Rockwood, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lexington-Fayette Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40505. The Survey maps it on the Lexington East quadrangle.

Rockwood within Fayette County

On record in Rockwood

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

First African Baptist Churchlisted 1986 · 0.9 miles away

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.

1927 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:48000
1929 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1950 USGS Lexington East quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Lexington East quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Lexington East quadrangle1:24000
1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Lexington East quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000

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 Rockwood: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Tungsten, Barium-Barite, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Craig Vein	Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	Barite, Galena, Sphalerite
Lexington Underground No. 1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Semicon Assoc./ Lexington, Ky.	Tungsten	Producer

Every working recorded in Fayette 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Kenawood	0.3 miles	16
Lexington-Fayette	0.4 miles	16
Hi-Acres	0.6 miles	16
Eastland	0.7 miles	16
Deep Springs	0.8 miles	16
Hermitage Hills	0.8 miles	16
Eastland Park	0.9 miles	16
Dixie Plantation	0.9 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 502223. 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.