Woodburn, Kentucky
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Woodburn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42170. The Survey maps it on the Woodburn quadrangle. 303 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 636 feet above sea level.
On record in Woodburn
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 3 records
Dr. William Robb Houselisted 1979- William P. Neale Houselisted 1980
- Polk Houselisted 1979
Population over time
3 figuresWoodburn fell from 323 to 303 between 2000 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 323 | |
| 2010 | 355 | +32 (+10%) |
| 2020 | 303 | -52 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1951 USGS Woodburn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Woodburn quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bowling Green quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Photographs
3 photographs, 1916Taken 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.
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1916. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Woodburn between 2006 and 2012, burning about 51 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 November 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WILL PAYNE |
| 13 October 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Woodburn: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodburn in 16 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Woodburn | $500,000 | A supercell thunderstorm developed over northern Tennessee and moved into south central Kentucky during the early evening hours of November 15. It produced multiple, short-lived tornado touchdowns along its path, which stretched for nearly 25 miles across three counties. The third and final touchdown was in Warren County in the Woodburn area. The tornado was on the ground for approximately a mile, and did F1 damage to at least three businesses, six homes, and numerous barns and outbuildings. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | $15,000 | An airport hangar was blown onto nearby railroad tracks, forcing crews to temporarily stop traffic. One small airplane was blown onto the railroad's signal lines. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | $500 | A large shed was blown over. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | There were multiple large trees down on Clay Starks Road and Woodburn Allen Springs Road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | A trained spotter near Woodburn estimated 65 mph wind gusts with thunderstorms. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | Several large tree branches came down in Woodburn, Kentucky. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | Local broadcast media reported trees down blocking Three Springs Road near Woodburn. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | A law enforcement official reported a tree fell and blocked the roadway. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | The Bowling Green media reported trees and power lines down in Woodburn. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Woodburn | - | Dime to nickel sized hail was reported in the downtown Woodburn area. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | A trained spotter reported dime sized hail, estimated 60-70 mph winds, and trees blown down near 31 W and Hwy. 240. |
| February 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | Several trees were downed in the vicinity of the intersection of KY 240 and KY 622. Dime sized hail was also reported. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Woodburn | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Woodburn | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Woodburn | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Woodburn | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Zion (historical) | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pilot Knob (historical) | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Matlock | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Rich Pond | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Old Union (historical) | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Rockfield | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Petros | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Old Trinity (historical) | 5.3 miles | 16 |
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 Woodburn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1939326 | The 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 507085. 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.




