BlockMeadowthorpe, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lexington-Fayette Central census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40511. It stands on Wolf Run. The Survey maps it on the Lexington West quadrangle.
On record in Meadowthorpe
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 9 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lexington Cemetery and Henry Clay Monumentlisted 1976 · 0.6 miles away
Liggett and Meyers Harpring Tobacco Storage Warehouselisted 2013 · 0.8 miles away
James McConnell Houselisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away
William McConnell Houselisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away
Spring Hill Farmlisted 1978 · 0.9 miles away
Douglass Schoollisted 1998 · 0.9 miles away- Moore-Redd-Frazer Houselisted 1976 · 0.9 miles away
- John Bell Houselisted 1983 · 1.0 miles away
- Lexington Veterans Administration Hospitallisted 2012 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1906 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Lexington West quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Lexington West quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Lexington West quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Lexington West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Meadowthorpe: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Tungsten, Barium-Barite, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Vein | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Barite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Semicon Assoc./ Lexington, Ky. | Tungsten | Producer | ||
| Georgetown Road Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lexington Underground No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandersville | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Viley | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Highlands | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Cardinal Valley | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Meadows | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Cardinal Hill | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Holiday Hills | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Northland | 2.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 498001. 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.