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Larue County, Kentucky

52 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

Research this county

From the record

32 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Kentucky within the United States
Larue County within Kentucky

What the record shows

  • 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Hodgenville, between 1886 and 1944.
  • 7 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 245 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 32 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 27 buildings, 3 districts, 1 object and 1 site.
  • 1 of the 32 listings was added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 24 populated places in this county; 24 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

14 photographs, 2020

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Memorial to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Birthplace site in Hodgenville, Kentucky
Memorial to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Birthplace site in Hodgenville, Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The Lincoln Tavern, on the site of the small cabin where Abraham Lincoln, as a child, and his family lived near Knob's Creek, outside the town of Hodgenville, Kentucky
The Lincoln Tavern, on the site of the small cabin where Abraham Lincoln, as a child, and his family lived near Knob's Creek, outside the town of Hodgenville, Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Hay rolls in a field behind a replica of the small cabin where Abraham Lincoln, as a child, and his family lived near Knob's Creek, outside the town of Hodgenville, Kentucky
Hay rolls in a field behind a replica of the small cabin where Abraham Lincoln, as a child, and his family lived near Knob's Creek, outside the town of Hodgenville, Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Hay rolls in a field behind a replica of the small cabin where Abraham Lincoln, as a child, and his family lived near Knob's Creek, outside the town of Hodgenville, Kentucky
Hay rolls in a field behind a replica of the small cabin where Abraham Lincoln, as a child, and his family lived near Knob's Creek, outside the town of Hodgenville, Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Cabins in the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, outside Hodgenville, Kentucky
Cabins in the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, outside Hodgenville, Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Memorial to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Birthplace site in Hodgenville, Kentucky
Memorial to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Birthplace site in Hodgenville, Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The statue of a seated Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. president who guided the nation through the Civil War of the 1860s and was assassinated roughly a month before its conclusion
The statue of a seated Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. president who guided the nation through the Civil War of the 1860s and was assassinated roughly a month before its conclusion
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The statue of a seated Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. president who guided the nation through the Civil War of the 1860s and was assassinated roughly a month before its conclusion
The statue of a seated Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. president who guided the nation through the Civil War of the 1860s and was assassinated roughly a month before its conclusion
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
A replica of the small cabin where Abraham Lincoln, as a child, and his family lived near Knob's Creek, outside the town of Hodgenville, Kentucky
A replica of the small cabin where Abraham Lincoln, as a child, and his family lived near Knob's Creek, outside the town of Hodgenville, Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The 1938 Nancy Lincoln Inn and one of its associated tourist cabins at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace site in Hodgenville, Kentucky
The 1938 Nancy Lincoln Inn and one of its associated tourist cabins at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace site in Hodgenville, Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Stairway through the woods at the Lincoln Birthplace site in Hodgenville, Kentucky
Stairway through the woods at the Lincoln Birthplace site in Hodgenville, Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace, Hodgenville, Larue County, KY
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace, Hodgenville, Larue County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Creel Cabin, Hodgenville, Larue County, KY
Creel Cabin, Hodgenville, Larue County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace, Visitor Center, Hodgenville, Larue County, KY
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace, Visitor Center, Hodgenville, Larue County, KY
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

32

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
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Sitebuilding196666000066
Aaron Atherton Housebuilding199190001962
Dorsey Beeler Housebuilding199190001963
Brown Housebuilding199190001964
Buffalo Schoolbuilding200909000005
Walter Burch Housebuilding199190001965
Nicholas Carter Housebuilding199190001966
Edward S. Ferrill Housebuilding199190001967
Albert Goodin Housebuilding199190001968
Hodgenville Christian Churchbuilding197777000633
Hodgenville Commercial Historic Districtdistrict198888002540
Hodgenville Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)district200909001140
Hodgenville Women's Clubbuilding199190001969
Joseph Kirkpatrick Springhousebuilding199190001970
Larue County Jailbuilding199190001971
Lincoln Boyhood Homedistrict198888002531
Abraham Lincoln Statueobject199190001972
Nancy Lincoln Innbuilding199190001973
McClain Hotelbuilding199190001974
William Miller Housebuilding199190001975
Miller-Blanton Housebuilding199190001976
New Haven Battlefield Sitesite200404000793
Nolynn Baptist Churchbuilding199190001977
Thomas Patterson Housebuilding199190001978
William Phillips Housebuilding199190001979
Saunders-Boyd Housebuilding199190001980
School No. 20building199190001981
School No. 24building199190001982
David H. Smith Housebuilding199190001983
R. H. Thomas Housebuilding199190001984
Tonieville Storebuilding199190001985
Thomas Walters Housebuilding199190001986

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

1

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Land ownership map, 1899 - Farm house map, Larue Co., Ky
Land ownership map (1899) - Farm house map, Larue Co., Ky. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

1 of 2 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 2 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.

