Pembroke, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Oak Grove-Pembroke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42266. The Survey maps it on the Pembroke quadrangle. 865 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 587 feet above sea level.
On record in Pembroke
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 2 records
- Maplewoodlisted 1979
- St. Elmo Schoollisted 2023
Population over time
2 figuresPembroke fell from 869 to 865 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 | 869 | |
| 2020 | 865 | -4 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1950 USGS Pembroke quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Pembroke quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hopkinsville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Pembroke between 2008 and 2014, burning about 95 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2008 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BAREFOOT |
| 2 October 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 93 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEERE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
35 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pembroke in 35 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 10 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 heavy rain, 4 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pembroke | 1 hurt, $20,000 | In Hopkinsville, a 22-year-old man sustained an arm injury when a tree landed on his moving car on Highway 380. The injury required hospital treatment, but it was not life-threatening. Another tree fell in Pembroke. Power outages were reported. A wind gust to 57 mph was measured along the west bypass in Hopkinsville at 2:57 P.M. CDT. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Pembroke | $100,000 | Barns and sheds were destroyed. Trees were uprooted or broken. Peak winds were estimated near 90 mph. The average path width was 250 yards. |
| May 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Pembroke | $100,000 | A funnel cloud skipped along the ground near the Christian/Todd County line. This was the first of two touchdowns of the same tornado. Along U.S. Highway 68 just inside Christian County, near the Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site, a few sheds and small buildings were unroofed. Numerous trees were blown down. This first touchdown in Christian County was about 1/8 mile long and 100 yards wide. Peak winds were estimated near 80 MPH. About a mile to the east in Todd County, there was a second brief touchdown of this tornado. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pembroke | $70,000 | A 1000-pound factory awning was blown off, carried by the wind approximately 70 yards, and landed on top of several vehicles. A few of the vehicles were destroyed. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pembroke | $50,000 | Three utility poles were broken, and shingles were missing from a roof. |
| July 2004 | Lightning | Pembroke | $50,000 | A historic church built in 1852, the Salem Baptist Church, was destroyed by a lightning-caused fire. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pembroke | $40,000 | Several trees were uprooted across the community. Power lines were knocked down. There were homes with roof damage. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Pembroke | $20,000 | Flash flooding made several roads in Pembroke impassable, including Mason Lane at Highway 115, Spring Street, and south Main Street. Flood waters were just deep enough to get into two homes on East Nashville Street in Pembroke. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pembroke | $10,000 | A few trees and power lines were down. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pembroke | $6,000 | A section of roofing was removed from an attached garage. |
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Pembroke | $4,000 | Several trees or tree limbs were blown down. Minor damage occurred to a home, consisting mainly of gutter damage. The tornado track was mostly across fields. The tornado was photographed near the initial touchdown and was also observed less than one mile from Pembroke. Peak winds were estimated near 75 mph. |
| October 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Pembroke | $4,000 | A damage survey revealed a weak tornado caused a path of intermittent tree damage. Several large tree limbs were blown down, one whole tree was down, and tin was damaged on a couple of barns. Peak winds were estimated near 70 mph. The damage path ended near the junction of Highway 1453 and U.S. Highway 41. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pembroke | $3,000 | A few trees were down. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Pembroke | $3,000 | On the west side of Pembroke, a small creek rose out of its banks and came within four inches of entering a home. The residents were evacuated as a precaution. Running floodwaters crossed a main road into town. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pembroke | $1,000 | no account filed |
| February 2025 | Hail | Pembroke | - | An isolated storm produced hail the size of a nickel as it moved northeast between Pembroke and Hopkinsville. |
| December 2019 | Flash Flood | Pembroke | - | On the northwest side of Hopkinsville near Christian County High School, a city street was closed by high water, and an apartment complex was inaccessible. On the southwest side of Hopkinsville, flooding caused a road closure at the intersection of Highway 695 and a city street. Flooding was reported on U.S. Highway 41 near Pembroke. |
| November 2019 | Flood | Pembroke | - | Up to six inches of water was flowing over U.S. Highway 41 near Pembroke. |
| November 2018 | Flood | Pembroke | - | Water was over Highway 115 in Pembroke. Water was over several city streets in Hopkinsville. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Pembroke | - | This hail occurred at the Pembroke fire station. |
| May 2015 | Heavy Rain | Pembroke | - | A co-operative observer measured 2.33 inches in the past 12 hours. The two-day storm total was 2.88 inches. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Pembroke | - | A trained spotter reported more than one inch of rain in 30 minutes. |
| May 2010 | Heavy Rain | Pembroke | - | Standing water was over a road, and yards were flooded. Water encroached on two houses in town. Creeks were full. |
| June 2009 | Heavy Rain | Pembroke | - | Torrential rains occurred, with an evening rainfall amount of three inches reported by the general public. |
| July 2003 | Heavy Rain | Pembroke | - | Persistent thunderstorms produced heavy rain, estimated as much as 1 to 3 inches over the east and southeast sides of the county. Water was over a local road in the eastern part of the county. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Pembroke | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Pembroke | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Pembroke | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Pembroke | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pembroke | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Pembroke | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Pembroke | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Pembroke | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Pembroke | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Pembroke | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longview | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Edwards Mill (historical) | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Casky | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Fairview | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Elmo | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Masonville | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Fidelio | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Perry (historical) | 7.3 miles | 7 |
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 Pembroke | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q636412 | 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 500368. 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.




