9-1-1 Addressing and Posting of Numbers
The 911 addressing initiative is designed to assist you in an emergency. The goals of 911 addressing are to help emergency service workers to get to your house quickly and to provide you with an address that is not easily confused with other addresses in the county. To obtain an address, please contact 911 Addressing Coordinator at 859-238-1109.

Homes within the city are addressed the typical 102-104-106 addresses on a designated even number side of a street or road.

In the county (outside the cities) the addressing is done using a mileage system because of the greater distance between homes where an unknown number of other homes could be built. Using the mileage system 1,000 addresses “could” be issued to a mile.  If you have an address of 150 you are 1.5 tenths of a mile out that road or where every the “0” address begins for a road that connects other road.

Platted subdivisions out in the county where it is “known” the number of homes can be built, the typical 102-104-106 addressing is used.

Addresses are not normally issued for property (unless in platted sub-divisions) without a house on it or going before P&Z to be built.  The problem is once an address is issued to a piece of property without a house if the owner or a new owner decides to built a house and the house is not located exactly where the address was issued, along the road servicing that piece of property, that house would out of the orderly numbering along that road.

The location of the driveway to a house plays an important part in issuing an address.  If a house in close to the roadway and the driveway comes from the house pretty much straight to the roadway, then in house is addressed.   If a house sets a good distance from the roadway the driveway is issued the address even though the drive might go straight to the home.

If a drive meanders and joins to the roadway some distance from in front of the house or the house cannot be seen from the roadway, the drive way is addressed.
Even though the new house might set across the road from a house with a 2100 address and the drive way for that home is across the roadway from a house addressed as 2190, the address will be issued such as 2189.  The address of the access point, the driveway, in this case is very important to access that house.  In some cases a driveway will go past a couple other homes on the other side of the road before joining the roadway.

HAVING YOUR ADDRESS POSTED TO WHERE IT IS EASILY SEEN CAN SAVE SOMEONE LIFE IN AN EMERGENCY;

The Cities and county ordinances require the posting of your 911 Addressing issued address as follows:

• Each address must be posted with numbers 3 inches or taller
• Numbers must be easily readable from the roadway
• Numbers should be a different color than the background
• If you have no mailbox, numbers must be posted at the entrance to the driveway near the roadway
• Numbers cannot be hidden by bushes, flowers or foliage

The following are suggested additional posting of address numbers:

• If one driveway serves more than one house, the address should also be posted at the point at which each individual driveway splits off
• If your mailbox is located on the opposite side of a four lane road, please also post your address at the driveway to eliminate confusion
• Numbers should be on both sides of the mailbox and should not be blocked by the flag when in the down position.
• If building a new home, post the address in some fashion at the end of the driveway during construction, should someone be injured on the worksite
• Replace worn, damaged or missing numbers.
• If house is near the roadway or street also post the number on the front of the house.
• Do not paint over the number.
• Do not place gold color numbers on a treated post as they will fade to the color of the post.