Shakertown, Kentucky

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.

• Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 1971 · 0.2 miles away
• Shaker West Lot Farmlisted 1983 · 1.0 miles away

Surveyed buildings and structures 12 of 28 shown

• Barn, Shakertownfederal building survey, 1 photograph
• First Shaker Ministry Shop, North side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33 intersection, Shakertownfederal building survey, 5 photographs
• Men's Shower, Shakertownfederal building survey, 1 photograph
• Outbuildings, Shakertownfederal building survey, 1 photograph
• Shaker Blacksmith's Shop & Carpenter's Shop, Village Road, Shakertownfederal building survey, 2 photographs
• Shaker Centre Family Dwelling House (First), North side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33 intersection, Shakertownfederal building survey, 13 photographs
• Shaker Centre Family Dwelling House (Third), North side of Village Road, North of Route 68 & State Route 33, Shakertownfederal building survey, 36 photographs
• Shaker Centre Family Tan Yard, Village Road, Shakertownfederal building survey, 2 photographs
• Shaker Centre Family Trustees' Office, South side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33 intersection, Shakertownfederal building survey, 23 photographs
• Shaker Cooper Shop, North side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33 intersection, Shakertownfederal building survey, 8 photographs
• Shaker East Family Brethren's Shop, North side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33 intersection, Shakertownfederal building survey, 12 photographs
• Shaker East Family Dwelling House, North side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33, Shakertownfederal building survey, 20 photographs

Every surveyed structure in Mercer County

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.

• 1905 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
• 1952 USGS Wilmore quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
• 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
• 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000

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.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Shakertown between 2001 and 2019, burning about 84 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.

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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Fairview (historical)
• Maple Lawn (historical)
• Shawnee Run (historical)
• Woodlawn (historical)
• Braxton
• Burgin

Every fire recorded in Mercer County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shakertown: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Mercer County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shakertown in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.

Every storm recorded in Mercer County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 503231. 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.

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.