48 topographic sheets and 15 fire insurance atlases across 3 places.
83 National Register listings published here · the county-history sources tell 2 stories and name 20 people · people the book names include Thos. S. Barkley (Georgetown, 1905) · Thos. J. Burgess (Sadieville, 1905) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Among them: The First Druggist The Merchants Of 1846; Able Lawyers Become Distinguished. These passages come from the identified county-history source books. Each inset names its own source and opens the exact section it comes from.
The scare of smallpox fifty-eight years ago in Georgetown was as great, if not greater, than it is now. The Frankfort Yeoman reported that all the stores of Georgetown were closed on account of the prevailing dreadful disease. The Herald denies this, but admits that the majority of the women and children had removed from town.
Hmt devout Baptist divine, Silas M. Noel, each began life as members of this bar along back in the early part of this century. To this era may also be added the Flourneys (Notley and General Thomas C.) the latter famous in murder trials, and, if living now, would be an ardent Prohibitionist, as he was then a temperance orator.
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.
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
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.
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.
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 859 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.
The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them.
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.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 11 of them, burning about 95 acres. None started naturally and 1 was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CORN HOLE FIRE |
| 8 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARN BURNER FIRE |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 November 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 February 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 296 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 70 injuries and about $7,993,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 171 |
| Flash Flood | 53 |
| Hail | 35 |
| Tornado | 16 |
| Flood | 13 |
| Lightning | 5 |
| Heavy Rain | 3 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Sadieville | 1 killed, $20,000 | On February 17, a man was found deceased in his truck off of Davis Road, near Sadieville. It is believed by the coroner's office that the man's truck was washed off the road and into a ravine by floodwater late on February 15, but the exact time is unknown. Value and damage to vehicle is unknown. |
| April 1974 | Tornado (F4) | not stated | 37 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 1974 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 20 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 1979 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 7 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1964 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 2 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Stamping Ground | 2 hurt | The National Weather Service in Louisville, Kentucky conducted a storm survey in Scott County, Kentucky of storm damage that occurred early Monday morning.||The survey team determined that a tornado touched down just southwest of the Parkers Mobile Home Park in Stamping Ground. The initial touchdown was in a wooden fenced area with uprooted trees and significant damage to the wooden fence. Wind speeds were estimated to be between 80 and 85 mph initially.||The tornado increased in speed and diameter, striking the mobile home park causing|significant damage. Trailers were lifted off their foundation, some trailers were flipped|over and or turned in a different direction. Insulation and metal siding from the trailers|were thrown up into the trees. Deck pieces were thrown and impaled into the ground, trees were twisted and snapped, and numerous air conditioner units were thrown several feet. The tornado increased to around 95 mph with a width of 60 yards.||The most obvious signs of a tornado were outbuildings were picked up and thrown upwind, with insulation on both sides of the buildings.||The damage direction from the trees, and insulation from mobile homes ranged north to southeasterly.||The tornado became more of a skipping tornado as it moved to the east with the last damage being some power poles and trees at the corner of Edgewood Way and 227.||Just east of Stamping Ground, the survey team found a significant area of straight line winds along Duvall Station Road. A third of a mile swath of concentrated wind damage occurred 2 miles east of Stamping Ground.||It started out in a grove of trees with large branches and trees knocked down all facing from the southwesterly to the east northeast direction. Wind speeds were estimated initially to be 65 to 70 mph. A well constructed barn had its roof panels ripped off and doors blown in. Metal sheeting from the barn was thrown up to 500 yards down wind. Two other barns on the other side of the road had similar damage. Shingles from two family homes were thrown a hundred yards. Wind speeds from the well constructed barn, were determined to be 80 mph. The damage area was about a quarter mile by a third of a mile.||The National Weather Service would like to thank Scott county emergency manager Mike Hennigan for his assistance with the survey. |
| July 1992 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $1,800,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Sadieville | $500,000 | 30 to 40 homes were damaged by flood waters, one home had 4 feet of water. People were trapped in vehicles by rising water. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | $500,000 | A mobile home was blown into two cars. No injuries reported by resident. |
