BlockCadentown, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lexington-Fayette Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40509. The Survey maps it on the Lexington East quadrangle.
On record in Cadentown
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Cadentown Schoollisted 2006 · 0.2 miles away- Williamson Price Houselisted 1979 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1927 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Lexington East quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Lexington East quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Lexington East quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Lexington East quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cadentown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semicon Assoc./ Lexington, Ky. | Tungsten | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cadentown in 12 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Cadentown | $30,000 | The media reported that several feet of water flooded Polo Club Drive southeast of Lexington. Three cars became stranded with water up past their bumpers. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadentown | $10,000 | A broadcast media meteorologist relayed a report of trees downs on a house on Woodward Lane. The fallen tree also brought down nearby power lines. |
| September 2014 | Flood | Cadentown | $5,000 | A Fayette County official relayed a report of a car stalled in the flooded intersection of Pink Pigeon Parkway and Star Shoot Parkway. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadentown | $5,000 | The public reported a large tree limb fell and damaged a car at the intersection of Liberty Road and Fortune Drive. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadentown | - | There were multiple trees down near Andover Hill. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadentown | - | Trees were down at the intersection of Hume Road and Ami Lane. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadentown | - | A tree fell on Pheasant Run and Autumn Ridge Drive. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadentown | - | The local emergency manager reported trees down in several locations just to the southeast of Lexington. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadentown | - | A tree fell across a power line on Hidden Springs Drive, located just southeast of Lexington. Nearby at the same time, trees fell alongside of Greenwich Pike near Russell Cave Road. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadentown | - | Trees were downed near Lexington. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Cadentown | - | Eight to nine inches of water was flowing over Todd Road, Forrest Hills Drive and McFarland Lane. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Cadentown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Idle Hour | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Walnut Hill | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Eastland Park | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Fairway | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Liberty Heights | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Ashland Park | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Dixie Plantation | 2.8 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122565978 | 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 488576. 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.
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.