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Kentucky Death Feed & Obituary API

Access continuously updated Kentucky death and obituary data across supported counties. ObituaryMonitor detects newly published death information from funeral homes and obituary sources and makes eligible records available through API, CSV, and the County Feed portal.

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Kentucky Death & Obituary Data

Aggregate metrics from ObituaryMonitor's eligible County Feed notice universe — not official vital statistics.

618

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

2,842

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

290

Active sources monitored (30 days)

110

Counties with recent activity

12 days ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 12 days ago

Kentucky Death Data by County

110 counties with recent activity

Explore recent death and obituary activity detected across supported counties. Search the coverage table below to see where eligible County Feed records have been detected during the last 30 days.

County30-day recordsSourcesLatest activityStatus
Jefferson County40026Sep 14Active
Breckinridge County1983Sep 14Active
Kenton County11511Sep 13Active
Breathitt County1061Sep 14Active
Fayette County804Sep 14Active
Pike County798Sep 14Active
Pulaski County785Sep 12Active
Bullitt County645Sep 12Active
Carlisle County602Sep 12Active
Harlan County557Sep 13Active
Bell County445Sep 10Active
Boone County444Sep 12Active
Hardin County415Sep 9Active
Laurel County393Sep 14Active
Knox County365Sep 14Active

Recent Deaths Detected Across Kentucky

Counts of death and obituary records detected by ObituaryMonitor — not official state mortality totals.

Last 7 days

618

Previous 7 days: 801 · -23% vs prior period

Last 30 days

2,842

Previous 30 days: 4,114 · -31% vs prior period

These figures represent records detected by ObituaryMonitor and should not be interpreted as official state mortality statistics.

What Kentucky Death & Obituary Records Can Include

Field availability across recent eligible Kentucky County Feed records (trailing 30 days).

Name

100%

of recent Kentucky records

Date of death

100%

of recent Kentucky records

City / location

100%

of recent Kentucky records

County

100%

of recent Kentucky records

Source URL

100%

of recent Kentucky records

Funeral home / publisher

100%

of recent Kentucky records

Captured text excerpt

99.3%

of recent Kentucky records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Kentucky Death & Obituary Data

Cities with recent eligible activity (not a complete list of every community).

Louisville379Cloverport175Jackson112Lexington85Somerset67Covington50Shepherdsville47Bardwell46Erlanger33Bowling Green31London31Morehead31

Kentucky Funeral Homes & Obituary Sources

ObituaryMonitor monitors funeral homes and obituary sources across Kentucky to detect newly published death and obituary information. Eligible records become available through County Feed. Listing a source here does not imply a partnership.

Browse Kentucky Funeral Homes →

How Kentucky County Feed Works

  1. ObituaryMonitor monitors thousands of obituary and funeral-home sources.
  2. New death records are detected and normalized.
  3. Geographic information is assigned where supported.
  4. Eligible Kentucky records become available through County Feed.
  5. Customers receive new records through API, CSV, or portal delivery.

Data is continuously collected from monitored sources — not sold as a static list.

Access Kentucky Death Data Your Way

API

Receive eligible Kentucky death and obituary records programmatically in JSON.

Explore the County Feed API →

CSV

Download or export records for operational workflows and CRM import.

Web Portal

Review and filter new Kentucky records through the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Who Uses Kentucky Death Data?

Real Estate Investors

Monitor newly detected deaths in selected Kentucky counties for potential probate or inherited-property research.

Probate & Legal Services

Identify recent deaths within geographic service areas and support downstream estate workflows.

Financial Institutions

Use death signals as an additional input in deceased-customer and risk-monitoring processes. