Curry, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Harrodsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40330. The Survey maps it on the Harrodsburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Curry within Mercer County

On record in Curry

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.

McGee Houselisted 1989 · 0.7 miles away
Boise Houselisted 1989 · 0.9 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1905 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1952 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:24000
1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Curry (historical) in 2019, burning about 78 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
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
3 October 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	78 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	CHINN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mercer County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Curry (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Harrodsburg Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Mercer County Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Mercer 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
Jackson	0.7 miles	14
Dunnlora (historical)	2.2 miles	14
McGary Station (historical)	2.2 miles	14
Talmage	2.4 miles	14
Bohon	2.6 miles	11
McAfee	2.6 miles	14
Stringtown	3.8 miles	14
Braxton	3.9 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2566030. 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.