| July 1980 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 1979 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| November 1950 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $150,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | $100,000 | A tree was blown down, a large secured outdoor tent flattened, and a metal roof peeled partially off from a hotel in Georgetown. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Skinnersburg | $100,000 | The NWS in conjunction with Scott County Emergency Management found significant straight line wind damage 2 miles northeast of Stamping Ground. Maximum estimated winds were 80 mph. A large 100 foot by 100 foot well built barn was picked up and destroyed. The sheet metal from the barn was thrown nearly half a mile downwind to the east. Several trees were snapped or uprooted, especially at Long Lick Road. Several wood pieces of the barn were thrown several hundred yards and impaled the ground. The survey continued into Georgetown to Tripoint Road. A factory warehouse had significant roof and siding damage from 65 to 70 mph. Overall path length was 1 mile and the maximum width was a third of a mile. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | $80,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Flood | Great Crossing | $75,000 | Three to six inches of rain across Scott county May 1-2 led to areal flooding in spots across the county on the 2nd. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Lick | $70,000 | Two barns were blown down on Fisher's Mill Road. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Biddle | $50,000 | The Scott County Emergency Manager reported that severe thunderstorm winds turned over a semi truck on Interstate 75. Also, multiple outbuildings were flattened along with several trees down. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Great Crossing | $50,000 | The Scott County emergency manager reported roof damage to Scott County High School. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stamping Ground | $50,000 | A NWS Storm Survey team found damage to barns and outbuildings, and large limbs down, along Duvall Station Road. |
| October 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Skinnersburg | $50,000 | This rural EF-1 tornado touched down around one quarter of a mile northwest of the intersection of Glass and Sulphur Wells Road where it snapped several hardwood trees. Winds with this initial damage ranged from 70-107 mph. The tornado then moved southeast where more trees were snapped and an outbuilding was destroyed. As the tornado neared the end of its path a couple of small barns were destroyed with winds estimated from from 90 and 107 mph. At the end of the path, a couple of homes sustained roof damage, in addition to continued tree damage. The tornado lifted just east of Cincinnati Road, about 4 miles NNW of|Georgetown. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stamping Ground | $50,000 | Straight line winds around 70 mph downed large trees, destroyed a barn, damaged tractors, and a home located at 2823 Stamping Ground Road.||On White Oak Road, numerous trees were blown down and one fell on a house. Power lines and some fencing were also knocked down and a barn was blown over.||Numerous buildings were damaged with trees and power lined downed near the intersection of Seebee Road and HWY 227. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers Gap | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused barn and roof damage along Rogers Gap Road east of Interstate 75. Trees were also downed. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | $50,000 | A hotel under construction sustained some roof damage. Trees and power lines were downed county wide. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Georgetown | $50,000 | Numerous streets in the city were flooded. Some homes were flooded in the Bradford subdivision. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | $50,000 | Spotter reports overturned mobile home. Also, mobile homes and cars were damaged. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cranetown | $40,000 | Local amateur radio reported severe thunderstorm winds resulted in structural damage to a business. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaplain | $40,000 | Local amateur radio reported a business lost a roof due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Newtown | $35,000 | An NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado with winds up to 95 mph touched down in an open field northeast of Georgetown and moved quickly east, overturning a tied-down trailer and destroying or damaging several outbuildings. After passing over Leesburg Road, the tornado buckled the brick garage wall of a well built home and snapped several tres along a fence line before dissipating. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paynes Depot | $30,000 | There were at least five large trees down in southern Scott County. The area also reported some power outages. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Stamping Ground | $30,000 | The roadway at Highway 227 and Switzer Road was washed away due to flood water. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $30,000 | A NWS Storm Survey team found a large barn heavily damaged along Highway 62. |