Lincoln's birthplace, Hodgenville, KY, Lincoln Memorial, Kentucky, Boston Public Library - undated
Lincoln's birthplace, Hodgenville, KY, Lincoln Memorial, Kentucky. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

25 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 665 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 25 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, 1959-09-15, scale 1:40000
1959-09-15, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-21, scale 1:40000
1959-10-21, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-21, scale 1:40000
1959-10-21, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-10-28, scale 1:40000
1959-10-28, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-08, scale 1:24000
1960-04-08, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-08, scale 1:24000
1960-04-08, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-08, scale 1:24000
1960-04-08, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-08, scale 1:24000
1960-04-08, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-03-24, scale 1:24000
1962-03-24, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-01-19, scale 1:24000
1967-01-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-01-19, scale 1:24000
1967-01-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-01-19, scale 1:24000
1967-01-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-01-19, scale 1:24000
1967-01-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1988-02-01, scale 1:24000
1988-02-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1988-02-01, scale 1:24000
1988-02-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1988-02-01, scale 1:24000
1988-02-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1988-02-01, scale 1:24000
1988-02-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

7 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

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.

  • 62-1Magisterial District 1, Hodgenville: Hodgenville town: Hodgenville town - That part north of Nolin Creek
  • 62-2Hodgenville town - That part east of Main and south of Nolin Creek
  • 62-3Hodgenville town - That part west of Main and south of Nolin Creek
  • 62-4Magisterial District 1, Hodgenville - That part east of Dutch Fork and southeast of North Fork of Nolin River, outside Hodgenville town
  • 62-5Magisterial District 1, Hodgenville - That part west of Dutch Fork and northwest of North Fork of Nolin River, outside Hodgenville town
  • 62-6Magisterial District 2, Athertonville: Magisterial District 2, Athertonville - That part west and north of Hodgenville - Athertonville Rd. via Spencer and Fisher schools and west of U.S. Hwy. 68 and 31E
  • 62-7Magisterial District 2, Athertonville - That part east and south of Hodgenville - Athertonville Rd. via Spencer and Fisher schools and east of U.S. Hwy. 68 and 31E.
  • 62-8Magisterial District 3, Buffalo: Buffalo town
  • 62-9Magisterial District 3, Buffalo - That part east of Otter Creek and Middle Fork of Otter Creek
  • 62-10Magisterial District 3, Buffalo - That part west of Otter Creek and Middle Fork of Otter Creek and northeast of State Hwy. 210
  • 62-11Magisterial District 3, Buffalo - That part southwest of State Hwy. 210 and northeast of State Hwy. 61 outside Buffalo town
  • 62-12Magisterial District 3, Buffalo - That part southwest of State Hwy. 61 outside Buffalo town
  • 62-13Magisterial District 4, Magnolia: Upton town - That part in Larue County comprising part of Magisterial District 4, Magnolia (Remainder of Upton town is in Magisterial District 2, Hardin County)
  • 62-14Magisterial District 4, Magnolia - That part east of State Hwy. 357
  • 62-15Magisterial District 4, Magnolia - That part west of State Hwy. 357, and north of State Hwy. 84 and Barren Run
  • 62-16Magisterial District 4, Magnolia - That part west of State Hwy. 357, and south of State Hwy. 84 and Barren Run

Wildfire, 1997 to 2019

50 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 50 of them, burning about 784 acres. None started naturally and 2 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony10
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 October 2010Railroad operations and maintenance215 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySONORA FIRE
8 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
15 November 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined65 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 February 2000Debris and open burning53 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
22 February 2014Recreation and ceremony40 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySTILES FORD ROAD
22 February 2014Railroad operations and maintenance26 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBROWN ROAD

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

Storms, 1952 to 2026

60 of 207 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 207 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 28 injuries and about $5,660,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind123
Hail39
Flash Flood22
Tornado15
Flood6
Heavy Rain2

