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Cumberland County, Kentucky

33 topographic sheets cover 33 settlements here, and 3 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

3 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Kentucky within the United States
Cumberland County within Kentucky

What the record shows

  • 368 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 3 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings and 1 district.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 33 populated places in this county; 33 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

3

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
James Baker Housebuilding200606000212
Coe Housebuilding200909001138
Marrowbone Historic Districtdistrict198383004048

Photographs from libraries nationwide

2 of 5 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 5 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

McCoy Motor Court, Burkesville, Ky., Boston Public Library - undated
McCoy Motor Court, Burkesville, Ky.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Alpine Motel & Restaurant, between the lakes -- "Fishermans Paradise", overlooking Burkesville, Kentucky, Boston Public Library - undated
Alpine Motel & Restaurant, between the lakes -- "Fishermans Paradise", overlooking Burkesville, Kentucky. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

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 342 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, 1951-04-18, scale 1:28400
1951-04-18, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-04-18, scale 1:28400
1951-04-18, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-04-20, scale 1:28400
1951-04-20, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-04-23, scale 1:28400
1951-04-23, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-03-27, scale 1:19000
1964-03-27, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-18, scale 1:119044
1972-05-18, scale 1:119044. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-18, scale 1:119044
1972-05-18, scale 1:119044. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-18, scale 1:119044
1972-05-18, scale 1:119044. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-18, scale 1:117641
1972-05-18, scale 1:117641. 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.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-03-12, scale 1:50000
1973-03-12, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-01, scale 1:76000
1974-02-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000
1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000
1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000
1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000
1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-03-08, scale 1:80000
1977-03-08, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

7 stations, 3 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

16 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.

  • 29-1Magisterial District 1: Burkesville city: Burkesville city - That part southeast of State Hwy. 61, Celina and Columbia
  • 29-2Burkesville city - That part northwest of State Hwy. 61, Celina and Columbia
  • 29-3Magisterial District 1 - That part north and west of Cumberland River, outside Burkesville city
  • 29-4Magisterial District 1 - That part south and east of Cumberland River, outside Burkesville city
  • 29-5Magisterial District 2: Magisterial District 2 - That part north of Lucy Branch and northeast of West Fork and Crocus Creeks
  • 29-6Magisterial District 2 - That part south of Lucy Branch and southwest of West Fork and Crocus Creeks
  • 29-7Magisterial District 3
  • 29-8Magisterial District 4: Magisterial District 4 - That part north of Hwy. 90 and northeast of Modoc - Hobart Rd. via Hegira
  • 29-9Magisterial District 4 - That part south of Hwy. 90 and southwest of Modoc - Hobart Rd. via Hegira
  • 29-10Magisterial District 5: Magisterial District 5 - That part east of Tanbark - Rock Springs Church Rd. via Littrell
  • 29-11Magisterial District 5 - That part west of Tanbark - Rock Springs Church Rd. via Littrell
  • 29-12Magisterial District 6
  • 29-13Magisterial District 7: Magisterial District 7 - That part north of State Hwy. 90
  • 29-14Magisterial District 7 - That part south of State Hwy. 90
  • 29-15Magisterial District 8: Magisterial District 8 - That part north of State Hwy. 90
  • 29-16Magisterial District 8 - That part south of State Hwy. 90

Wildfire, 1998 to 2020

209 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 209 of them, burning about 5,511 acres. 2 started naturally and 58 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Debris and open burning47
Recreation and ceremony19
Smoking12
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. 6 of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 March 2000Arson/incendiarism845 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 November 2001Arson/incendiarism800 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 March 2001Arson/incendiarism282 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 November 1998Arson/incendiarism220 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 1998Arson/incendiarism205 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySAWMILL ROAD
8 March 2000Arson/incendiarism156 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 November 2012Debris and open burning125 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySDA

