Maysville, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Maysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41056. It stands on Goose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maysville East quadrangle. 8,873 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 541 feet above sea level.
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On record in Maysville
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 12 of 24 shown
128 Market Streetlisted 1982
Armstrong Rowlisted 1984
Courthouse Square and Mechanics' Row Historic Districtlisted 1975
Cox Building, Thelisted 2011
Cox-Hord Houselisted 1978
Lee Houselisted 1977
Maysville Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 2017
Maysville-Aberdeen Bridgelisted 1983
Newdigate-Reed Houselisted 1975
Old Library Buildinglisted 1974
Henry Perviance Peers Houselisted 1998
Phillips' Follylisted 1978
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Russell Theater, 9 East Third Street, Maysvillefederal building survey, 2 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresMaysville fell from 9,011 to 8,873 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 | 9,011 | |
| 2020 | 8,873 | -138 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Springdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Maysville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Maysville East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Maysville East quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
8 of 39 photographs shown, 2020Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Mason County
Fires near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Maysville between 1999 and 2014, burning about 7 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Maysville: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabin Creek Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Maysville Kiln | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Buckeye Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Franfort Mtls. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Maysville Dredging, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
47 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maysville in 47 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 29 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 5 flash flood, 3 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Maysville | $750,000 | Five to seven inches of rain produced widespread flash flooding across Mason County. Several homes were damaged by rushing water, including one home that was washed off its foundation along State Route 11 east of Maysville. About 60 vehicles were washed away from an auto sales lot in Maysville. Numerous roads across the area also sustained damaged due to the rushing water. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F3) | Maysville | $500,000 | The tornado touched down to the southeast of Maysville, continuing east-southeast into Lewis County. The greatest damage occurred in the Heron Hill area in western Lewis County. Seventeen people were injured in Lewis County. 21 homes were destroyed, 10 homes sustained major damage and 17 homes received minor damage. Numerous barns, buildings and garages were also damaged or destroyed. The tornado appeared to skip across parts of Mason and Lewis Counties. Tornado damage ended four miles to the southeast of Vanceburg. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $50,000 | The damage surveyed consisted of a large limb on a car and a large limb on a house. There was also major damage to one building where the high winds produced a large hold in the side of the building. In another area of town, a tree was blown down onto a car and a power pole snapped in half and fell onto a car. Several large limbs were blown down on the railroad tracks. In addition, the weight room at the Mason County School football field was damaged. All the damage surveyed in these locations indicated straight line wind damage. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Maysville | $20,000 | One car was washed away and four cars were washed out of a parking lot nearby due to heavy rainfall. People were also trapped on the 2nd floor of an apartment building. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $20,000 | A microburst tore a metal roof off a barn and uprooted several trees. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $15,000 | A large tree was knocked down through a house. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $15,000 | A roof was ripped off of an apartment building due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Maysville | $15,000 | Numerous roads were closed due to high water. Some families were evacuated from their homes in eastern portions of the county. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $10,000 | An 84 Lumber building along US Routes 62 and 68 had aluminum siding blown out in two spots. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $8,000 | Numerous trees were knocked down and siding was off of a house due to damaging thunderstorm winds. A roof was also taken off a barn due to the winds. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $8,000 | A barn had its roof peeled off. Trees were also downed in the area. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $6,000 | Trees and power lines were downed across the county. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $5,000 | Several trees down. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $5,000 | Trees downed. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Maysville | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm formed over Pendleton County during the early morning hours of March 23rd, then moved east. Dime size hail was reported in Milford (Bracken County) and Sardis (Robertson County). Nickel size hail was reported in Falmouth (Pendleton County), and golfball size hail fell in Maysville (Mason County). |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $4,000 | Several trees were blown down in the city of Maysville. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $3,000 | Numerous branches up to six inches in diameter were knocked down in Maysville, including a large tree that fell on Jersey Ridge Road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $3,000 | Trees were knocked down in Maysville. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $3,000 | Several trees were knocked down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $3,000 | Many large limbs downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $2,000 | Several trees were reported down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $2,000 | Two trees were downed, both blocking roads. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $2,000 | Two trees were downed along State Route 8. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $2,000 | Large limbs were downed. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $1,000 | A large tree was knocked down in the Maysville/Mason County Cemetery. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $1,000 | A tree was downed. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $1,000 | A few large limbs were downed in Maysville due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Maysville | $1,000 | High water was over roads in Maysville due to heavy rainfall. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Maysville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| January 2023 | Flood | Maysville | - | High water was reported on several roads in the Maysville and Orangeburg areas. |
| February 2021 | Flood | Maysville | - | High water was reported over Orangeburg Road. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Maysville | - | Several roads across Mason County remained closed due to high water. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | - | Pea size hail was also reported. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | - | The spotter estimated the wind gust. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | - | A few trees and power lines were downed. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Maysville | - | Two roads were flooded in town. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Maysville | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Maysville | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Maysville | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Maysville | - | no account filed |
| November 2002 | Hail | Maysville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Maysville | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Maysville | - | no account filed |
Newspapers printed here
62,602 digitised pages8 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 15,519 issues, 62,602 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| Daily Public Ledger | 1892 to 191? |
| The Dollar Weekly Bulletin | 1862 to 1864 |
| Daily Evening Bulletin | 1881 to 1882 |
| Evening Bulletin | 1882 to 1883 |
| The Public Ledger | 1913 to 1968 |
| Maysville Weekly Bulletin | 1864 to 1866 |
| Daily Evening Bulletin | 1883 to 1887 |
| The Evening Bulletin | 1887 to 1905 |
What the paper printed
146,483 wordsFront pages of the local paper, read from the Library of Congress scans: 45 issues spread across its run from 1862 to 1922, 146,483 words in total. Each is reproduced on its own page, exactly as the recogniser returned it.
