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Photograph of Hunter's Bottom Historic District
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Hunter's Bottom Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

From the record

“Hunter's Bottom Historic District is a 2,810 acres (11.4 km2) historic district in Kentucky's Carroll and Trimble counties, spanning the area known as Hunter's Bottom. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.”

Wikipedia article Hunter's Bottom Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 11 National Register listings published here for Carroll County · listed in 1976 · category: District.

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

The listing

  • Address. W of Carrollton, Carrollton, 40045
  • When was it listed? August 1976
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Prestonville
  • National Register reference number. 76000862 - 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

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hunter's Bottom Historic District between 2002 and 2008, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 July 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
26 March 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Carroll 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 Hunter's Bottom Historic District: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jefferson Co. Hwy. Dept.StoneProducer
Milton PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Carroll County

Storms near this property

60 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carrollton, the town this property stands in, in 65 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 35 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 8 flood, 6 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$200,000Numerous houses, buildings and churches sustained significant roof damage. There was also substantial damage to a concrete building. In addition, dozens of trees were downed.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$25,000Two trees were downed, one on a house and another on a car.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$20,000A warehouse at Polk and 11th Street in Carollton was damaged and 3 large limbs were downed due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2003Flash FloodCarrollton$20,000High water flooded a few roads. Several homes sustained basement flooding in town.
November 1996Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$20,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$15,000A large tree fell onto a house. Numerous trees were also downed across the county.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$10,000Tree limbs were reported down in the city and trees were downed around the county due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$10,000Winds knocked down large limbs and snapped power poles.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$6,000Trees were downed countywide.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$5,000A large tree fell on a house due to the winds.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$5,000Large tree limbs and power lines were reported down countywide due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$4,000A few trees were downed on both Hawkins and Taylor Streets.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$4,000A few trees were downed.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$4,000Tree limbs were knocked down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$3,000A few trees were downed in the Carrollton area, including one on Martin Road and one on State Route 55.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$3,000Three large trees were snapped at the intersection of 6th Street and Village Lane.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$3,000A large tree fell through a shed.
May 2010Flash FloodCarrollton$3,000Several roads in the county were closed due to rapidly rising water.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$3,000Several trees were downed.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$3,000Three trees were knocked down.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$3,000Trees were knocked down.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$3,000Trees knocked down and a barn roof damaged.
August 2006HailCarrollton$3,000no account filed
July 2015Flash FloodCarrollton$2,000Many roads across the county were completely flooded, leaving a few cars stranded.
January 2006Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$2,000Two trees were downed along State Route 55.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$2,000Two trees were downed.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$2,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$1,000A tree fell onto State Route 55.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$1,000One tree was knocked down in Carrollton.
December 2013Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$1,000A couple of large trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$1,000Numerous large tree limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$1,000Large tree limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$1,000Large tree limbs were down on power lines due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2010Flash FloodCarrollton$1,000A few roads were closed due to high water.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$1,000Large branches were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
August 2009FloodCarrollton$1,000High water was still present on area roadways.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindCarrollton$500A tree was downed on Mound Hill Road.
April 2026FloodCarrollton-Schuerman Street was closed due to high water.
June 2021FloodCarrollton-High water resulted in a brief closure of Schuerman Street.
June 2019FloodCarrollton-High water was reported on a few roads in the Carrollton area.
September 2018FloodCarrollton-High water was reported over a portion of Lock Road near the river.
February 2018Flash FloodCarrollton-Multiple roads were closed throughout the county due to high water.
May 2017FloodCarrollton-High water was covering a portion of Highway 55 in the 3000 block.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCarrollton-This was recorded at a Kentucky Mesonet site. A wind gust of 51 Knots was also recorded at 06:35 EST.
August 2016Flash FloodCarrollton-Shuerman Street was closed due to flooding.
April 2015FloodCarrollton-High water was reported on several roads throughout the county.
November 2013Heavy RainCarrollton-Whites Run Road was closed in a low lying location due to high water caused by heavy rainfall.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindCarrollton-The public estimated the gust.
May 2010FloodCarrollton-Roads were still reported closed due to previous flash flooding.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindCarrollton-no account filed
July 2023HailCarrollton-no account filed
April 2016HailCarrollton-no account filed
May 2014HailCarrollton-no account filed
May 2012HailCarrollton-no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCarrollton-no account filed
March 2012HailCarrollton-no account filed
March 2012HailCarrollton-no account filed
March 2012HailCarrollton-no account filed
March 2010HailCarrollton-no account filed
August 2009HailCarrollton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carroll County

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

4 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Stone House on Kentucky River6.9 miles1987
Paschal Todd Baker House7.3 miles1980
Carrollton Historic District7.5 miles1982
Gen. William O. Butler House7.5 miles1976

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 76000862 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Carroll CountyAll 11 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.