| January 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | White Sulpher | $30,000 | The tornado touched down at 338 Soards Road and moved east, lifting as it began to cross a pond. A well-anchored 50 by 20 three bay barn was destroyed and scattered in three directions. Another small barn was destroyed, with damage to a third structure. Numerous trees were blown down, snapped or uprooted. Fences were blown over. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaplain | $30,000 | A small barn was moved across a field in the Sims Pike area. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $30,000 | Up to 8 inches of rain fell over Scott County in about a three and a half hour period. Highway 32 in and around Sadieville was flooded at 0900 EST. Oxford had flooding around 1000 EST. Most roads in Eastern Scott County were flooded around 1030 EST. At least five homes in the county were flooded. Five people were evacuated from homes and several more were evacuated from vehicles. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaplain | $25,000 | The Scott County Emergency Manager reported trees on power lines near the county Emergency Operations Center. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oxford | $25,000 | A NWS Storm Survey team found barn and tree damage due to severe thunderstorm winds. The metal sheeting was blown away 400 yards. Winds were estimated to be around 70 mph. |
| April 1970 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1964 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1964 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaplain | $20,000 | Amateur radio operators reported that severe thunderstorm winds resulted in a semi truck being overturned near mile marker 129 on Interstate 75. |
| October 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Stonewall | $20,000 | The tornado touched down in Owen County south of the|intersection of Leaning Oak Road and Dudley Pike. The storm quickly|crossed into Scott County and struck North Rays Fork Road where it|snapped and uprooted trees. The tornado had a total path length of 4.1 miles, of which 3.6 miles lay in Scott County. Moving to the east southeast, tree|damage was found along South Rays Fork Road east of Stonewall. The|tornado lifted just west of the Harrison County line. The only|structural damage along the path was to a home near the top of a|small hill close to the end of the path. The porch roof was ripped|from the home and thrown over the building, with significant roof|damage. Also, an above-ground pool was destroyed. |
| May 2010 | Lightning | Georgetown | $20,000 | Multiple power outages were reported in the area due to lightning. |
| January 2008 | Lightning | Rogers Gap | $20,000 | A home was struck by lightning on Harbor Village Drive outside of Georgetown. The strike burned a hole in the roof of the home. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaplain | $15,000 | Local amateur radio reported trees fell on a home. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paynes Depot | $15,000 | The supercell storm that later dumped large hail across northern Lexington downed trees and partially tore a roof off of a home 4 miles east of Midway. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Stamping Ground | $10,000 | A car was reported to be trapped in high water on Sebree Road at Duvall Station Road near Stamping Ground. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Muddy Ford | $10,000 | A vehicle was submerged partially underwater on its side. Search and rescue was sent to investigate, but the driver had already evacuated. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Delaplain | $10,000 | The Scott County emergency manager reported a tree fell down on a car on Oxford Drive. |
| July 2021 | Lightning | Paynes Depot | $5,000 | A transformer was struck by lightning and caught on fire. Power lines were down across Lakeview Drive. Cost of damage is unknown. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | $5,000 | A tree fell on a residence in the Georgetown area and several trees were downed throughout the county. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | $5,000 | A few trees were downed and some fences were damaged. |
| January 2002 | Flash Flood | Biddle | $5,000 | Flood waters engulfed a car on Biddle Road in northern Scott County. The occupants of the car, two males and one female, were rescued without injury. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stamping Ground | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Lightning | Georgetown | $3,000 | The Lexington media reported that lightning struck a church steeple in Georgetown, starting a small roof fire. |
| August 2014 | Lightning | Georgetown | $2,000 | Local law enforcement reported that two houses were struck by lightning near Georgetown. The amount of any damage was unknown. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $2,000 | Windows were blown out of buildings in the Georgetown area. An 80 foot tall restaurant sign was blown down near Interstate 75 at mile marker 126. Trees were downed countywide. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 3 workings inside this county. 1 still produces and 2 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite | 2 |
| Lead | 1 |
| Zinc | 1 |
| Iron, Strontium, Sulfur | 1 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Vein | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Barite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Nally and Gibson | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wm. Davis Vein | Barium-Barite, Iron, Strontium, Sulfur | Past Producer | 1908 |
The part of each published history that is about one town: 3 chapters, each reproduced complete.
| Town | Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | The B.O. Gaines History of Scott County | The B.O. Gaines History of Scott County (1905) | 39,955 words in 3 parts |
| Sadieville | The B.O. Gaines History of Scott County | The B.O. Gaines History of Scott County (1905) | 3,277 words |
| Stamping Ground | The B.O. Gaines History of Scott County | The B.O. Gaines History of Scott County (1905) | 4,572 words |
One book written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 1 chapter in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| The whole text | 150,907 words in 10 parts |
Everyone The B.O. Gaines History of Scott County stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1905.