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
March 1952Tornado (F3)not stated18 hurt, $250,000no account filed
November 1989Thunderstorm Windnot stated6 hurtno account filed
March 1997Tornado (F3)Magnolia1 hurt, $3,000,000no account filed
February 1993Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurt, $50,000One person was injured when a barn was blown over near Mount Sherman.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindRoanoke1 hurtOne person sustained a neck injury from storm debris that was blown through a window at their residence.
August 1987Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurtno account filed
June 2013Tornado (EF2)Tonieville$500,000During the late evening hours, a bowing segment embedded within a lengthy line of storms parallel to and south of the Ohio River began to surge southeast. On the northeast section of this segment, a reflectivity notch became apparent. A circulation developed and quickly spawned an EF-2 tornado across northern LaRue County. ||The tornado touched down near the Hardin-LaRue county line between Routes 210 and 61 just northeast of Tonieville. On Castleman Road, just northeast of the Castleman-Carter Brother's Road intersection, a metal shop had its metal sheeting roof removed and thrown downwind around 100 yards. Its garage door was bent and insulation was scattered about. Several trees were uprooted near this location. Damage was estimated as EF-1. ||Downstream, on Carter Brother's Road, a large RV was blown on its side within a mostly destroyed shed. A two story pole tobacco barn was destroyed. Many Red and White Oak trees were either sheared off or had lost many large limbs. Across the road a metal livestock building was destroyed with chaotic damage around a house. Winds here were estimated at around 115 mph, or EF-2.| |Along State Road 1607, not far from the intersection of Salem Church and Dan Dunn Roads, a silo was caved in and a portion of a corn field flattened. ||Considerable damage was surveyed along portions of Slack Road. A one-room schoolhouse was destroyed. A dairy farm had several buildings destroyed, along with many trees uprooted. Based on damage to this dairy farm, tornadic winds up to 130 mph were estimated, near the high end of the EF-2 scale. Also along Slack Road, a two-story house has its entire roof removed. Blown-in insulation was caked on the entire side of a house. A shed was destroyed along with a few trees. The tornado lifted around one fifth of a mile northeast of Nuff Cemetery, near the intersection of Trumbull and Roanoke Roads.
January 2006Tornado (F1)Talley$500,000no account filed
April 2018Thunderstorm WindMathers Mill$200,000Two miles SW on Hodgenville on Old Sonora Road a large 36x30 foot well built metal barn sustained significant structural damage when the barn broke free from the foundation. Portions of the trusses and 6x6 poles were found 100 yards to the east. Several large pieces of metal roofing and siding were blown eastward up to 1/2 mile and several splintered sections of the roof were impaled in the ground nearby. There was sporadic wind damage eastward from this point and then a concentrated area of damage at Larue County Middle School. Wind gusts lifted a section of the cafeteria roof and threw it about 25 feet downwind to the east. About 100 yards further east from the school, a small storage shed was pushed into the dugout dislodging several concrete blocks. Winds around the school area were estimated to be around 65 mph. Northeast of Hodgenville in Ovsen Heights, a concentrated area of wind brought down several power poles and trees knocking down a few outbuildings and back deck areas. Winds were estimated to be 65 to 70 mph at this location.
February 2012Tornado (EF2)Hodgenville$200,000A tornado touched down near Kyle Street around 2 miles west of Hodgenville. It began as a very narrow 80 yard tornado that did minor roof and shingle damage. It uprooted some cedar trees and damaged some fencing. This tornado then crossed Tanner Road and briefly lifted just west of downtown Hodgenville after staying on the ground for just less than one mile. The tornado then touched down again on the east side of Main Street near the State Farm Insurance Company and Citizen's Union Bank. At this point the tornado strengthened to an EF-2. Two cars were rotated and one was flipped onto the other in the State Farm parking lot. On Wobegone Way, the tornado widened to 200 yards and significantly damaged 3 homes, removing the roof and collapsing the exterior walls of one. After entering a wooded area near Miami Court, it narrowed and became more elevated. It damaged many roofs with the heaviest damage occurring to a day care center. As the tornado crossed State Highway 210, it uprooted numerous trees and damaged several additional buildings. It finally lifted around 80 yards east of Highway 210. The length of this second touchdown was 0.8 miles.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$150,000Thunderstorm winds blew a tree on to a home. Other homes in the Buffalo area had shingle damage. Several trees were downed in the area.
