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Westport, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the La Grange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40077. It stands on Caney Fork. The Survey maps it on the La Grange quadrangle. 253 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 486 feet above sea level.

Westport within Oldham County

Population over time

2 figures

Westport fell from 268 to 253 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
2010268
2020253-15 (-6%)

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.

Storms near this place

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westport in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 tornado. 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
June 1995Tornado (F0)Westport$500,000A downburst and a small F0 tornado damaged a few outbuildings and downed numerous trees. Winds mostly appear to be straight-line, however some circulation is evident in the debris path. A firefighter with the Westport Volunteer Fire Department saw a funnel cloud touch down at 18 Mile Creek Road. It then followed Kentucky 524 North through town. Many other residents report seeing the tornado.
June 1998LightningWestport$200,000no account filed
October 2014Tornado (EF1)Westport$20,000A tornado touched down briefly just southeast of Westport in northern Oldham County. It stayed on the ground for only 200 yards and was 50 yards wide at its widest. It toppled two trees and snapped large limbs off of several others. It also damaged a barn and several outbuildings. Maximum estimated winds ranged from 75 to 90 mph.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindWestport$5,000Straight line winds destroyed an old barn and uprooted some trees near the Trimble County line.
July 2013Heavy RainWestport$3,000The Kentucky Mesonet measured 1.74 inches of rain in around 50 minutes. This contributed to a small rockslide that briefly closed State Highway 524 just southeast of Westport.
March 2025HailWestport-Quarter sized hail was observed between La Grange and Westport.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWestport-Falling limbs snapped a power pole along Highway 42 near Greenhaven Lane.
June 2023HailWestport-Quarter sized hail observed near Westport.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWestport-Multiple trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds across the county.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWestport-Trees and power lines were down on the 5300 block of West Highway 524.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWestport-A barn's roof was blown off.
February 2018FloodWestport-Kentucky 524 Westport Road at mile marker 4 flooded with high water over roadway.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindWestport-The local emergency manager reported trees downed on Bohannon and Goshen Lanes.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWestport-A few large trees were blown down in the town of Westport.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWestport-Trees were blown down on Smith Lane.
April 2008Flash FloodWestport-County roads were closed due to high water. At least one water rescue was performed.
June 1998Flash FloodWestport-2 inches rain fell over a 1-2 hour time frame resulting in widespread flash flooding. Also, a rock slide occurred on highway 524 in Westport which blocked traffic. 10 homes had to be evacuated due to the high waters. Report was from state police.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindWestport-no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWestport-no account filed
April 2024HailWestport-no account filed
March 2017Thunderstorm WindWestport-no account filed
June 1998Flash FloodWestport-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oldham 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
Liberty (historical)2.5 miles17
Greenhaven2.6 miles12
Oldham3.1 miles12
Halls Landing3.5 miles17
Russell Corner3.9 miles12
Skylight4.0 miles17
Cedar Point4.9 miles12
Demplytown6.5 miles12

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 WestportAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6167011The 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 506501. 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.

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.