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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.

Midway within Woodford County

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

Every listing in Woodford County

Population over time

2 figures

Midway 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,641
20201,718+77 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

Photographs

8 of 11 photographs shown, 2020

Taken 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.

View of downtown Midway, Kentucky, a village of 1,500 or so people in the Mid-South U.S. state of Kentucky, in which train tracks bisect the main street
View of downtown Midway, Kentucky, a village of 1,500 or so people in the Mid-South U.S. state of Kentucky, in which train tracks bisect the main street
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Antiques shop in Midway, Kentucky, a village of 1,500 or so people in the Mid-South U.S. state of Kentucky
Antiques shop in Midway, Kentucky, a village of 1,500 or so people in the Mid-South U.S. state of Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Entrance to Darlin' Jean's Apple Cobbler Cafe in the little town of Midway, Kentucky
Entrance to Darlin' Jean's Apple Cobbler Cafe in the little town of Midway, Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
A suble mixture of hard work, cultivated leisure, and a gentle nature are trademarks of Kentuckians such as arborist Joel Dean Damron and his wife, local store manager Jill Giles, relaxing on a swing beneath a walnut grove beside their cottage home in tiny Midway, Kentucky, population 350 or so
A suble mixture of hard work, cultivated leisure, and a gentle nature are trademarks of Kentuckians such as arborist Joel Dean Damron and his wife, local store manager Jill Giles, relaxing on a swing beneath a walnut grove beside their cottage home in tiny Midway, Kentucky, population 350 or so
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Large house in Midway, Kentucky, a village of 1,500 or so people in the Mid-South U.S. state of Kentucky
Large house in Midway, Kentucky, a village of 1,500 or so people in the Mid-South U.S. state of Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Crittenden Rawlins, Critt Rawlins's tiny clothing store in the small town of Midway, Kentucky, attracts a worldwide clientele, unlike many big-name retailers that folded or downsized in early 20th Century
Crittenden Rawlins, Critt Rawlins's tiny clothing store in the small town of Midway, Kentucky, attracts a worldwide clientele, unlike many big-name retailers that folded or downsized in early 20th Century
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Commercial block in Midway, a town of about 350 people between Lexington and the state capital, Frankfort, in Kentucky
Commercial block in Midway, a town of about 350 people between Lexington and the state capital, Frankfort, in Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Home in Midway, Kentucky, a village of 1,500 or so people in the Mid-South U.S. state of Kentucky
Home in Midway, Kentucky, a village of 1,500 or so people in the Mid-South U.S. state of Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Woodford County

Storms near this place

16 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1995Thunderstorm WindMidway$50,000Trees down, many houses damaged with one or two roofs blown off reported by Woodford County police.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindMidway-Large trees snapped and were uprooted in the Midway cemetery.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMidway-A tree was blocking Georgetown Road and Mckinney Avenue.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindMidway-Trees were reported down in Midway.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindMidway-Multiple trees were reported down in different areas of Midway.
December 2013Thunderstorm WindMidway-The county emergency manager reported that many trees were downed in Woodford County, with a concentration along Old Frankfort Pike and Midway Road.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMidway-The Woodford County Emergency Manager reported several trees blocking State Highway 62 near Midway. Power was out to much of Midway.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindMidway-Two trees were downed.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMidway-Trees were blown down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMidway-Trees were down, one was blocking a road. Report from Woodford County Dispatch.
March 2012HailMidway-no account filed
November 2002HailMidway-no account filed
April 2001HailMidway-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindMidway-no account filed
August 1996HailMidway-no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindMidway-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Woodford 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Davistown1.8 miles12
Sodom (historical)1.9 miles12
Nugent Crossroads2.1 miles11
Wallace2.1 miles11
Faywood4.0 miles11
Bonita4.7 miles11
McKees Crossroads5.3 miles11
Duckers5.4 miles17

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 MidwayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2619599The 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.