June 2017Tornado (EF1)Mathers Mill$100,000The tornado first downed a large tree on McDowell Rd 2.8 miles south of Hodgenville. It damaged tree tops at the Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park as it moved northeast. At the end of Earl Jones Road, the tornado destroyed one cinder block and wood barn and damaged the roof of another, scattering debris several hundred yards. The tornado then skipped intermittently over primarily open farmland for several miles before uprooting and snapping several trees along Leafdale Road west of Highway 470.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindHodgenville$100,000A storm survey confirmed widespread straight line wind damage in Hodgenville. A compact but fast moving bow echo that earlier damaged Radcliff brought a measured wind gust of 68 mph to a Kentucky Mesonet site just west of Hodgenville. Numerous soft and hardwood trees had either toppled or had had branches stripped and thrown in a southeasterly direction. A concentrated area of damage consistent with 70 mph winds was surveyed just east of downtown Hodgenville. Awnings and some roof siding were stripped from several buildings. Widespread tree damage was noted near the Red Hill Cemetery. The cemetery's large flag pole was bent at a nearly 45 degree angle. Hail up to half dollar size fell for an estimated 20 minutes.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindCountywide$100,000Trees and power lines were blown down. Unspecified structural damage was reported.
March 1997Tornado (F2)Creal$100,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindJericho$75,000A barn was blown down.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindMt Sherman$60,000no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindHodgenville$40,000no account filed
May 2014Thunderstorm WindMaxine$30,000A new barn, with its doors open to its east, was destroyed when thunderstorm winds entered the structure.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$30,000A barn was blown down.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindWhite City$25,000NWS Employee reported structural damage east of Hodgenville with roofing and insulation material scattered across road.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindUpton$25,000Local broadcast media reported that severe thunderstorm winds damaged a metal roof.
June 1985Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1972Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
February 2012Tornado (EF2)Hodgenville$20,000Based upon several witnesses interviewed by a NWS Damage Survey Team, who reported seeing two different tornadoes near the Miami Court and Wobegona Way area, this tornado was determined to have developed just before an earlier one lifted to its northeast. It touched down just south of Miami Court and moved east through a wooded area. Initially, this second tornado damaged only some treetops along a path 50 yards wide. After crossing State Highway 210, it widened to 100 yards and increased in strength, damaging a working garage and two homes off of Highway 916. One well constructed home had significant damage to its exterior walls. A dumpster was thrown 75 yards and snapped a tree along its path. The tornado was rated an EF-2 at this location.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$20,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHodgenville$10,000The public reported the some siding and a portion of a roof were stripped from a home in Hodgenville. Numerous trees and power lines were downed in Hodgenville and across the rest of the county.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCountywide$10,000A vehicle was struck by a falling tree and power line in Magnolia. Other trees were downed countywide.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindBuffalo$10,000no account filed
March 2020Thunderstorm WindMathers Mill$5,000A roof was blown off of a workshop, and several trees were downed.
June 1994Thunderstorm Windnot stated$500Hodgensville police reported trees down.
April 2026Tornado (EF0)Roanoke-After the radar tornado debris signature (TDS) left Hardin County it moved into Laru County. This EF0 tornado likely skipped several times along its 2.2 mile track. Damage indicators were hard to come by, but a playground at Union Christian Church was damaged. No damage was found along Kerrick Lane where the track of the rotation passed, but then some tree damage was noted on Dan Dunn Rd and then ended on Spencer School Rd.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindBarren Run-A large tree was blown down across Sonora Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindJericho-Multiple trees were blown down in the eastern part of LaRue County.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindUpton-A tree was blown down in Upton on the LaRue County side.
December 2025Tornado (EF0)Buffalo-A National Weather Service damage survey determined that a brief EF0 tornado touched down about 1.5 miles east-northeast of Buffalo in LaRue County. Peak winds were 85 mph with a path width of 20 yards and a two mile long path. Most of the impacts from the tornado consisted of a mixture of downed trees, collapsed barns, and shingle damage to some homes.
May 2024Flash FloodAthertonville-Heavy rainfall caused Knob Creek to overflow its banks near Abraham Lincoln's boyhood home in northern LaRue County. Debris from flood waters washed into Bardstown Road (U.S. Route 31E), blocking it for a short time.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHodgenville-Trees were blown down by strong winds across LaRue County.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindMagnolia-A few trees were blown down along U.S. Route 31 just north of Magnolia.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindGatton-Strong winds produced scattered tree damage across eastern and southeastern LaRue County.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindMt Sherman-Strong winds resulted in scattered tree damage east of Magnolia in southeastern LaRue County.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-A couple trees were blown down along Greensburg Road.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindHodgenville-Power poles and lines were damaged by strong winds in Hodgenville.