BlockJimtown, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Springfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40069. It lies near Cemetery Hill. The Survey maps it on the Springfield quadrangle.
On record in Jimtown
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.
Covington Institute Teachers' Residencelisted 1983 · 1.0 miles away- Springfield Graded Schoollisted 1989 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jimtown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nally & Gibson Springfield | Limestone, General | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jimtown in 1 storm report in 2008: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Jimtown | $60,000 | The tornado touched down on Pleasant Drive about two miles southeast of Springfield. It was embedded within an area of straight-line wind damage. The tornado blew the roof off a house, and threw it about 125 yards downwind. Several pine trees were snapped and small outbuildings were destroyed. A 14 inch diameter pine tree was snapped and moved about 45 yards downwind as well. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Briartown | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Oakland (historical) | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Rineltown | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Simstown | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Catharine | 3.7 miles | 7 | |
| Cisselville | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Texas | 5.3 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 495280. 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.
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.