Cox Mill, Kentucky

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Hopkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42240. The Survey maps it on the Church Hill quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cox Mill within Christian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

1951 USGS Church Hill quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Church Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Church Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Cox Mill (historical) between 2007 and 2009, burning about 40 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
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Recreation and ceremony	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 August 2007	Railroad operations and maintenance	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
16 August 2007	Recreation and ceremony	25 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
26 April 2009	Railroad operations and maintenance	5.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Christian County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cox Mill (historical): 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Graphite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Pembroke Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Superior Graphite/Hopkinsville, Ky.	Graphite	Unknown
Christian Quarries, Inc.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
U.S. 41a Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Christian 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Church Hill	1.5 miles	9
Merrittstown	2.3 miles	9
West Brook	2.3 miles	9
Canton Pike	2.4 miles	9
Walnut Grove	2.8 miles	9
Belleview (historical)	3.4 miles	9
Newstead	4.3 miles	8
Beverly	4.4 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2742882. 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.

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.