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Jackson County, Kentucky

70 topographic sheets cover 82 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
Jackson County within Kentucky

What the record shows

  • 1,131 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 2 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 1 district and 1 building.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 83 populated places in this county; 82 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
Annville Institutedistrict201212000043
Arthur Lakes Log Housebuilding200000000867

The county from the air

28 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 450 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 28 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, 1960-10-12, scale 1:60000
1960-10-12, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-10-12, scale 1:60000
1960-10-12, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-10-12, scale 1:60000
1960-10-12, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-10-12, scale 1:60000
1960-10-12, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-05-27, scale 1:24000
1969-05-27, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-05-27, scale 1:24000
1969-05-27, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-05-27, scale 1:24000
1969-05-27, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-05-27, scale 1:24000
1969-05-27, scale 1:24000. 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, 1976-05-12, scale 1:78000
1976-05-12, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-05-12, scale 1:78000
1976-05-12, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-05-12, scale 1:78000
1976-05-12, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-11-06, scale 1:78000
1976-11-06, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-03-24, scale 1:80000
1977-03-24, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-03-24, scale 1:80000
1977-03-24, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-03-24, scale 1:80000
1977-03-24, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-04-12, scale 1:80000
1978-04-12, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-04-12, scale 1:80000
1978-04-12, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-09-18, scale 1:33000
1989-09-18, scale 1:33000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-09-18, scale 1:33000
1989-09-18, scale 1:33000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1989-09-18, scale 1:33000
1989-09-18, scale 1:33000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

5 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

18 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.

  • 55-1Magisterial District 1, McKee: Magisterial District 1 - That part east and north of Arvel - Mummie Rd. via Muncy and Privett; north and west of State Hwy. 30
  • 55-2Magisterial District 1 - That part east of State Hwys. 89 and 21, and west and south of Arvel - Mummie Rd. via Muncy and Privett; south and east of State Hwy. 30
  • 55-3Magisterial District 1 - That part west of State Hwy. 89, east and north of State Hwy. 21
  • 55-4AMagisterial District 1, McKee - That part west and south of State Hwy. 21 and north of road from State Hwy. 21 near Bradshaw, via Toms Branch and Indian Creek, and metal surfaced road to west district line.
  • 55-4BMagisterial District 1, McKee - That part south of metal surfaced road from west district line and road from metal surfaced road, via Indian Creek and Toms Branch, to State Hwy. 21 near Bradshaw.
  • 55-5BMagisterial District 2, Pond Creek - That part west of road from north district line at Herd, parallel to Moulden Creek, to south district line and east of State Hwy. 21
  • 55-5AMagisterial District 2, Pond Creek - That part east of road from south district line, parallel to Moulden Creek, to north district line at Herd
  • 55-6Magisterial District 2, Pond Creek - That part west of State Hwy. 21, north of State Hwy. 30 and east of Unnamed road from Annville via Alum Cove Branch to north district line
  • 55-7Magisterial District 2, Pond Creek - That part west of Unnamed road from north district line to Annville via Alum Cove Branch, north and west of State Hwy. 30, southeast of Middle Fork Rockcastle River and Laurel Fork
  • 55-8Magisterial District 2, Pond Creek - That part northwest of Middle Fork Rockcastle River and Laurel Fork
  • 55-9Magisterial District 2, Pond Creek - That part south and east of State Hwy. 30, west of State Hwy. 21 and north of road from State Hwy. 30 to east county line via Moores Creek, Royroder and Highknob
  • 55-10Magisterial District 2, Pond Creek - That part south of Unnamed road from State Hwy. 30 to east county line via Moores Creek, Royroder and Highknob and east of State Hwy. 30
  • 55-11Magisterial District 3, Coyle: Magisterial District 3, Coyle - That part east of Unnamed road from north county line to south district line via Alcorn and Brazil
  • 55-12BMagisterial District 3, Coyle - That part west of Unnamed road from north county line, via Alcorn, to Brazil and north of road from Brazil to Kerbyknob and Big Hill - Eglon Rd.
  • 55-12AMagisterial District 3, Coyle - That part south of road near Kerbyknob, via Brazil, to south district line, north of State Hwy. 21, and east of Big Hill - Eglon Rd.
  • 55-13BMagisterial District 3, Coyle - That part south and alternate along primitive and unimproved roads from west county line and metal surfaced road to Big Hill - Eglon Rd. and west of Big Hill - Eglon Rd.
  • 55-13AMagisterial District 3, Coyle - That part south and west of Big Hill - Eglon Rd. and north of metal surfaced road near Eglon and alternate along primitive and unimproved roads to west county line
  • 55-14Magisterial District 3, Coyle - That part south of State Hwy. 21 and east of Big Hill - Eglon Road southwest to county line near Horse Lick Creek

