Nealton, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Keene census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40356. It lies near Catnip Hill. The Survey maps it on the Nicholasville quadrangle.
On record in Nealton
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 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Woodlandlisted 1984 · 0.9 miles away- James O'Neal Houselisted 1985 · 0.3 miles away
- William C. Lowry Houselisted 1984 · 0.5 miles away
- George O'Neal Houselisted 1985 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1905 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Nicholasville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Nicholasville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Nicholasville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Nealton in 2014, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NEELY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nealton: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Quarry Company | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc | Producer | ||
| Miss Kate | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keene | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cobbs Service Station (historical) | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Catnip | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Lexington Park (historical) | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Dixon Town | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Wilmore Park (historical) | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Brannon | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Nicholasville | 4.2 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122569190 | 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 516987. 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.