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindHodgenville-A few trees were downed in Hodgenville.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindMathers Mill-A large tree blew down on Miller Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHodgenville-Trees were downed by strong winds on Cox Lane in Hodgenville.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHodgenville-Strong winds caused roof damage to a house on Shawnee Drive in Hodgenville.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindBarren Run-Trees were knocked over on Jenkins Road.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindMathers Mill-Trees were reported down on State Route 84 near the intersection with State Route 357.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindMathers Mill-Trees were blown down on Sonora Road and Tanner Road.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindTonieville-Trees were blown down on Old Elizabethtown Road.
February 2023Flash FloodBuffalo-Five roads across LaRue County had to be closed due to a combination of flowing and standing water.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHodgenville-A video showed scattered tree damage around a house in Hodgenville.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-Pictures showed a few uprooted trees.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHodgenville-The National Weather Service conducted a storm assessment survey with Larue County Emergency Management for the storms on Sunday evening June 25. There was a concentrated area of straight line winds of 70 mph around Hodgenville. Trees were topped and snapped and a few shallower trees were uprooted. All of the damage was facing from the west northwest to the east southeast. There was no indication of tornadic rotation.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-Trees were blown down by strong winds in northern Larue County.
July 2023FloodRoanoke-Flooding on Dan Dunn Road was observed.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-Trees were knocked down on Greensburg Road near Buffalo.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBuffalo-A portion of a metal roof was blown off an outbuilding at the LaRue County Country Club.
April 2022Tornado (EF1)Talley-A National Weather Service storm survey team in coordination with Larue County Emergency Management surveyed damage in southern Larue County from storms that occurred on Wednesday evening. It was determined that a brief EF-1 tornado that was embedded within a larger area of straight-line winds touched down 1.3 miles southeast of Upton, traveled east for just over 2.5 miles, and then lifted 3 miles east-southeast of Upton. The EF-1 tornado had a max wind of around 100 mph, and a max path width of around 200 yards.||The tornado touched down at solid EF-1 strength just northwest of the intersection of Weldon Loop Road and Watkins Alvey Road where a small barn was completely destroyed, and debris was scattered in many directions almost a half mile to the northeast. In addition, a small lean-to section of another barn was thrown back to the northwest, clear evidence of cyclonic rotation. Hardwood trees just downstream from the barn were also snapped and laying in a convergent pattern, offering more support for tornadic winds.||The tornado continued roughly eastward along Weldon Loop Road where it did some light damage to a barn roof and brought down large limbs from a hardwood tree. This damage occurred near the intersection of Johnson Road and Weldon Loop Road, and was in the EF-0 strength range. The tornado continued to the ENE along Weldon Loop Road at EF- 0 strength as it caused minor roof damage to a house, and damaged a greenhouse near the intersection of Wheeler and Wheldon Loop Roads. The tornado finished the last half mile of its path along Upton Talley Road where it uprooted or snapped softwood trees, damaged barns, and did minor fascia and shingle damage to a couple of homes. The tornado lifted about a quarter mile past the Upton Talley and Lanny Heath Roads intersection.||It should be noted that this brief tornado occurred within a larger area of straight-line wind damage where some older barns were destroyed and numerous softwood and hardwood trees were snapped or uprooted. However, the damage was mainly laying in an east-northeast direction consistent with overall storm motion and a straight-line wind signature. It was considered to make this damage part of the overall tornado, however the path width would have been over a half mile wide, which is unlikely for brief spin-up tornadoes embedded in a QLCS.||It should also be noted that more sporadic, and overall weaker, straight-line wind damage continued eastward along a consistent path across southern Larue county. Most of this damage was consistent with winds between 60 and 70 mph toward and just north of the Magnolia community and points eastward.

Mines and quarries

2 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 2 workings inside this county. None of them still produces: all are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Clay2

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

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Highway 84 RoadcutClayProspect
Rolling Fork RoadcutClayProspect

Every populated place in the county

24

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 Larue County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Hodgenville, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1886 to 1944

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

3 structures

The vanished settlements of Larue County, the places these records name 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.