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

770 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 770 of them, burning about 15,303 acres. 4 started naturally and 296 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism296
Debris and open burning237
Missing data/not specified/undetermined151
Recreation and ceremony72
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. 7 of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 March 2007Arson/incendiarism855 acresDaniel Boone National ForestKEENER
3 April 2013Arson/incendiarism715 acresDaniel Boone National ForestWIND CAVE
27 April 2001Arson/incendiarism549 acresDaniel Boone National ForestKEENER POINT
17 November 2001Arson/incendiarism306 acresDaniel Boone National ForestLAUREL BRANCH III
24 March 2009Arson/incendiarism250 acresDaniel Boone National ForestLAKES CREEK
19 April 2002Debris and open burning250 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
31 October 2000Arson/incendiarism204 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 November 2001Arson/incendiarism197 acresDaniel Boone National ForestPRETTY HOUSE

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

Storms, 1957 to 2025

60 of 309 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 309 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 3 injuries and about $1,212,300 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind171
Hail73
Flash Flood33
Flood23
Heavy Rain7
Tornado2

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 1996Thunderstorm WindMc Kee2 hurt, $5,000no account filed
July 2000Tornado (F1)Annville1 hurt, $500,000Many structures received damage in the town of Annville. Four homes were destroyed and termed totaled. The tornado blew a tied down mobile home off its foundation then down a hill. A 38 year old female that was inside received serious injuries, the family pet was killed. Several other mobile homes were moved off their foundations 2 to 3 feet and one lost the roof. Several bricked and framed homes received moderate roof damage and two homes had their garages blown away. The green roof cafe received serious damage as 13 customers and employees took refuge in the bathrooms. Numerous trees were also uprooted in the path. Approximately 85 percent of all occupants impacted by the storm were insured.
August 2003Flash FloodMc Kee$150,000People were evacuated at a motel and two trailers were moved off of their foundations due to high water in McKee. Four bridges were damaged and numerous automobiles were swept away. One car was washed down a creek, behind the Jackson County Courthouse. One family fled their home up to an embankment as flood waters quickly overtook them. One family member commented "I never saw the water come up as fast in my life". Three feet of water covered roads in McKee and Gray Hawk. Trees were washed away near Pigeon Roost.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindAnnville$70,000Approximately 50 trees were blown down in District 2, or the southern portion of Jackson County. A roof was blown off a barn on Highway 2002. A tree was blown onto a house in Anville. All damage was caused by wind gusts estimated at 67 mph.
May 2020FloodDeese$35,000Low lying flooding occurred south and west of McKee, resulting in two water rescues as motorists became stranded in flood waters on and just off of Kentucky Highway 89.
February 2012Flash FloodSandgap$30,000A temporary bridge and a portion of Jones Hollow Road were washed out in Sandgap.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindAlcorn$30,000Two large trees were down on Hwy 89N. Trees and large limbs were also downed across the county on Hwys 1955, 30W, 577, and 578.
March 1997HailGray Hawk$30,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindShirley$25,000Trees were down throughout the northern portion of the county.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindMc Kee$25,000Numerous trees down along Highway 421 between McKee and Gray Hawk.
May 2002Flash FloodCountywide$25,000Heavy rains caused numerous roads to flood across Jackson County. Some locations affected by the flooding included Peoples and Annville. Four miles west of Annville, a low water bridge was washed out by flood waters.
February 2021Flash FloodMorrill$15,000It was reported that water was over the junction of Hwy 421 and Hwy 3447 near the community of Morrill, and that a piece of the road was about to wash away as a result.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindBradshaw$15,000Emergency Management reported numerous trees blown down in between McKee and Gray Hawk. Near Gray Hawk, an outbuilding on Kelley Road had its roof blown off while a nearby home had shingles blown off. Additionally, an outbuilding was blown onto a vehicle in Gray Hawk.
February 2021FloodClover Bottom$10,000The flooding of low lying areas continues in the community of Clover Bottom. Water is rising, having gone up a few feet in the last 2 hours. There is now at least 1 to 2 feet over a roadway in the community (roadway unspecified).
September 2020Flash FloodTyner$10,000Swift water of over 6 inches was reported flowing across portions of Hwy 421, Hwy 3630, and Creech Hollow Road, making them impassible. Videos of flooding were posted on social media.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindEglon$10,000An amateur radio operator northwest of Loam reported a tree downed on a house on Red Spivey Road. Minor roof, window, and siding damage were all sustained.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMc Kee$10,000Numerous trees were blown down on Hwy 30 and Cornelius Rd.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSandgap$10,000Trees were blown down and onto cars.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindClover Bottom$10,000A barn was destroyed along Highway 1955 by wind gusts estimated at 61 mph.
April 1998Flash FloodAnnville$10,000Roads were flooded.
