Bremen, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Bremen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42325. The Survey maps it on the Central City West quadrangle. 172 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresBremen fell from 365 to 172 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 | 365 | |
| 2010 | 197 | -168 (-46%) |
| 2020 | 172 | -25 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1909 USGS Central City quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Central City West quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Central City West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Central City West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Bremen between 1997 and 2019, burning about 164 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FURLOUGHWEEN |
| 23 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HEN HOUSE |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
35 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bremen in 35 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 5 funnel cloud, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $150,000 | A microburst containing estimated winds up to 85 mph struck near Bremen. The microburst was up to 1200 yards wide and four miles long. At least seven homes sustained minor damage, including loss of shingles or siding. At least seven barns or sheds lost siding or metal roofing panels. Dozens of trees were uprooted or lost limbs. A couple homes were damaged by fallen trees. Several power poles and lines were downed. The damage was mainly along and north of Highway 70. |
| November 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Bremen | $100,000 | One tobacco barn was levelled, and two others sustained major damage. Part of the tobacco barn was blown several hundred yards to the southeast and then arcing eastward. Plank projectiles from the tobacco barn were embedded in the siding of a shed. At least five other barns sustained minor roof or siding damage. A pickup truck attached to a loaded trailer was shifted about a foot. A half dozen homes lost some shingles. Dozens of trees were uprooted or lost large limbs. The tornado began just west of Highway 181 and ended just east of Highway 2584. The damage was most extensive in the area of Highway 181. Peak winds were estimated near 90 mph. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $50,000 | A roof was completely ripped off a house and garage along Highway 181. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down across the county. One of the hardest hit areas was Greenville, where about two dozen trees were down, including one on a house and one on a trailer. A few buildings were damaged in the Graham area. There were many downed power lines. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $30,000 | A barn was totally destroyed along Fairview Road. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew part of a roof off a home. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $25,000 | Extensive tree damage was reported along Shavers Drive near Bremen. Some tree limbs were driven into the roofs of outbuildings. Tree damage also occurred nearby along Highway 181 and on Park Street in Bremen. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $25,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in and near Bremen. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $10,000 | About a dozen trees were blown down in the Bremen area. One of the trees fell on a house. A few trees fell on power lines. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $7,000 | Trees were down just south of South Carrollton. There were reports of widespread tree damage across the northern half of the county, including Graham and Bremen. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $6,000 | A few trees were blown down in Bremen, including one that landed on a power line. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $6,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were down in Central City and Bremen. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $5,000 | A tree fell on a trailer in Bremen. Across much of the remainder of the county, especially from Central City north, small tree limbs were down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $5,000 | At least a couple of small to medium size trees were blown down, including one that was across a road. A metal roof was blown off a garage east of Bremen. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $2,000 | The public reported tree damage to a garage. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | Small tree limbs were broken. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Bremen | - | Golf ball size hail fell from Bremen eastward to the Green River, including areas along U.S. Highway 431 north of Central City. This hail fell from the same storm that produced the funnel cloud along the Western Kentucky Parkway northwest through north of Greenville. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | A few smaller trees were blown down. |
| March 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Bremen | - | A funnel cloud was reported along State Highway 181 North. |
| May 2012 | Heavy Rain | Bremen | - | Water was over a state road. The state highway department was called to assess the situation. |
| June 2009 | Heavy Rain | Bremen | - | A spotter measured 1.14 inches of rain in less than an hour. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | Four trees about a foot in diameter were blown down across roadways. |
| June 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Bremen | - | A funnel cloud moved southeast from Bremen to Central City. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| February 2012 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| February 2012 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Bremen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn City | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Gishton | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Jagoe | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Millport | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| McDonalds (historical) | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Midland | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Briar Creek | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Moorman | 4.2 miles | 13 |
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 Bremen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q907410 | 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 487858. 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.







