Adairville, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Adairville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42202. It stands on Smith Branch. The Survey maps it on the Adairville quadrangle. 837 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
On record in Adairville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
Brodnax-Conn Houselisted 1992
Longview Farm Houselisted 1992
Red River Presbyterian Meetinghouse Site and Cemeterylisted 1976
Population over time
3 figuresAdairville fell from 920 to 837 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 920 | |
| 2010 | 852 | -68 (-7%) |
| 2020 | 837 | -15 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1951 USGS Adairville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Adairville in 1999, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
36 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adairville in 36 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 24 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 tornado, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Adairville | $500,000 | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Adairville | $250,000 | A supercell thunderstorm developed over northern Tennessee and moved into south central Kentucky during the early evening hours of November 15. It produced multiple, short-lived tornado touchdowns along its path, which stretched for nearly 25 miles across three counties. The first touchdown in Logan County was just north of Adairville in southern Logan County. Many homes, trailers, barns and outbuildings were damaged along the intermittent path of the tornado. The tornado finally lifted near the Logan/Simpson County line near State Highway 100. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Adairville | $100,000 | A NWS Nashville Storm Survey concluded that an EF-1 tornado down southeast of Adairville, traveled 1.5 miles, and then lifted approximately 2.5 miles east of Adairville. Along its path, the tornado did minor roof damage to a house near Martin Rd. A home and an outbuilding had minor damage near Barnes Rd, along with several downed trees. The most significant damage happened just before the tornado lifted near Prices Mill Road, where a large barn lost a significant portion of its roof structure. Maximum estimated winds were 90-95 mph, and the max width was 50 to 75 yards. |
| June 2017 | Lightning | Adairville | $100,000 | A house was struck by lightning and caught on fire. The house burned to the ground. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | $75,000 | A barn was blown over. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | $70,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew the roofs off buildings. Barns were destroyed. Trees were uprooted. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | $50,000 | The top floor of a two story business building on Main Street was blown 75 to 100 yards from the base of the building. The damaged section was of wood frame and sheet metal construction. The intact lower floor was brick construction. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Adairville | $25,000 | A tornado touched down about 2 miles east of Adairville and moved northeast for about 2 miles. The tornado blew the roofs off some houses, damaged some garages, and snapped some trees about 20 feet off the ground. There was evidence of a tornado path in a wheat field. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | $10,000 | A spotter reported damage to several signs and porches in Adairville. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | $10,000 | Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. There was unspecified roof damage. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | $5,000 | The covering was blown off the porch of a mobile home. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | A tree was down on North Walnut Street. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Adairville | - | Rising waters from the Red River resulted in a water rescue of a man on top of his house on Riverview Drive near Adairville. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | A large tree was blown onto a house in Adairville. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | Several trees were down in Adairville. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | There was a tree down on East Gallatin Street. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | There was a tree down on Tamara Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | There was a tree down on Trimble Road. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | A few trees were reported down. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | There was a report of a tree down. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | A tree was reported down. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | Two trees were down in Adairville. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | The public reported approximately 30 large trees down due to severe thunderstorm winds. Two buildings sustained damage as well. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | Trees were downed. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | Trees were downed. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | A spotter estimated a 60 mph wind gust. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | Trees were downed. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Adairville | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Adairville | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Adairville | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Adairville | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Adairville | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adairville | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Adairville | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mortimer Station | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Smithgrove (historical) | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Schley | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Oakland (historical) | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hilltop | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Grove (historical) | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Schochoh | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Dot | 5.4 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Adairville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q347005 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 485749. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.
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.