March 1997HailMc Kee$10,000no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindWaneta$8,000A citizen observed a tree blown onto a vehicle near Waneta.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSandgap$8,000Several trees were blown down by thundestorm wind gusts in the Sandgap and Waneta area.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMaulden$7,000Several trees were blown down about 2 miles off the Owsley county line.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMorrill$6,000One tree down on car.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWind Cave$5,000Jackson County dispatch reported at least a dozen instances of trees blown down around the county, including along Wind Cave Road, KY-89, and Ledger Fork Road. Some of the trees also took down power lines.
July 2021Flash FloodClover Bottom$5,000Water was reported over the road on Cave Springs Road, washing out the pavement and at least one culvert. Water also entered into the residential garage of the cooperative observer who lives on this road.
September 2020FloodMildred$5,000Water was reported over Mac Stevens Road making it impassable. After the water resided, a section of the asphalt had been washed away on the road.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMoores Creek$5,000Trees were blown down along KY Hwy 577 in Moores Creek.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMc Kee$5,000A sign was blown off of a Save a Lot building.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindGray Hawk$5,000Trees were blown down on Highway 290.
July 2009HailGray Hawk$5,000Quarter size hail fell and trees were blown down on Highway 587. Some hail was still laying around in piles around dawn.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindMc Kee$5,000One tree was blown down onto a power line, causing a power outage in McKee.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindGray Hawk$5,000Trees down at Route 421 and Soaptown Road blocking lanes.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindGray Hawk$5,000Small buildings blown over. Windows blown out.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindSandgap$5,000Several trees and power lines were blown down. A barn was also damaged.
March 1993Hailnot stated$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down over the southern end of the county. Quarter-size hail was reported 6 miles south of McKee.
March 1993Thunderstorm Windnot stated$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down over the southern end of the county. Quarter-size hail was reported 6 miles south of McKee.
May 1993Thunderstorm Windnot stated$5,000Trees were blown down across the county.
September 2020FloodTyner$4,000The junction of KY-421 and KY-3630 was closed due to high water in the town of Tyner. Local dispatch also reported that traffic was backed up for a quarter of a mile because of the closure.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAnnville$4,000One large tree and several large branches were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts at the Annville Institute.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindSandgap$4,000Barn blown into road.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMorrill$4,000Trees and power lines down.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindPrivett$3,000A few trees were blown down 1 mile northeast of Privett.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindNew Zion$3,000The county dispatch office reported trees down along KY Hwy 587 two miles south of New Zion.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindAnnville$3,000A few trees were blown down in Annville.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMc Kee$3,000There was roof damage to a home on Jackson County High School road.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMc Kee$3,000Power lines were downed at the water plant.
February 1997Thunderstorm WindGray Hawk$3,000no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindArvel$2,000Jackson county dispatch reported 2 power lines blown down near the intersection of KY-1209 and KY-587 in the community of Arvel.
September 2020FloodEgypt$2,000Water was reported over KY-421 near Egypt Penecostal Church.
September 2020FloodHerd$2,000Water was reported over KY-30 near Hicks Branch Road.
September 2020FloodMildred$2,000Water was reported over Dunigam Road near the community of Tyner as water from an adjacent creek overflowed its banks.
September 2020FloodAnnville$2,000Water was reported over Roark Road near the community of Annville.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSandgap$2,000The roof was blown off an outbuilding at Sand Gap.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindMorrill$2,000Tree limbs were blown down and across Hwy 421 in Morrill.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMc Kee$2,000There were 2 trees down blocking a road.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindAnnville$2,000Two trees were blown down in Annville. The first one was blocking Ward Rd, and the other downed tree was reported on Pond Lick Rd.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMc Kee$2,000Dispatch reported a tree down across a power line on Hwy 89S and another tree down on Hwy 587.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindWelchburg$2,000Two trees were blown down on Highway 421 at Welchburg.

Mines and quarries

4 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 4 workings inside this county. 2 still produce and 2 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Stone, Crushed/Broken2
Lead1
Platinum, Zinc1
Zinc1
Lead, Platinum, Silver1

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

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
J.W.Miller ProspectZinc, Lead, Platinum, SilverProspect
Rose ProspectLead, Platinum, ZincProspect
Clover Bottom UndergroundStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Indian Creek MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every populated place in the county

83

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 Jackson 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.