Edge Hill Farm

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

One of 83 National Register listings published here for Scott County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.

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

The listing

Address. 1661 Payne's Depot Pike, Georgetown, 40324
When was it listed? March 1984
Category. building
Census division. Georgetown
National Register reference number. 84001983 - 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 Edge Hill Farm in 2010, burning about 25 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	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
15 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	CORN HOLE FIRE

Every fire recorded in Scott 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 Edge Hill Farm: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, 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
	Johnson Vein	Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	Barite, Galena, Sphalerite
	Nally and Gibson	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this property

60 of 79 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Georgetown, the town this property stands in, in 79 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 46 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 12 flash flood, 3 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 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	$500,000	A mobile home was blown into two cars. No injuries reported by resident.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	$100,000	A tree was blown down, a large secured outdoor tent flattened, and a metal roof peeled partially off from a hotel in Georgetown.
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	$80,000	no account filed
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	$50,000	A hotel under construction sustained some roof damage. Trees and power lines were downed county wide.
May 2004	Flash Flood	Georgetown	$50,000	Numerous streets in the city were flooded. Some homes were flooded in the Bradford subdivision.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	$50,000	Spotter reports overturned mobile home. Also, mobile homes and cars were damaged.
May 2010	Lightning	Georgetown	$20,000	Multiple power outages were reported in the area due to lightning.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	$5,000	A tree fell on a residence in the Georgetown area and several trees were downed throughout the county.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	$5,000	A few trees were downed and some fences were damaged.
November 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	$5,000	no account filed
May 2014	Lightning	Georgetown	$3,000	The Lexington media reported that lightning struck a church steeple in Georgetown, starting a small roof fire.
August 2014	Lightning	Georgetown	$2,000	Local law enforcement reported that two houses were struck by lightning near Georgetown. The amount of any damage was unknown.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	A tree was down on Towson Road.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	The front of the Faith Baptist Church was damaged.
April 2025	Flash Flood	Georgetown	-	A driver was stranded due to flooding.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	A tree was brought down by strong winds in Georgetown at the intersection of East Main Street and Chambers Avenue. The tree fell on power lines and across the roadway, resulting in the temporary closure of the road.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	Large tree limbs were brought down by strong winds on the south side of Georgetown.
January 2023	Hail	Georgetown	-	Hail reported near Georgetown. Most hailstones were one-half inch in diameter, with the largest hailstones around nickel size.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	There were multiple reports of trees down across Georgetown and Scott County.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	The facade of a building collapsed downtown.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	A tree was down.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	There were trees down at a residence.
March 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	There was a large tree down across Warrendale Avenue.
May 2020	Hail	Georgetown	-	The media relayed a picture showing quarter sized hail.
August 2019	Hail	Georgetown	-	The state agriculture commissioner reported quarter size hail.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	A tree was reported down at East Jackson and Cincinnati Road.
May 2018	Flash Flood	Georgetown	-	Broadcast media reported that high water covered Broadway near Rucker Avenue in Georgetown, Kentucky.
September 2018	Flash Flood	Georgetown	-	The road near Garth Elementary was reported flooded by a ham radio operator.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	State officials reported small tree limbs down.
June 2017	Flash Flood	Georgetown	-	Lisle Road was flooded by at least 12 inches of water between US 25 and the railroad tracks.
June 2017	Flash Flood	Georgetown	-	US Highway 460 was flooded by at least 4 feet of high water.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	A picture from the public was received that showed a large tree down in the Georgetown area as a result of severe thunderstorm winds.
August 2014	Flash Flood	Georgetown	-	A spotter reported deep fast flowing water across divided U.S. Highway 25 along both the north and south directions south of Georgetown.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	The Georgetown police reported several trees down in the Georgetown area.
October 2014	Hail	Georgetown	-	Baseball sized hail fell in Georgetown.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	A spotter reported a tree down near 1004 Lloyd Road.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	Several trees were downed just to the east of Georgetown.
January 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	Local broadcast media reported some roof damage to a building in Georgetown. Water then damaged the interior.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	The public reported that some trees fell in the Bradford Place neighborhood near Georgetown.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	A tree was toppled by thunderstorm winds along Coleman Lane.
April 2011	Heavy Rain	Georgetown	-	A CoCoRaHS spotter reported 2.83 inches of rain with 0.51 inches falling within 20 minutes.
April 2011	Heavy Rain	Georgetown	-	A trained spotter reported yards in the Mallard Point neighborhood were underwater with over 3 inches of rain in the previous 24 hours.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	Trees were down on Paris Pike and on Newtown Pike near county fire number 4.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	Four trees and a power line were blown down. A trampoline was blown into a roadway.
April 2011	Hail	Georgetown	-	Quarter size hail was reported on Hwy. 25 south.
May 2011	Flood	Georgetown	-	Several roads were closed due to high water.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	Several downed trees blocked roads across the city.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	The public reported numerous trees down near Georgetown. A power pole was reported snapped in half. The Scott County Emergency Management reported that as many as 7000 customers were without power during the early evening hours.
October 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	A tree was blown down on a house.
February 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	Several buildings were reported to have had roof damage.
August 2009	Flash Flood	Georgetown	-	Several roads were impassable with one to two feet of flowing water over them just north of Georgetown.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	A few trees reported down on Newton Pike.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	Trees and power lines were downed all over Scott County.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	Trees were downed across the county.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	Downed trees were blocking several roads.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	Trees and power lines were downed.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Georgetown	-	A storm spotter estimated a 70 MPH wind gust.
July 2006	Flash Flood	Georgetown	-	High water was reported on North Broadway near Payne, and on South Broadway near Garth.
September 2006	Flash Flood	Georgetown	-	Several roads were closed due to high water.
June 2003	Flash Flood	Georgetown	-	Parts of Sims Road were impassable due to high water.

Every storm recorded in Scott 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

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
John W. Bradley House	0.5 miles	1974
Craig-Peak House	0.9 miles	2017
Allenhurst	1.2 miles	1973
George W. Johnson Slave Quarters and Smokehouse	1.3 miles	1974
Ward Hall (Boundary Increase)	1.5 miles	1985
Ward Hall	1.5 miles	1973

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 84001983 in Record Group 79.
Scott County	All 83 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.