Ekron, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Brandenburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40117. The Survey maps it on the Guston quadrangle. 175 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 656 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresEkron grew from 170 to 175 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 | 170 | |
| 2010 | 135 | -35 (-21%) |
| 2020 | 175 | +40 (+30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1941 USGS Ekron quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Ekron quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Guston quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Guston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Guston quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Ekron between 2001 and 2012, burning about 110 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 ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MEADE-OLIN PARK FIRE |
| 15 April 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ekron in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 10 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Ekron | 10 hurt, $500,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ekron | $10,000 | Power lines were reported down. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ekron | - | A pillar was knocked off of a front porch, and a shed was moved of its foundation. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ekron | - | A tree was blocking two lanes of the road near Farris Road and Shumate Road Crossing. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ekron | - | Trees were down on the 600 block of Smith Road, McCoy Road, and Bright Lane. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ekron | - | There were trees down on power lines. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ekron | - | There were multiple trees down. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ekron | - | Local law enforcement reported several trees and power lines down across central Meade County. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ekron | - | The Meade County emergency manager reported power lines down near Ekron. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ekron | - | Two utility poles were blown down near the intersection of Hwy. 710 and Fred Fackler Rd. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Ekron | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ekron | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Ekron | - | no account filed |
| February 2002 | Hail | Ekron | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnstown (historical) | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Buck Grove | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Guston | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Brandenburg Station | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Midway | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Hillgrove | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Haysville | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Doe Valley | 3.8 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.
| Wikipedia article on Ekron | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2454594 | 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 491600. 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.