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

Storms, 1968 to 2026

60 of 148 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 148 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 35 injuries and about $1,056,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind85
Hail25
Flash Flood19
Tornado12
Heavy Rain4
Flood2
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 1974Tornado (F4)not stated33 hurt, $25,000no account filed
April 1986Tornado (F3)not stated2 hurt, $250,000no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindCountywide$150,000Roofs were blown off buildings in the city of Burkesville. Trees were downed countywide.
November 2000Tornado (F1)Burkesville$150,000Roofs were ripped from several homes and storage buildings. Several barns were demolished. Part of a roof was ripped off an elementary school.
May 2010Flash FloodBurkesville$100,000Numerous roads across the county were closed due to flash flooding. A total of five to eight inches of rain fell across Cumberland county from May 1-2.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$75,000The Cumberland County emergency manager reported numerous trees and power lines were down across the county. A NWS survey team the following day estimated that the number of trees down across the county from several hundred to well over one thousand, and caused more damage than a brief tornado that occurred in the southwest corner of the county near the Tennessee state line.
July 2015Tornado (EF0)Ashlock$50,000This small tornado destoryed one outbuilding and tore roof panels off another before crossing the state line into the Pearidge area of Tennessee just west of Dale Hollow Lake.
May 2017HailMud Camp$50,000no account filed
February 2004Flash FloodCountywide$40,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$30,000Multiple trees and power lines were reported down through out the county, but most were in Burkesville.
April 1986Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$20,000The Burkesville police reported several trees down across roadways. A couple of limbs fell on vehicles and some power lines were downed.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindMarrowbone$15,000The Cumberland County emergency manager reported a building wall collapsed due to severe thunderstorm winds.
May 2011LightningFrogue$15,000A lightning strike caused a barn to catch fire and burn down.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindKettle$15,000A tree was blown on to a mobile home.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWaterview$10,000Dispatch reported downed trees and power lines on Glasgow Road.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$10,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$10,000no account filed
April 2013Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$5,000The Cumberland County Emergency Manager reported some shingles were blown off several houses near the intersection of Free Ferry and Smith Grove Roads. Some ceder trees were downed and some tin was removed from a barn near the same location.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPeytonsburg$5,000no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$2,000Trees were downed in Burkesville.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPeytonsburg$1,000Trees were downed at Dale Hallow State Park, including one which fell on a tent.
February 2008Tornado (EF3)Mud Camp$1,000This was the end point of a tornado that crossed into Monroe County, Kentucky from Sumner County, Tennessee. The tornado moved through a rural area of Cumberland County and lifted about three miles southwest of Marrowbone.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMarrowbone$1,000A large tree limb was blown on to a car.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMarrowbone$1,000A swing set was blown over and tree branches were downed.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindLittrell-An old building was destroyed by strong winds along Cherry Tree Road, with no other damage reported in the vicinity. Trees were also blown down on Sulphur Creek Road near Mikes Landing.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindMarrowbone-A tree was blown down over part of Mud Camp Road.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Three power poles were blown down by strong winds along Kentucky Route 90 east of Burkesville.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGrider-A 59 mph wind gust was measured at the Cumberland County Kentucky mesonet station.
February 2025Flash FloodDougan Town-Multiple roads in Cumberland County were closed as a result of flash flooding.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindCloyds Lndg-There were multiple trees uprooted and a collapsed barn on Kim McCoy Road.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindModoc-There were multiple trees down on State Road 449.
July 2024HailDubre-Quarter sized hail was observed.
July 2024Tornado (EF0)Dubre-A National Weather Service storm survey team determined that a brief EF0 tornado|touched down on the afternoon of July 9. The tornado touched down|about a half mile north-northwest of the Highway 90 and Ferris Fork Road|intersection where two large trees were downed, facing back|to the southeast. Just downstream of that, a residence was hit and this|is where the tornado quickly reached its widest point and|strongest winds. Here, several hardwood and softwood trees had|large limbs broken or were uprooted. Ground and aerial survey|with a drone both confirmed that trees were laying in multiple|directions, including in opposite directions of storm motion.|There was very little structural damage, an indication that the|tornado was struggling to keep in contact with the ground, and|likely a contributing factor to the relative weakness of the|tornado. Peak winds here were 80 to 85 MPH. ||The tornadic circulation continued in a generally northerly direction for |the next three quarters of a mile, hugging the west side of Cedar |Ridge, and just to the east of Ferris Fork Road. At this point, the tornado crossed into extreme southeastern Metcalfe County, where it remained on the ground for about one-half mile before lifting.