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 3 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.
Georgetown census division · 40324 · On Dry Run · Georgetown quadrangle
12 sheets, 1906 to 1986
Fire insurance: 8 atlases
Sadieville census division · 40370 · On Spoon Branch · Sadieville quadrangle
9 sheets, 1939 to 1986
Fire insurance: 5 atlases
Stamping Ground census division · 40379 · On Locust Fork · Stamping Ground quadrangle
9 sheets, 1939 to 1986
Fire insurance: 2 atlases
Stamping Ground census division · 40324 · On Fish Branch · Delaplain quadrangle
10 sheets, 1939 to 1986
Georgetown census division · 40324 · On Lanes Run · Georgetown quadrangle
12 sheets, 1906 to 1986
Sadieville census division · 40370 · On East Fork Eagle Creek · Leesburg quadrangle
9 sheets, 1929 to 1986
Sadieville census division · 40324 · On Griffith Branch · Delaplain quadrangle
10 sheets, 1939 to 1986
Georgetown census division · 40379 · On Blue Spring Branch · Midway quadrangle
12 sheets, 1906 to 1986
Georgetown census division · 40324 · On Cane Run · Georgetown quadrangle
12 sheets, 1906 to 1986
Georgetown census division · 40324 · On Dry Run · Georgetown quadrangle
12 sheets, 1906 to 1986
Stamping Ground census division · 40370 · On Opossum Branch · New Columbus quadrangle
9 sheets, 1939 to 1986
Stamping Ground census division · 40379 · On Allsup Branch · Stamping Ground quadrangle
9 sheets, 1939 to 1986
Stamping Ground census division · 40324 · Delaplain quadrangle
10 sheets, 1939 to 1986
Stamping Ground census division · 40379 · Stamping Ground quadrangle
9 sheets, 1939 to 1986
Stamping Ground census division · 40324 · Delaplain quadrangle
10 sheets, 1939 to 1986
Sadieville census division · 40324 · On Sharon Branch · Delaplain quadrangle
10 sheets, 1939 to 1986
Georgetown census division · 40511 · On Goose Creek · Centerville quadrangle
11 sheets, 1927 to 1986
Georgetown census division · 40324 · On Cherry Run · Centerville quadrangle
11 sheets, 1927 to 1986
Sadieville census division · 40324 · On Muddy Ford Creek · Delaplain quadrangle
10 sheets, 1939 to 1986
Georgetown census division · 40379 · Near Pea Ridge · Midway quadrangle
12 sheets, 1906 to 1986
Georgetown census division · 40324 · On McCracken Creek · Georgetown quadrangle
12 sheets, 1906 to 1986
Stamping Ground census division · 40379 · Stamping Ground quadrangle
9 sheets, 1939 to 1986
Georgetown census division · 40324 · Georgetown quadrangle
12 sheets, 1906 to 1986
Sadieville census division · 40370 · On North Rays Fork · Sadieville quadrangle
9 sheets, 1939 to 1986
Stamping Ground census division · 40379 · Stamping Ground quadrangle
9 sheets, 1939 to 1986
Sadieville census division · 40324 · On Rogers Gap Creek · Delaplain quadrangle
10 sheets, 1939 to 1986
Georgetown census division · 40379 · Near Pea Ridge · Midway quadrangle
12 sheets, 1906 to 1986
Georgetown census division · 40324 · Near Pea Ridge · Midway quadrangle
12 sheets, 1906 to 1986
12 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1886 to 1945
9 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1895 to 1929
9 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1920
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.
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