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Plano, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Woodburn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42104. The Survey maps it on the Bowling Green South quadrangle. 1,223 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Plano within Warren County

Population over time

2 figures

Plano grew from 1,117 to 1,223 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
20101,117
20201,223+106 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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 photographs, 1916

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.

Conrad Elrod, R 3, hoeing strawberries.  Location: Warren County--Plano, Kentucky
Conrad Elrod, R 3, hoeing strawberries. Location: Warren County--Plano, Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Jo Oliphant, R.D. 3, Bowling Green, holding stick for tobacco cutters on father's farm. "I go to school some and am out some." Plano School.  Location: Warren County--Bowling Green, Kentucky
Jo Oliphant, R.D. 3, Bowling Green, holding stick for tobacco cutters on father's farm. "I go to school some and am out some." Plano School. Location: Warren County--Bowling Green, Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Harold Oliphant, 11 years old, driving the "double-shovel"--cultivating corn. Goes to Plano School--been to school only part of past 5 weeks when not working. Father, W.B. Oliphant, Box 138, Bowling Green, Ky. Said to own several hundred acres.  Location: Warren County--Bowling Green, Kentucky
Harold Oliphant, 11 years old, driving the "double-shovel"--cultivating corn. Goes to Plano School--been to school only part of past 5 weeks when not working. Father, W.B. Oliphant, Box 138, Bowling Green, Ky. Said to own several hundred acres. Location: Warren County--Bowling Green, Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Willie Welch, 15 years old, R.D. 3, Box 89, Bowling Green, worming tobacco. Goes to old Union School near Plano (?). Will start school next week (6 weeks late) He works for Jasper Harper, R. 3, Box 90, Bowling Green. Jasper is 21 years old and has 13 acres in tobacco. Gives half the tobacco for rent. Father is a tenant.  Location: Warren County, Kentucky
Willie Welch, 15 years old, R.D. 3, Box 89, Bowling Green, worming tobacco. Goes to old Union School near Plano (?). Will start school next week (6 weeks late) He works for Jasper Harper, R. 3, Box 90, Bowling Green. Jasper is 21 years old and has 13 acres in tobacco. Gives half the tobacco for rent. Father is a tenant. Location: Warren County, Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
A typical farm home. Tobacco and corn surrounding the house.  Location: Warren County--Plano [vicinity], Kentucky
A typical farm home. Tobacco and corn surrounding the house. Location: Warren County--Plano [vicinity], Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Harold Oliphant, 11 years old, driving the "double-shovel"--cultivating corn. Goes to Plano School--been to school only part of past 5 weeks when not working. Father, W.B. Oliphant, Box 138, Bowling Green, Ky. Said to own several hundred acres.  Location: Warren County--Bowling Green, Kentucky
Harold Oliphant, 11 years old, driving the "double-shovel"--cultivating corn. Goes to Plano School--been to school only part of past 5 weeks when not working. Father, W.B. Oliphant, Box 138, Bowling Green, Ky. Said to own several hundred acres. Location: Warren County--Bowling Green, Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Willie Welch, 15 years old, R.D. 3, Box 89, Bowling Green, worming tobacco. Goes to old Union School near Plano (?). Will start school next week (6 weeks late) He works for Jasper Harper, R. 3, Box 90, Bowling Green. Jasper is 21 years old and has 13 acres in tobacco. Gives half the tobacco for rent. Father is a tenant.  Location: Warren County, Kentucky
Willie Welch, 15 years old, R.D. 3, Box 89, Bowling Green, worming tobacco. Goes to old Union School near Plano (?). Will start school next week (6 weeks late) He works for Jasper Harper, R. 3, Box 90, Bowling Green. Jasper is 21 years old and has 13 acres in tobacco. Gives half the tobacco for rent. Father is a tenant. Location: Warren County, Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Jo Oliphant, R.D. 3, Bowling Green, holding stick for tobacco cutters on father's farm. "I go to school some and am out some." Plano School. Location: Warren County--Bowling Green, Kentucky
Jo Oliphant, R.D. 3, Bowling Green, holding stick for tobacco cutters on father's farm. "I go to school some and am out some." Plano School. Location: Warren County--Bowling Green, Kentucky
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

4 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Plano between 1999 and 2016, burning about 8 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 ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
17 March 2016Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCOSBY FIRE
26 October 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 October 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryDEWEY LAKE RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plano in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPlano-A tree was blown down near the intersection of Matlock Road and Rich Pond Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPlano-Trees were blown down, blocking roadways in Plano.
June 2025Flash FloodPlano-Water was flowing over the roadways in Plano.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindPlano-There were multiple trees and large limbs down near the 5100 block of Plano Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindPlano-Multiple areas around Plano suffered tree damage from strong thunderstorm winds. At least one power line was damaged by falling tree limbs.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPlano-A tree was downed on Plano Road.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindPlano-The public reported multiple trees down, some of which blocked the road.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindPlano-Local media reported several trees and large limbs down in the area due to severe thunderstorm winds.
April 2011HailPlano-Nickel size hail was reported.
April 2011FloodPlano-Drakes Creek at Alvaton crested around 25.8 feet at 3 AM CST on April 28. Flood stage at Alvaton is 22 feet. Trails in Phil Moore Park are flooded at this level.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPlano-Gusty thunderstorm winds removed a portion of the roof of a large barn. Several trees were damaged nearby.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindPlano-Trees were downed.
April 2011HailPlano-no account filed
November 2002HailPlano-no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindPlano-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Warren 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
Old Trinity (historical)1.8 miles16
Old Union (historical)2.5 miles14
White Kitchen (historical)2.7 miles16
Three Springs2.7 miles16
Drake3.1 miles14
Alvaton3.5 miles13
Boyce3.9 miles14
White Chapel (historical)4.0 miles14

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 PlanoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6077684The 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 500793. 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.