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Sandersville, Kentucky

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lexington-Fayette Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40511. The Survey maps it on the Lexington West quadrangle.

Sandersville within Fayette County

On record in Sandersville

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sandersville: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Craig VeinBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincPast ProducerBarite, Galena, Sphalerite
Semicon Assoc./ Lexington, Ky.TungstenProducer
Georgetown Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lexington Underground No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Highlands0.6 miles15
Meadowthorpe1.2 miles15
Greendale1.3 miles15
Viley1.9 miles15
Bracktown2.3 miles15
Northland2.6 miles16
Cardinal Valley2.7 miles15
Radcliffe2.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 517030. 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.