These pages read less well than anything else here, and the number is worth stating: about three words in four come through cleanly, against nine in ten for the building records. An 1896 broadsheet sets eight-point type in seven columns on microfilm, which is the hardest thing in this archive to read by machine. We tested our own recognisers against the Library's and they were not better, so the Library's text is what appears, with the wholly unreadable columns removed. Read it as a guide to what the paper covered, and follow the link to the scan before quoting anything.
| Issue | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1864-05-06 | Maysville Weekly Bulletin | 6,356 words |
| 1864-06-09 | Maysville Weekly Bulletin | 980 words |
| 1864-07-14 | Maysville Weekly Bulletin | 5,094 words |
| 1864-08-11 | Maysville Weekly Bulletin | 5,594 words |
| 1864-09-15 | Maysville Weekly Bulletin | 5,060 words |
| 1864-10-27 | Maysville Weekly Bulletin | 506 words |
| 1914-01-05 | The Public Ledger | 1,643 words |
| 1914-03-17 | The Public Ledger | 961 words |
| 1914-05-28 | The Public Ledger | 755 words |
| 1914-08-08 | The Public Ledger | 1,397 words |
| 1914-10-20 | The Public Ledger | 1,882 words |
| 1922-12-30 | The Public Ledger | 2,899 words |
| 1892-04-06 | Daily Public Ledger | 3,970 words |
| 1892-05-31 | Daily Public Ledger | 4,868 words |
| 1892-07-23 | Daily Public Ledger | 4,771 words |
| 1892-09-15 | Daily Public Ledger | 1,230 words |
| 1892-11-07 | Daily Public Ledger | 2,997 words |
| 1912-12-20 | Daily Public Ledger | 2,244 words |
| 1862-06-19 | The Dollar Weekly Bulletin | 6,072 words |
| 1862-07-24 | The Dollar Weekly Bulletin | 5,857 words |
| 1862-09-04 | The Dollar Weekly Bulletin | 3,487 words |
| 1862-10-16 | The Dollar Weekly Bulletin | 6,598 words |
| 1864-04-28 | The Dollar Weekly Bulletin | 6,362 words |
| 1881-11-30 | Daily Evening Bulletin | 1,389 words |
| 1881-12-08 | Daily Evening Bulletin | 1,077 words |
| 1881-12-15 | Daily Evening Bulletin | 1,342 words |
| 1881-12-24 | Daily Evening Bulletin | 1,378 words |
| 1882-02-17 | Daily Evening Bulletin | 1,224 words |
| 1882-02-18 | Evening Bulletin | 1,462 words |
| 1882-04-22 | Evening Bulletin | 1,647 words |
| 1882-06-24 | Evening Bulletin | 1,264 words |
| 1882-08-26 | Evening Bulletin | 1,711 words |
| 1882-10-28 | Evening Bulletin | 1,279 words |
| 1883-03-24 | Evening Bulletin | 1,734 words |
| 1883-03-26 | Daily Evening Bulletin | 3,571 words |
| 1883-05-21 | Daily Evening Bulletin | 3,654 words |
| 1883-07-17 | Daily Evening Bulletin | 4,640 words |
| 1883-09-10 | Daily Evening Bulletin | 4,410 words |
| 1883-11-05 | Daily Evening Bulletin | 4,453 words |
| 1887-11-02 | The Evening Bulletin | 4,987 words |
| 1887-11-14 | The Evening Bulletin | 5,535 words |
| 1887-11-25 | The Evening Bulletin | 4,128 words |
| 1887-12-08 | The Evening Bulletin | 5,203 words |
| 1887-12-20 | The Evening Bulletin | 5,032 words |
| 1904-12-31 | The Evening Bulletin | 3,780 words |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bates (historical) | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Country Club Heights | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Shawnee Hill (historical) | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Somo | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Simon Kenton Acres (historical) | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Old Washington | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Moranburg | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Springdale | 4.2 miles | 12 |
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 Maysville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q478393 | 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 517025. 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.









