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Fredonia, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Fredonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42411. It stands on Sinking Fork Livingston Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fredonia quadrangle. 372 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 427 feet above sea level.

Fredonia within Caldwell County

On record in Fredonia

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Fredonia fell from 401 to 372 between 2010 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.

YearPeople Change
2010401
2020372-29 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

10 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Fredonia between 1999 and 2016, burning about 48 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2016Recreation and ceremony15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryR WHITE ROAD
29 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 March 2009Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 November 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 November 2011Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCRAYNE CEM. RD.
8 October 1999Smoking6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caldwell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Fredonia: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fredonia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pigmy MineFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Tabb Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BariteProducer1903
Western Kentucky DistrictFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, SilverPast Producer1914
Blue MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Eva Tanguay MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Lafayette MineFluorine-Fluorite, ZincPast Producer1888, 1900
Marble GroupFluorine-Fluorite, ZincProspectUnderground
Vinson DepositFluorine-Fluorite, ZincProspect1962
Beavers Fluorite ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Caldwell County

Storms near this place

15 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fredonia in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1995Tornado (F2)Fredonia$500,000The damage path began in extreme southern Crittenden County two miles south of Frances, and it ended four miles east of Fredonia in Caldwell County. The track was through sparsely populated farm country, so damage figures were relatively low for such a long track tornado. At each of five farmsteads in the direct path of the tornado, farm buildings were destroyed. Destroyed farm buildings included hen houses, hog sheds, several barns, and storage sheds. The worst damage, apparently of F2 intensity, occurred at a farm one mile south of Fredonia. About $250,000 damage occurred at this farmstead alone, where a 70 foot tall concrete silo was sheared in two. Elsewhere along the track, barns were flattened, a garage was turned sideways, and a roof was lifted off a house. Scraps of building debris were blown over a mile. A storage building at an appliance store was moved 20 to 30 feet, exposing new appliances for sale. At one residence, a child was moved off its bed moments before a 2x4 blew through the window into the child's bedroom. Damage to outdoor objects and equipment was extensive. A 1,000 gallon tank was blown away, and grain bins were moved. Fences and satellite dishes were destroyed. Damage to expensive farm equipment, such as combines and hay balers, was moderate. Along wooded sections of the damage path, every tree was snapped or uprooted. Utility poles were snapped or blown over.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindFredonia$25,000Widespread damaging wind gusts from 60 to 70 mph raked parts of Caldwell County. The mesonet site two miles southeast of Princeton measured a wind gust to 67 mph. A trained spotter in Princeton estimated gusts to 65 mph. Near Fredonia, two barn roofs were blown off, blocking County Road 902 East. On Highway 293 north of Princeton, a carport was blown down, and windows were blown out of a building.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindFredonia$5,000Trees were blown down.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindFredonia$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines at Princeton and Fredonia.
January 1996Thunderstorm WindFredonia$4,000no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindFredonia$2,000Large branches were broken.
February 2023Flash FloodFredonia-Kentucky Route 91 was closed between Princeton and Fredonia due to flooding. A rainfall total of 2.51 inches was reported at Princeton for the 24-hour period.
March 2023HailFredonia-Quarter-size hail was reported by the public and relayed through a local tv station.
June 2016FloodFredonia-A couple of inches of water was over Highway 91.
March 2008FloodFredonia-Water was over many roads, but no closures were reported.
June 1998HailFredonia-Numerous occurrences of golf ball size hail were reported in northern Caldwell County.
September 2023HailFredonia-no account filed
November 2013HailFredonia-no account filed
April 2006HailFredonia-no account filed
October 2006Heavy RainFredonia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Caldwell 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Livingston (historical)1.5 miles18
Bakers2.0 miles18
Hickory Grove2.2 miles18
Enon4.7 miles14
Flat Rock5.1 miles15
Crider5.6 miles15
White Sulphur7.5 miles15
Farmersville7.9 miles15

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 FredoniaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2788324The 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 492485. 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.

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.