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Rabbit Hash, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Burlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41005. It stands on DeHart Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rising Sun quadrangle. 254 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 495 feet above sea level.

Rabbit Hash within Boone County

On record in Rabbit Hash

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Rabbit Hash fell from 315 to 254 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
2010315
2020254-61 (-19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

6 photographs, 2020

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.

One of several countrified spots in the tiny settlement of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, on the Ohio River
One of several countrified spots in the tiny settlement of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, on the Ohio River
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Porch scene in the little Ohio River "country town" of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, which has become somewhat of a tourist attraction
Porch scene in the little Ohio River "country town" of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, which has become somewhat of a tourist attraction
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Scene in the little Ohio River "country town" of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, which has become somewhat of a tourist attraction
Scene in the little Ohio River "country town" of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, which has become somewhat of a tourist attraction
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
The old general store in the little Ohio River "country town" of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, which has become somewhat of a tourist attraction
The old general store in the little Ohio River "country town" of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, which has become somewhat of a tourist attraction
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Log cabin in the little Ohio River "country town" of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, which has become somewhat of a tourist attraction
Log cabin in the little Ohio River "country town" of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, which has become somewhat of a tourist attraction
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Scene in the little Ohio River "country town" of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, which has become somewhat of a tourist attraction
Scene in the little Ohio River "country town" of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, which has become somewhat of a tourist attraction
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rabbit Hash: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burlington SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O'Day Excavating & Gravel CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Patriot Aggregate PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

9 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rabbit Hash in 9 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 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
August 2008Thunderstorm WindRabbit Hash$10,000Numerous trees were downed along Riddles Run and Ryle Roads near Rabbit Hash. Some of the trees fell on vehicles, causing minor damage.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindRabbit Hash$3,000Trees were downed along Lower River Road.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindRabbit Hash$1,000A tree was downed on Rabbit Hash Road.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindRabbit Hash$1,000A tree was knocked down in the 4000 block of Lower River Road.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRabbit Hash$1,000Two trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2008Flash FloodRabbit Hash$1,000Riddles Run Road was flooded near Big Bone.
April 2025FloodRabbit Hash-High water was reported on Riddles Run Road.
December 2015Heavy RainRabbit Hash-High water was reported on Riddles Run Rd at Hathaway Road.
June 2004Flash FloodRabbit Hash-Several cars were washed away due to high water.

Every storm recorded in Boone 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
McVille2.8 miles12
Belleview3.3 miles12
Waterloo3.7 miles12
Hamilton5.3 miles12
Commissary Corner5.7 miles16
Big Bone6.2 miles12
Hueys Corners6.9 miles11
Burlington8.8 miles20

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 Rabbit HashAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7278592The 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 501491. 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.

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.

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.