Worthington, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Flatwoods-Russell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41183. It lies near Kennedy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Ironton quadrangle. 1,501 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 561 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWorthington fell from 1,609 to 1,501 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,609 | |
| 2020 | 1,501 | -108 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1898 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
266 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Worthington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,135 acres in total. None started naturally. 62 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 104 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Other causes | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | FALSE ALARM 09/09 |
| 7 September 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 acres | Wayne National Forest | WIND FIRE |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | JANIE FIRE |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | BAILEY |
| 28 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | ST. MARY'S CHURCH #1 |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | IRONTON #1 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Worthington: 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haverhill Plant & Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Ironton Plant Number 85 | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Worthington in 22 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthington | $15,000 | The scoreboard at Raceland High School was damaged due to strong winds. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthington | $15,000 | Numerous areas of tree and power line damage was observed in the Raceland area. These included Armada Boulevard, Caroline Road, Rams Boulevard, Brown Street, Belmont Road, Meadow Avenue, and Pond Run Road. A few trees fell onto cars and roofs of homes. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Worthington | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthington | $3,000 | Multiple trees were downed in the town of Worthington, including at Collins Avenue and 3rd Avenue. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthington | $1,500 | In Worthington, trees were blown down along Prospect Avenue and McCloud Drive. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthington | $1,000 | Multiple trees were downed near the city of Worthington. |
| December 2018 | Flood | Worthington | $1,000 | The Raceland-Worthington Tunnel was closed due to high water. |
| April 2017 | Lightning | Worthington | $1,000 | A house was hit by lightning. No significant damage occurred. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthington | $500 | In Worthington, multiple trees were blown down on Grandview Drive. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthington | $500 | A few trees were knocked down onto Williams Avenue in Raceland. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthington | $500 | Trees were blown down along Stewart Avenue and Pond Run Road. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthington | $500 | Numerous trees were blown down on Oakmont Manor. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthington | $250 | A tree was downed at Caroline Road and Greenup Avenue in Raceland. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthington | $250 | In Raceland, a tree was blown down onto a local road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthington | $200 | A tree was blown down across Riverside Boulevard at 4th Avenue. |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Worthington | - | Flooding was observed at the Pond Run Tunnel and on Route 693 near Horsley Cemetary Road. An apartment on Valley Drive also flooded. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Worthington | - | Flooding was observed in the little under tunnel near the trainyard of Greenup Avenue. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Worthington | - | In the town of Worthington, a vehicle was flooded after driving into a viaduct. |
| September 2025 | Flash Flood | Worthington | - | Flooding was observed in several spots, including at the small tunnel of Caboose Lane and Pond Run Road in Raceland, Red Devil Lane and Diederich Boulevard in Russell, Bellefonte Alley and Ferry Street in Russell, Argillite Road and Turley Avenue in Flatwoods, and near Washington Street and Powell Lane in Flatwoods. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthington | - | Trees were blown down onto power lines. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthington | - | Large branches were broken off. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Worthington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melrose | 0.2 miles | 17 | |
| Raceland | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| West Russell | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Russell Heights | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Poplar Highlands | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Flatwoods | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Raceland Junction | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Russell | 2.6 miles | 17 |
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 Worthington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q969561 | 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 507152. 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.









