Gracey, Kentucky

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Hopkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42232. The Survey maps it on the Gracey quadrangle. 117 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 509 feet above sea level.

Gracey within Christian County

Population over time

2 figures

Gracey fell from 138 to 117 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.

Year	People	Change
2010	138
2020	117	-21 (-15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 6 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.

1953 USGS Gracey quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Gracey quadrangle1:24000
1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Gracey between 2007 and 2010, burning about 234 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	4
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
23 September 2008	Railroad operations and maintenance	153 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	LONG
21 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	45 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	QUAIL
8 August 2007	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
24 August 2007	Railroad operations and maintenance	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
9 October 2010	Railroad operations and maintenance	25 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	I-24 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Christian County

Storms near this place

35 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gracey in 35 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 heavy rain, 3 funnel cloud. The reports record 22 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
April 2006	Tornado (F3)	Gracey	22 hurt, $35,000,000	The tornado formed from a long-track supercell that originated in southeast Missouri near Poplar Bluff. The tornado began less than two miles from the Trigg County line with an east-southeast movement, then curved slightly left before crossing Highway 91. The tornado moved east-northeast across central Christian County, passing less than four miles north of downtown Hopkinsville, before crossing into Todd County less than a mile north of Pilot Rock. Near the beginning of the damage path, a church was levelled. Across the county, 91 homes were destroyed, and another 171 homes sustained varying degrees of damage. Several people were pulled from the debris of their homes during a door-to-door search that lasted into the next morning. Of the 22 people directly injured by the tornado, 17 were checked in at the local hospital, and five were transferred to regional hospitals. Another ten or so people received injuries not directly inflicted by the tornado, such as driving into fallen trees. None of the injuries, which consisted mostly of cuts, bruises, and fractures, were considered life-threatening. Numerous garages, barns, and outbuildings were destroyed. Some vehicles were damaged or destroyed. Hundreds of trees were downed, snapped, or uprooted. Power was out to most of the city of Hopkinsville for about six hours as a result of downed steel towers that carry primary transmission lines. Peak winds were estimated near 185 MPH. The average path width was 500 yards. It should be noted that the initial tornado reformed or reorganized about 7 miles northeast of Hopkinsville, leaving a break in the tornado path less than a mile long. Downburst wind damage occurred both north and south of the area where the tornado reorganized, resulting in a two-mile wide swath of damage along Highway 107. The webcam at the local hospital captured the tornado as it passed north of downtown Hopkinsville.
February 2011	Tornado (EF2)	Gracey	$600,000	Several barns were levelled, and several grain bins were destroyed. A grain bin was carried over two-thirds of a mile. One of the destroyed barns was 20 by 150 feet. There were some homes with primarily roof damage or loss of shingles. Windows were blown out. Dozens of trees were uprooted or snapped. At least ten power poles were snapped, and debris and electrical lines were across roads. State Route 91 was closed for an extended period of time. The tornado lifted as it crossed Highway 109 just a couple of miles northwest of Hopkinsville. Peak winds were estimated near 115 mph. The average path width was 225 yards.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Gracey	$80,000	no account filed
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Gracey	$50,000	A wind gust to 55 knots was measured by automated observing equipment at Fort Campbell. A seven-mile stretch of Kentucky Highway 117 was closed due to multiple trees and power lines across it.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Gracey	$30,000	Trees were down on a vehicle and on power lines.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Gracey	$30,000	Trees were down, blocking roadways. Very large tree limbs fell on a house. Power outages were reported.
July 2016	Flash Flood	Gracey	$10,000	Flash flooding was reported throughout the county. Several roads were flooded. At least one road was closed due to a washout. A countywide state of emergency was declared by county government officials.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Gracey	$10,000	A wind gust to 68 MPH was measured at the Hopkinsville Midtown Medical Center, where some trees were down. Numerous trees and power lines were down in Gracey.
January 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Gracey	$10,000	A carport roof was blown off.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Gracey	$7,000	A wind gust to 72 mph was measured. The roof was peeled back on a mobile home in the immediate area.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Gracey	$5,000	Numerous large trees and power lines were down. A rural road was impassable by vehicle. Several mainly small farm buildings received roof damage.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Gracey	$1,000	Wind gusts to near 65 mph were estimated by the public. At least one tree was blown down.
March 2025	Hail	Gracey	-	Hail up to the size of quarters fell southeast of Gracey.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Gracey	-	Measured wind gust at Gracey as a line of storms moved eastward into Christian County.
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Gracey	-	The wind gust was measured on Highway 68 on the Trigg County line.
March 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Gracey	-	Two separate spotters measured a wind gust to 61 mph on Highway 68/80 near the Trigg County line.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Gracey	-	Scattered wind gusts around 60 mph were reported north and west of Hopkinsville. A wind gust to 60 mph was measured by a trained spotter along U.S. Highway 68 near the Trigg County line. At the Kentucky mesonet site six miles north of Hopkinsville, a wind gust to 61 mph was measured.
November 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Gracey	-	A wind gust to 59 mph was measured.
April 2015	Heavy Rain	Gracey	-	A storm-total rainfall of 2.56 inches was reported within the past 24 hours.
August 2015	Heavy Rain	Gracey	-	A trained spotter reported minor street flooding. Within a three-hour period, the spotter measured 2.65 inches of rain.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Gracey	-	Small and medium-size tree limbs were blown down by a wind gust measured at 59 mph.
June 2013	Flood	Gracey	-	Some street flooding and flooding of fields was reported in Gracey.
February 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Gracey	-	A trained spotter estimated a wind gust to 70 mph.
February 2012	Heavy Rain	Gracey	-	Near Gracey, flooded ditches were overflowing onto roads. A few miles northwest of Hopkinsville, water was over Highway 109. Radar indicated nearly two inches of rain had fallen.
February 2012	Funnel Cloud	Gracey	-	The funnel cloud was reported by a trained spotter north of the intersection of U.S. Highway 68 and Highway 3186.
March 2012	Heavy Rain	Gracey	-	Total rainfall of 3.83 inches was recorded.
April 2011	Flash Flood	Gracey	-	Three to four feet of water was across the main street in Gracey. The road was impassable.
September 2009	Funnel Cloud	Gracey	-	An off-duty meteorologist spotted a cold air funnel cloud while travelling on Interstate 24 west of Hopkinsville.
April 2006	Hail	Gracey	-	Quarter size hail covered the ground at Gracey. West and northwest of Hopkinsville, hail was from nickel to quarter size. The largest reported hail was golf ball size about three miles west of Hopkinsville.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Gracey	-	Trees were blown down in parts of Christian County, including the Gracey and Hopkinsville areas.
May 2000	Funnel Cloud	Gracey	-	A funnel cloud moved southeast from the Trigg County line across western Christian County. The funnel cloud was observed from Gracey to Herndon in Christian County. The most significant feature of this storm was flash-flood producing rain.
January 1999	Hail	Gracey	-	Dime size hail occurred in western Christian County.
May 2015	Hail	Gracey	-	no account filed
February 2012	Hail	Gracey	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Gracey	-	no account filed

Every storm 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
Julien	3.1 miles	8
Belleview (historical)	3.9 miles	9
Sinking Fork	5.1 miles	8
Walnut Grove	5.2 miles	9
Merrittstown	5.3 miles	9
Newstead	5.7 miles	8
Canton Pike	6.7 miles	9
Church Hill	7.1 miles	9

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 Gracey	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5591486	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 493072. 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.