May 2024Flash FloodModoc-Kentucky Route 90 was briefly closed due to flooding.
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Dougan Town-The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey and found a|tornado occurred on Sunday, May 26th, 2024 about 3 miles north of|Burkesville. The tornado started just to the east of Old Columbia|Road along Little Renox Creek in fields behind a residence. A few|trees were uprooted consistent with EF0 85 mph strength. The|tornado then continued across Columbia Road and|did extensive tree damage along a hillside to the east of the|highway. Tree damage consistent with EF1 90 mph strength was|observed on the hillside just to the east of the highway. The|tornado then lifted with no observed damage via drone footage to|the east of the hill.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Littrell-The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey and found a|tornado occurred on Sunday, May 26th, 2024. This tornado reached a peak intensity of EF1 with 95 mph estimated peak winds, crossing through portions of southern Cumberland and Clinton County.||The tornado started at Sulphur Creek in southern Cumberland County just to the west|of Celina Road, or Kentucky Route 61. Tree uproot damage was consistent|with EF1 95 mph winds. The tornado then tracked across Celina|Road along Sulphur Creek, and did more extensive tree damage in|the hills west of Peytonsburg Sulphur Road, consistent with 90 to|95 mph wind speeds. The tornado then went across a campground|along Sulphur Creek Road near Mike's Restaurant, and left tree|damage in the campground along with shingle damage to some|cabins. Tree damage continued to the east and hit an RV storage|garage with significant roof loss thrown in different directions|just north of Dale Hollow Lake Golf Course. The tornado crossed another finger of Dale Hollow Lake as it crossed into western Clinton County.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Dubre-The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey and found a tornado occurred on Sunday, May 26th, 2024. Despite the fact that the tornado was only on the ground for a little over one mile and one minute, it tracked very briefly through Monroe, Metcalfe, and Cumberland County.||After passing along the Metcalfe and Cumberland County line for several yards, the tornado moved into Cumberland County completely as it traveled down the Leatherwood Creek valley along Fowler Brown Road. Widespread|damage at 100 yards wide with many uprooted trees and some|snapped trees were in this area consistent with 110 mph wind|speeds. The tornado continued along Fowler Brown Road for another two thirds of a mile and|dissipated at a farm just southwest of Wilson Road where drone|footage showed the width narrowed considerably to 10 yards or|less with a few uprooted trees.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Several trees were blown down by strong winds in downtown Burkesville.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindKettle-Trees were blown down onto the road at Sulphur Creek Resort.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees blew down across Cumberland County, resulting in several road closures.
July 2023HailBurkesville-Hail ranging from quarter to half dollar size was reported near Burkesville.
December 2023Thunderstorm WindJudio-An equipment shed flipped over from thunderstorm winds.
July 2022Flash FloodBakerton-Portions of Lawson Bottom Road were washed out from flash flooding.
July 2022Flash FloodBurkesville-Flood waters have entered businesses in Burkesville.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees were down within the city limits of Burkesville.
February 2021Flash FloodMarrowbone-There was flooding on Gray Gap Road at Turner Branch Road.
January 2021Thunderstorm WindCloyds Lndg-A tree blew down near Leslie Road.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Dispatch reported trees down in the Burkesville city limits.
May 2021Flash FloodBurkesville-There were reports of water over roadways.
May 2021Flash FloodMarrowbone-Kentucky 90 was closed due to flooding around Marrowbone.
February 2021Thunderstorm WindWaterview-Highway 90 West was closed due to a downed utility pole.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindModoc-There was a tree down on Sexton Fork Road near Highway 449.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindClaywell-A tree blew down on Highway 1880, Smith Grove Road.
February 2019Flash FloodAmandaville-It was reported that 12 roads had to be closed throughout the county from a combination of flash flooding, areal flooding, and river flooding.
June 2019FloodAmandaville-Water was flowing over Highway 704 at typical flood prone locations.
June 2019Flash FloodAmandaville-Highway 704 is closed due to water running over the roadway between mile markers 7 and 9.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-There were trees reported down in the area.
November 2018Flash FloodDubre-A bridge was flooded in Dubre in Cumberland County, Kentucky.
May 2017Flash FloodDougan Town-State officials received many reports of high water over many roadways across the county.

Mines and quarries

4 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 4 workings inside this county. 1 still produces and 3 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Uranium, Oil Shale2
Stone, Crushed/Broken1
Zinc1
Cadmium, Germanium1

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

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
BurkesvilleZinc, Cadmium, GermaniumPast ProducerSphalerite
Grider MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Outcrop Sample For UraniumUranium, Oil ShaleOccurrence
Outcrop Sample For UraniumUranium, Oil ShaleOccurrence

Every populated place in the county

33

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 Cumberland 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.