Phil Rd. via Teddy; State Hwy. 80; County line, Magisterial District line
  • 23-14Magisterial District 4, Caseys Creek: Magisterial District 4, Caseys Creek - That part east of Merrimac- Atterson Rd. via Peck and north of Atterson - Woodrum School Rd. via White Oak and Woodrum Schools to District line
  • 23-15Magisterial District 4, Caseys Creek - That part west of Merrimac - Clements School Rd., south of State Hwy. 70 and west of Casey Creek Rd.
  • 23-16Magisterial District 4, Caseys Creek - That part south of Atterson - Woodrum School Rd. via White Oak and Woodrum Schools, southeast of Atterson - Clements School Rd., north of State Hwy. 70 and east of Casey Creek Rd.
  • 23-17Magisterial District 5, Big South Fork: Magisterial District 5, Big South Fork - That part east of State Hwy. 243, north of Peyton's Store - Ellisburg Rd. and southeast of Ellisburg Beech Bottom Rd.
  • 23-18Magisterial District 5, Big South Fork - That part west of State Hwy. 243, south of Peyton's Store - Ellisburg Rd. and southwest of Ellisburg - Beech Bottom Rd.
  • 23-19Magisterial District 6, Dunnville: Magisterial District 6, Dunnville - That part north of State Hwy. 70 and west of State Hwy. 206
  • 23-20Magisterial District 6, Dunnville - That part northwest of Green River and southeast of State Hwys. 70 and 206
  • 23-21Magisterial District 6, Dunnville - That part southeast of Green River
  • 23-22Magisterial District 7, Little South Fork
  • 23-23Magisterial District 8, Middleburg: Magisterial District 8, Middleburg - That part east of State Hwy. 198 and north of Yosemite - Thuncan Rd.
  • 23-24Magisterial District 8, Middleburg - That part west of State Hwy. 198 and north of State Hwy. 70
  • 23-25Magisterial District 8, Middleburg - That part south of State Hwy. 70 and Yosemite - Duncan Rd. and southwost of Knob Lick Creek
  • 23-26Magisterial District 8, Middleburg - That part southeast of Yosemite - Duncan Rd. and northeast of Knob Lick Creek

Wildfire, 1998 to 2020

225 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 225 of them, burning about 3,623 acres. 1 started naturally and 40 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning79
Missing data/not specified/undetermined60
Arson/incendiarism40
Recreation and ceremony20
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking7
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Two of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
22 March 1999Arson/incendiarism155 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2000Debris and open burning132 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
18 March 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined90 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2010Recreation and ceremony90 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2000Arson/incendiarism80 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined77 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

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

Storms, 1955 to 2025

60 of 252 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 252 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 3 injuries and about $8,890,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind151
Hail53
Flash Flood26
Flood12
Tornado8
Heavy Rain1
Lightning1

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
April 2025LightningLiberty1 killedA man was sitting on his porch on the 2600 block of State Road 1547 when he was struck and killed by lightning.
April 1991Thunderstorm Windnot stated2 hurtno account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindLiberty1 hurt, $15,000no account filed
April 1998Thunderstorm WindDunnville$5,000,000DES reported an 8 mile path of destruction resulted from severe thunderstorm winds. 16 structures received major damage, while 35 received minor damage. Losses were estimated at 5 million dollars.
April 1974Tornado (F3)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
September 2020FloodBeech Bottom$250,000Cale Brown Road was closed at Caney Fork due to a bridge being out due to flooding.
March 1997Tornado (F1)Dunnville$200,000no account filed
February 2008Thunderstorm WindLiberty$100,000A barn was destroyed and several others were heavily damaged norhteast of Middleburg on Highway 198. Several large pine trees were snapped on a golf course on Short Town Road.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindCountywide$100,000Ten barns were damaged or destroyed around the county. There was structural damage to a house near Bethel Ridge. A house and barn were damaged near Yosemite.
February 2018Thunderstorm WindBeech Bottom$75,000NWS Storm Survey found damage consistent of straight line winds in northern Casey County. A porch awning was ripped off a home and thrown over the roof into a free standing antenna. A breezeway also had damage to its ceiling and a door was pushed inward off the frame. Downstream, a fifth wheel RV was knocked over, falling into some dirt. Part of the house roof ended up downstream a quarter mile, where a forest along a downhill slope showed several trees snapped.
May 2017Flash FloodClementsville$50,000The Casey Emergency Manager reported that Highway 70 was closed to mudslides.
April 2016HailBeech Bottom$50,000Golf ball sized hail was reported.
April 2007Tornado (EF1)Liberty Dillon Arpk$50,000The tornado touched down four miles northwest of Dunnville and skipped along the tops of ridges, exiting Casey County near Mintonville. The worst damage, near the upper bound of EF1 around 105 mph, was done to a large barn that was moved 30 feet off its 8 high cement block foundation, with nearly 2/3 of the foundation collapsing. This was near the initial touchdown location. Damage to a well-constructed home southwest of Mintonville also was rated high-end EF1, with estimated winds of 105 mph, just before the tornado exited the county.
May 2017Flash FloodLiberty$40,000The Casey County Emergency Manager reported water rescues due to high water across numerous roads. Many roads across the county were closed due to the flash flooding.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindLawhorn Hill$35,000A trained spotter reported power lines down at the intersection of Highway 501 and 1649.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindLiberty$35,000no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindLiberty$30,000Two porches were blown away.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLiberty$30,000Trees and power lines were downed in several places. A barn's roof was blown off.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindBeech Bottom$25,000Straight line winds blew shingles off roofs and downed trees along Arnold Hale Road.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLiberty$25,000Roof damage to a building was reported.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindLiberty$25,000A barn was blown down, and also pea size hail was observed.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindLiberty$25,000Trailer destroyed, tree down on home, power lines down
February 2008Thunderstorm WindClementsville$20,000Downburst winds damaged some outbuildings and downed several trees.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindMintonville$20,000The roof was blown off a barn.
January 2002Thunderstorm WindLiberty$20,000Numerous trees were blown down. Wind damaged the roff of a building and blew out the window at a grocery store.
July 1996Flash FloodNorthern Part$20,000no account filed
December 2019Flash FloodBeech Bottom$15,000A swift water rescue was successfully performed in Brush Creek near Highway 49 in Liberty, Kentucky. The event time is estimated based on rainfall in the area.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$15,000A few large trees down as well as a barn down.
September 2020Flash FloodClementsville$10,000A vehicle stalled in high water near Highway 70 and 551.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindBeech Bottom$10,000The media reported a tree and power lines were down along Caney Fork Road.
December 2019FloodMiddleburg$10,000A vehicle stalled in high water on Highway 198 near East Highway 70. This area is a known flood area.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPricetown$10,000Trained spotters reported numerous power lines down in the area due to severe thunderstorm winds.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLiberty$10,000The Casey County emergency manager reported numerous trees down and power outages in the area from a severe thunderstorm.
June 2013Flash FloodButchertown$10,000The Casey County emergency manager reported that a road 4 miles northeast of Ellisburg was flooded and partially washed away.
February 2012Tornado (EF2)Pumpkin Chapel$10,000An EF-2 tornado that begin just north of Russell Springs in Russell County, weakened as it moved into Casey County just north of State Highway 80. While in Casey County, the twister did EF-1 damage to an outbuilding. Numerous trees were uprooted and destroyed along a 1.4 mile path in Casey County before the tornado lifted two and a quarter miles west-southwest of Windsor.
May 2002HailYosemite$10,000Windows were knocked out of buildings.
March 1997Thunderstorm WindLiberty$10,000no account filed
April 2016Thunderstorm WindLanhamtown$5,000A Casey County official reported trees down and power outages.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindDunnville$5,000Trees were downed and there was unspecified damage to a building.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindLiberty$5,000Several trees were downed, and one was blown on to a truck.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindYosemite$5,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindCountywide$5,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindCantown$3,000The National Weather Service conducted a survey of extensive tree damage along a one mile path parallel to Victory Road southeast of Liberty Kentucky. Overall, around 50 to 100 hard and softwood trees were either snapped or toppled. Damage began around one mile west of the intersection of Victory and Poplar Springs road, at the western end of Victory Road. Winds estimated at up to 80 mph produced concentrated tree damage around one half mile east of the initial damage. One well built house had some minor gutter and roof damage.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindLiberty$1,000Trees and power lines were downed. A trampoline was also blown into a road near Liberty.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindClementsville$1,000Thunderstorm winds caused minor damage to a store in Clementsville. Winds threw a trampoline against a tree. Many trees and power lines were downed.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindJacktown-A carport pole barn was rolled over by strong winds at a residence on Button Knob Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindBeech Bottom-A tree was blown down along Sharp Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWindsor-Multiple trees were blown down in Windsor.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLiberty-A tree was blown down onto powerlines on Conner Avenue.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWindsor-Multiple trees were blown down across Goodin Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindDunnville-A large tree limb was blown down, blocking one lane of US Route 127 in southern Casey County.
February 2025Flash FloodLiberty-Three water rescues took place across Casey County.
April 2025Flash FloodLanhamtown-Highway 127 flooded north of Liberty. Water receded in the night.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLawhorn Hill-Scattered tree damage was caused by strong thunderstorm winds across Casey County.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindYosemite-A tree fell down.
April 2025Flash FloodLanhamtown-There was a water rescue for a person in a semi truck on Dry Ridge Road.
April 2025Flash FloodMiddleburg-There was water flowing over Mill Dam Road.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindLanhamtown-A tree was on US 127 near the Casey County Board of Education.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg-There were multiple trees down between Middlesburg and Yosemite. There were also two barns heavily damaged and a house with part of its roof torn off.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindYosemite-There was a tree blocking the road near Old Pollys Shoe Store. There were also trees down on Upper Brush Creek Road and at the intersection of Angel Ridge and KY 501.

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
Clay1
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
Bethelridge MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Roadcut Bench Clay BedClayProspect

Every populated place in the county

61

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

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.