Official Name: | Tar Hill, Kentucky |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Grayson |
Established Title: | Named after the Federal asphalt mine nearby. The mine and store closed in 1928. |
Established Date: | The "Tar Hill store" re-opened in 1928 by the Tulley family in its present location. |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 718 |
Pushpin Map: | Kentucky#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Tar Hill |
Coordinates: | 37.5656°N -86.2183°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 509187 |
Tar Hill is an unincorporated community in Grayson County, Kentucky, United States.[1] On April 26, 2011, two tornadoes hit Tar Hill as part of the 2011 Super Outbreak.[2] The first tornado was rated EF2, was 440yd wide and traversed a path of 3miles, snapping and uprooting numerous large hardwood trees, destroying a travel trailer, a mobile home, numerous outbuildings and barns, and that fifteen homes had major roof damage.[3] Farm equipment was reportedly thrown 50yd.[3] Other reports stated that this tornado destroyed a house, a mobile home, several barns and other buildings.[4] The second tornado was rated as an EF0, was 60yd wide and travelled a path 0.28miles, snapping and uprooting trees.[2] [3]