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Robertson County, Kentucky

22 topographic sheets cover 12 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
Robertson County within Kentucky

What the record shows

  • 83 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 3 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings and 1 structure.
  • 1 of them is a covered bridge.
  • 2 of the 3 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 12 populated places in this county; 12 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
Johnson Creek Covered Bridgestructure197676000941
Thomas Metcalf Housebuilding198787000187
Robertson County Courthousebuilding197878001394

Covered bridges

1

Robertson County has 1 covered bridge on the National Register. Each is a listed structure with a federal nomination on file.

Johnson Creek Covered BridgeListed 1976

The county from the air

12 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 163 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 12 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, 1950-06-01, scale 1:23600
1950-06-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-06-01, scale 1:23600
1950-06-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-06-01, scale 1:23600
1950-06-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-06-01, scale 1:23600
1950-06-01, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-10-17, scale 1:60000
1952-10-17, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-10-17, scale 1:60000
1952-10-17, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-10-21, scale 1:60000
1952-10-21, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-13, scale 1:60000
1960-04-13, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-13, scale 1:60000
1960-04-13, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-13, scale 1:60000
1960-04-13, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-13, scale 1:60000
1960-04-13, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-13, scale 1:78000
1975-04-13, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

1 station

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, as the federal records hold them.

The 1950 census, district by district

7 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.

  • 101-1Mount Olivet town, comprising parts of Magisterial Districts 1, Mount Olivet, and 2, Mount Olivet: Mount Olivet town - That part in Magisterial District 1, Mount Olivet
  • 101-2Mount Olivet town - That part in Magisterial District 2, Mount Olivet
  • 101-3Magisterial District 1, Mount Olivet - That part outside Mount Olivet town (Remainder of Magisterial District 1 is in Mount Olivet town)
  • 101-4Magisterial District 2, Mount Olivet - That part outside Mount Olivet town (Remainder of Magisterial District 2, is in Mount Olivet town)
  • 101-5Magisterial District 3, Kentontown
  • 101-6Magisterial District 4, Burika
  • 101-7Magisterial District 5, Bratton (Pinhook)

Wildfire, 2006

1 fire

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1 of them, burning about 1 acre. None started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 November 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

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

Storms, 1959 to 2023

59 of 59 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 59 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $833,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind34
Hail13
Flash Flood6
Flood3
Tornado2
Heavy Rain1

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

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 1997Flash FloodCountywide$500,000no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHittville$90,000One roof was completely ripped off of a barn with numerous reports of other barns also damaged due to thunderstorm winds. Trees were downed across the county.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindMt Olivet$60,000Trees, limbs and electric lines were downed and power was out throughout the county. There were multiple reports of damage to roofs.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAbigail$40,000Several homes sustained roof damage and the loss of vinyl siding to the northeast of Mount Olivet. One home has a second story window with broken glass with the window frame blown inwards. Several barns had outer walls collapsed with the loss of metal roof panels. These barns appeared to be older and poorly constructed. Numerous trees were snapped at the trunk or completely uprooted. Investigation determined this damage was caused by a microburst with maximum winds at 85 mph.
April 2020Tornado (EF0)Mt Olivet$25,000The tornado first touched down north of Mt. Olivet and damaged structures along Highway 165 north of town, and then east across Brierly Ridge Road. A state highway barn was damaged. Tree damage was also seen along the path damage.
February 2000Flash FloodPiqua$15,000Many hours of heavy rainfall caused the closing of State Route 168. Also, rising water forced the evacuation of a retirement home.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMt Olivet$10,000A new roof was torn off of a barn and several large trees were downed.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMt Olivet$10,000Several trees were downed. A shed along US Route 62 sustained minor damage.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindMt Olivet$7,000Large tree limbs were downed, and a barn sustained some minor damage.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCountywide$7,000Trees and large limbs were downed.
October 2022Thunderstorm WindAbigail$5,000A few trees were downed along U.S. 62, just west of Sardis. A barn roof was also damaged.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindMt Olivet$5,000A barn was destroyed on Henson Ridge Road.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMt Olivet$5,000Trees knocked down.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindCountywide$5,000Large trees were downed across the county, causing numerous power outages.
December 2000Flash FloodCountywide$5,000Several hours of very heavy rainfall caused many roads to be closed across the county.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindCountywide$5,000Numerous large limbs knocked down.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindMt Olivet$5,000Trees and power lines down.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindMt Olivet$5,000no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindNorth half$4,000Several trees downed, some bringing down power
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPiqua$3,000Several trees were knocked down.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMt Olivet$3,000Several trees were knocked down.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindAbigail$3,000Trees were downed.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMt Olivet$3,000Many trees downed.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindPiqua$3,000Trees downed.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHittville$2,000A few trees were reported knocked down.
May 2011FloodPiqua$2,000A creek overflowed and covered parts of the road due to heavy rainfall.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindMt Olivet$2,000Trees were reported down along Old Pin Hook Road due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindMt Olivet$2,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHittville$1,000A tree was knocked down at the intersection of John England Road and Kentucky 165.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMt Olivet$1,000Multiple trees were reported down in the area.
January 2023Flash FloodPiqua-State Route 617 was closed due to high water.
January 2023FloodMt Olivet-Central Ridge Road was closed due to high water.
May 2022Flash FloodAlhambra-Five Lick Road was impassable due to high water flowing across it.
March 2017FloodPiqua-Piqua Kentontown Road was underwater due to Johnson Creek overflowing.
April 2015Heavy RainKentontown-Flooding was reported in the Johnson Creek and North Fork areas.
January 2002Flash FloodCountywide-Swift moving water covered several main roads throughout the county. Creeks were rising quickly, and local law enforcement had at least one evacuation.
April 2015HailAbigail-no account filed
December 2013Thunderstorm WindMt Olivet-no account filed
May 2011HailPiqua-no account filed
May 2011HailMt Olivet-no account filed
April 2010HailMt Olivet-no account filed
April 2010HailKentontown-no account filed
April 2010HailMt Olivet-no account filed
November 2002HailMt Olivet-no account filed
August 2000HailKentontown-no account filed
May 1998HailMt Olivet-no account filed
March 1995HailSardis-no account filed
June 1995HailUnion-no account filed
June 1995HailMount Olivet-no account filed
August 1989Thunderstorm Windnot stated-no account filed
April 1989Hailnot stated-no account filed
July 1987Thunderstorm Windnot stated-no account filed
May 1987Thunderstorm Windnot stated-no account filed
July 1983Thunderstorm Windnot stated-no account filed
July 1983Thunderstorm Windnot stated-no account filed
June 1981Thunderstorm Windnot stated-no account filed
April 1974Tornado (F3)not stated-no account filed
April 1970Thunderstorm Windnot stated-no account filed
February 1959Thunderstorm Windnot stated-no account filed

Every populated place in the county

12

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 Robertson 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.