Nebo, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Nebo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42441. The Survey maps it on the Nebo quadrangle. 211 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 404 feet above sea level.
On record in Nebo
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 3 records
Bradford Porter Houselisted 1988- John Cox Houselisted 1988
- Bazle Edmiston Houselisted 1988
Population over time
3 figuresNebo fell from 220 to 211 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 220 | |
| 2010 | 236 | +16 (+7%) |
| 2020 | 211 | -25 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1907 USGS Earlington quadrangle1:48000
- 1909 USGS Earlington quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Earlington quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Nebo quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Nebo between 1997 and 2014, burning about 517 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JOHNSON ISLAND CEM . RD. |
| 7 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 150 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nebo in 19 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2002 | Tornado (F3) | Nebo | $1,800,000 | The tornado crossed into Hopkins County just west-northwest of Nebo, and finally lifted after moving through Hanson. The tornado was rated at F-3 intensity in the Nebo area, where four chicken houses were blown off their foundations. About 45,000 chickens were left in the debris. Damage to one chicken facility was estimated between one and two million dollars. The tornado weakened as it progressed across the county. About 10 to 15 residences were significantly damaged. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Nebo | $270,000 | Flash flooding from the evening of the 15th transitioned to areal flooding early on the 16th. Alternate U.S. 41 near the Webster County line and U.S. 62 near Nortonville continued to flood, along with numerous county roads. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nebo | $60,000 | Multiple trees and power lines were down throughout the county. In Madisonville, where several trees were blown down and telephone poles were leaning, a trained spotter estimated winds gusted around 65 mph. Traffic lights were out at a number of intersections in the city, and signs were blown down. At least a few city streets were blocked by downed trees. A tree crashed onto the roof and front porch of a residence. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nebo | $35,000 | A morning thunderstorm line caused power lines to lean with metal across the road near Nebo. Following the storm line, roughly a third of the county was without power. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nebo | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nebo | $8,000 | Trees were damaged along Highway 41. One tree was across a power line. The trees were estimated at two to three feet in diameter. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nebo | $7,000 | Tree limbs were blown down in parts of central and northern Hopkins County. Several tree limbs were down at Nebo. Large tree limbs were down around the city of Madisonville. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nebo | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nebo | $5,000 | The roof of a rural farm home was damaged. Numerous shingles were blown off. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nebo | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nebo | $2,000 | Large branches were blown down. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Nebo | - | Flash flooding closed Alternate U.S. 41 near the Webster County line. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nebo | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 mph at mile marker 10 on U.S. Highway 41A. |
| July 2016 | Flood | Nebo | - | Ponding of water was reported on U.S. Highway 41A in and around Nebo. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Nebo | - | About 20 homes in Nortonville were evacuated when floodwaters approached. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nebo | - | Several trees were down over the north half of the county. |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Nebo | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Nebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Nebo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coiltown | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Yarbro | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Colitown Junction | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Manitou | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Johnson Island (historical) | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Veazey | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Oakley Home (historical) | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Mitchell Hill | 6.0 miles | 14 |
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 Nebo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2564559 | 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 499206. 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.
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.







