Midway, Kentucky
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Midway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40347. It stands on Lee Branch. The Survey maps it on the Midway quadrangle. 1,718 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 827 feet above sea level.
On record in Midway
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 20 shown
Alexander Plantation Houselisted 1983
Martyrs Monument in Midwaylisted 1997
Midway Historic Districtlisted 1978- Ayres Houselisted 1994
- Big Sink Rural Historic Districtlisted 1994
- Edward M. Blackburn Houselisted 1985
- Richard Cole Homesteadlisted 1994
- Cooper Houselisted 1994
- Elkwoodlisted 1994
- John Graham Houselisted 1978
- Leavy Tobacco Barnlisted 1994
- Nugent's Crossroad Historic Districtlisted 1994
Population over time
2 figuresMidway grew from 1,641 to 1,718 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 | 1,641 | |
| 2020 | 1,718 | +77 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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
- 1952 USGS Midway quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Midway quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
8 of 11 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 Woodford County
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midway in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | $50,000 | Trees down, many houses damaged with one or two roofs blown off reported by Woodford County police. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | Large trees snapped and were uprooted in the Midway cemetery. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | A tree was blocking Georgetown Road and Mckinney Avenue. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | Trees were reported down in Midway. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | Multiple trees were reported down in different areas of Midway. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | The county emergency manager reported that many trees were downed in Woodford County, with a concentration along Old Frankfort Pike and Midway Road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | The Woodford County Emergency Manager reported several trees blocking State Highway 62 near Midway. Power was out to much of Midway. |
| December 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | Two trees were downed. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | Trees were blown down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | Trees were down, one was blocking a road. Report from Woodford County Dispatch. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Midway | - | no account filed |
| November 2002 | Hail | Midway | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Midway | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Midway | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davistown | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Sodom (historical) | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Nugent Crossroads | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Wallace | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Faywood | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bonita | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| McKees Crossroads | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Duckers | 5.4 miles | 17 |
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 Midway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2619599 | 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 498164. 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.
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.






