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Anthoston, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Spottsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42420. The Survey maps it on the Henderson quadrangle. 225 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 443 feet above sea level.

Anthoston within Henderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Photographs

6 photographs, 1916

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.

Anthoston School which opened September 5th. 54 present out of an enrollment of 62; Census 84. Work is interfering. See photo of school 2 weeks before it opened. Location: Henderson County, Kentucky
Anthoston School which opened September 5th. 54 present out of an enrollment of 62; Census 84. Work is interfering. See photo of school 2 weeks before it opened. Location: Henderson County, Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Anthoston School. A most dilapidated shack; unlocked, open to the weather, windows broken out and furniture knocked about. Opens September 6th. Location: Henderson County, Kentucky
Anthoston School. A most dilapidated shack; unlocked, open to the weather, windows broken out and furniture knocked about. Opens September 6th. Location: Henderson County, Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, attendance 7. Teacher expects 19 to be enrolled after work is over. "Tobacco keeps them out and they are short of hands." Ages of those present: 13 years = 1, 10 years = 2, 8 years = 2, 7 years = 1, 5 years = 1. Location: Henderson County, Kentucky
Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, attendance 7. Teacher expects 19 to be enrolled after work is over. "Tobacco keeps them out and they are short of hands." Ages of those present: 13 years = 1, 10 years = 2, 8 years = 2, 7 years = 1, 5 years = 1. Location: Henderson County, Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, Attendance 7. Teacher expects 19 to be enrolled after work is over. "Tobacco keeps them out and they are short of hands." Ages of those present: 13 years = 1, 10 years = 2, 8 years = 2, 7 years = 1, 5 years = 1. Location: Henderson County, Kentucky
Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, Attendance 7. Teacher expects 19 to be enrolled after work is over. "Tobacco keeps them out and they are short of hands." Ages of those present: 13 years = 1, 10 years = 2, 8 years = 2, 7 years = 1, 5 years = 1. Location: Henderson County, Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, attendance 7. Teacher expects 19 to be enrolled after work is over. "Tobacco keeps them out and they are short of hands." Ages of those present: 13 years = 1, 10 years = 2, 8 years = 2, 7 years = 1, 5 years = 1. Location: Henderson County, Kentucky
Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, attendance 7. Teacher expects 19 to be enrolled after work is over. "Tobacco keeps them out and they are short of hands." Ages of those present: 13 years = 1, 10 years = 2, 8 years = 2, 7 years = 1, 5 years = 1. Location: Henderson County, Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, attendance 7. Teacher expects 19 to be enrolled after work is over. "Tobacco keeps them out and they are short of hands." Ages of those present: 13 years = 1, 10 years = 2, 8 years = 2, 7 years = 1, 5 years = 1. Location: Henderson County, Kentucky
Colored School at Anthoston. Census 27, enrollment 12, attendance 7. Teacher expects 19 to be enrolled after work is over. "Tobacco keeps them out and they are short of hands." Ages of those present: 13 years = 1, 10 years = 2, 8 years = 2, 7 years = 1, 5 years = 1. Location: Henderson County, Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Anthoston between 2011 and 2014, burning about 145 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
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
15 March 2014Recreation and ceremony75 acresKentucky Division of ForestryROBERTS RD.
11 March 2014Recreation and ceremony47 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWINDING TRAIL
20 February 2011Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryDAYTONA FIRE
10 November 2011Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFENCEROW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henderson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anthoston in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Flash FloodAnthoston-Water covered the road on U.S. 41 between mile markers 16 and 17. Two feet of water covered over KY-1299. Radar estimated rainfall was approximately 1.5 inches within 3 hours with an hourly peak around 1 inch. Higher rainfall totals occurred in southeastern and western portions of the county.
February 2019FloodAnthoston-Kentucky Route 2677 was closed due to high water between Highway 136 and Airline Road.

Every storm recorded in Henderson County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Rankin2.6 miles18
Niagara3.8 miles13
Coraville4.1 miles13
Graham Hill4.4 miles18
Weaverton4.6 miles18
Zion4.8 miles14
Finley Addition5.2 miles18
Euterpe5.9 miles13

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 AnthostonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q38249285The 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 485968. 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.