New Castle, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the New Castle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40050. The Survey maps it on the New Castle quadrangle. 884 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 833 feet above sea level.
Research this city
On record in New Castle
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 5 records
Henry County Courthouse, Jail, and Warden's Houselisted 1977- Isham Henderson Houselisted 1987
- New Castle Historic Commercial Districtlisted 2016
- Robert Ricketts Houselisted 1978
- Thomas Smith Houselisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresNew Castle fell from 912 to 884 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 | 912 | |
| 2020 | 884 | -28 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1928 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:48000
- 1932 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of New Castle between 2002 and 2014, burning about 127 acres in total. 1 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 97 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | QUAIL RUN |
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
30 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Castle in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 21 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | New Castle | $10,000 | A car was washed into a stream adjacent to Hillsboro Road two miles northwest of New Castle. Two to three feet of water covered the road. Other roads were flooded and impassable near Pendleton. |
| February 2000 | Flash Flood | New Castle | $10,000 | High school flooded |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | $2,000 | Trees downed in New Castle. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | An area of concentrated tree damage from strong winds was observed along Lagrange Road west of New Castle. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | A tree was reported down in New Castle. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | There were multiple trees reported down at East Cross Main Street. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | There were multiple trees reported down at Lagrange Road. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | A law enforcement official reported several trees down across the county. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | A law enforcement official reported trees down in the area. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | A localized downburst brought a few trees down in New Castle. Local law enforcement reported a few trees toppled along Herndon Lane, as well as Orem and LaGrange Roads. Another tree was reported downed just to the west of New Castle near the intersection of Highway 146 and Sulfur Road. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Trees were blown down county-wide. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Several trees were blown down in the New Castle area. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Large limbs were blown down. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Trees were downed. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | New Castle | - | Flood waters closed Highway 146 near New Castle. |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Trees and power lines down |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Trees were downed along Highway 146 between New Castle and Pendleton. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Several trees knocked down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Trees blown down on Highway 421. Tents were blown down at the Fairgrounds. Report from Henry County Dispatch. |
| April 2017 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Pleasant | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Eminence | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Delville | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bellview | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Smithfield | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bethlehem | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| North Pleasureville | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Franklinton | 6.2 miles | 9 |
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 New Castle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3182061 | 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 499296. 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.





