Lexington Extension of the Louisville Southern Railroad

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

From the record

“The Lexington Extension of the Louisville Southern Railroad, in Anderson and Woodford counties near Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.”
Wikipedia article Lexington Extension of the Louisville Southern Railroad, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Anderson County · listed in 2004 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Eastern Lawrenceburg to Milner, Lawrenceburg, 40383
When was it listed? August 2004
Category. structure
National Register reference number. 04000789 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lexington Extension of the Louisville Southern Railroad in 2010, burning about 2 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
Debris and open burning	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
13 November 2010	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	LOVERS LEAP

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lexington Extension of the Louisville Southern Railroad: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. 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
	L.Z.Bond Deposit	Lead, Zinc	Occurrence
	Tyrone Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Anderson County

Storms near this property

60 of 66 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lawrenceburg, the town this property stands in, in 66 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 40 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 5 flash flood, 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	$100,000	Thunderstorm winds collapsed barns. Vehicles in the barns were damaged. Trees were downed.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	$75,000	A barn was destroyed, and roofs were blown off several outbuildings. Tobacco crops were damaged all across the county.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	$50,000	Several trees were downed across the county, including one blocking the intersection of Highway 44 and Anderson City Road. A building under construction in Lawrenceburg was damaged.
April 2015	Flash Flood	Lawrenceburg	$30,000	Emergency Management reported several roads closed due to high water across the county. Also, numerous water rescues occurred due to the excessive rainfall. Between 5 and 6 inches of rain fell across the county.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	$25,000	A tobacco barn was blown down on Bethel Road.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	$10,000	The Anderson County Emergency Manager reported that a fireworks tent was damaged and that a nearby steel pole was blown over.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	$5,000	Trees blown down along with outdoor furniture and a mailbox.
July 2021	Lightning	Lawrenceburg	$2,000	A power pole was on fire after being struck by lightning.
January 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	$2,000	Several trees were downed. Thunderstorm winds also damaged the roof on a barn.
February 2025	Flash Flood	Lawrenceburg	-	Hammond Creek overflowed onto Mustang Trail and North Main Street in Lawrenceburg. The road was closed and barricades were put up.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	Trees were downed and large branches were broken along Woodford Street in Lawrenceburg. Power lines were also downed as a result of storm debris.
April 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	A power line was down on South Main Street near Lawrenceburg Cemetery.
May 2023	Hail	Lawrenceburg	-	Quarter sized hail was reported in Lawrenceburg.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	A tree was blown down along South Main Street in Lawrenceburg.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	Trees were down on US 62.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	Trees, power lines, and telephone lines were down.
July 2021	Hail	Lawrenceburg	-	Pea to Quarter sized hail was reported in Lawrenceburg.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	A power line was down on Woodford Street near the police station.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	A power line was down on Vail Drive.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	A tree was blocking one lane of Carlton Drive at Djeddah.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	A video on social media shows trees that fell down on power lines. The power lines were sparking.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	Trees were reported down in the area due to severe thunderstorm winds.
June 2017	Flash Flood	Lawrenceburg	-	High water was flowing over Park Lane.
May 2016	Hail	Lawrenceburg	-	A trained spotter reported hail 1 inch in diameter.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	A law enforcement official reported trees down at Highway 127 and Bluegrass Parkway.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	A law enforcement official reported trees down on Johnson Road.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	An Anderson County law enforcement official reported trees down across roadways around the county as well as in the city of Lawrenceburg.
July 2013	Hail	Lawrenceburg	-	One inch hail fell in Lawrenceburg.
December 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	The county road commission reported that several large trees were downed along with multiple power lines just east of Lawrenceburg along US 62 between Starhill Way and Lock Drive.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	Several trees fell within Lawrenceburg.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	A spotter overheard information about widespread wind damage in Lawrenceburg from multiple sources. A 35 foot maple tree was downed. A trampoline was thrown over a fence. Power outages were widespread.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	A tree was toppled by thunderstorm winds just to the east of Lawrenceburg.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	Media reported a tree down on power lines on Hwy. 44 at mile marker 7 in Anderson county.
November 2011	Flood	Lawrenceburg	-	Local Emergency Management reported that Rice, Dry Dock, and Gilbert's Creek Roads were all closed by high water.
May 2011	Flash Flood	Lawrenceburg	-	There was street flooding at the intersection of South Main St. and East Court St. in Lawrenceburg.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	Local media reported that several trees were downed across southern Lawrenceburg.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	A trained spotter reported several small trees down along with intense rain. The peak wind gust was estimated to be 60 mph.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs across roadways.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	Trees down across the county.
June 2007	Hail	Lawrenceburg	-	A 43 mph wind gust was also reported.
June 2007	Hail	Lawrenceburg	-	Hail up to two inches deep was reported in some locations.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	A tree was blown on to power lines causing a fire. The spotter estimated a 60 mph wind gust.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	Trees were downed.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	Trees were downed.
July 2004	Flash Flood	Lawrenceburg	-	Hammond Creek Road was impassable for a time due to high water.
August 1997	Hail	Lawrenceburg	-	Dime size hail reported.
May 2025	Hail	Lawrenceburg	-	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Lawrenceburg	-	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Lawrenceburg	-	no account filed
February 2024	Hail	Lawrenceburg	-	no account filed
May 2016	Hail	Lawrenceburg	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Lawrenceburg	-	no account filed
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	no account filed
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Lawrenceburg	-	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	no account filed
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceburg	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Lawrenceburg	-	no account filed
March 2002	Hail	Lawrenceburg	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Lawrenceburg	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Anderson County

Newspapers printed here

9,918 digitised pages

2 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 1,151 issues, 9,918 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

Newspaper	Published
It	190? to 19??
The Anderson News	18?? to Current

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Thomas H. Hanks House	3.7 miles	1980
Kavanaugh Academy	4.0 miles	1973
Dowling House	4.1 miles	1979
Lawrenceburg Commercial Historic District	4.2 miles	1994
Confederate Monument in Lawrenceburg	4.2 miles	1997
T. B. Ripy House	4.2 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 04000789 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Anderson County	All 13 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.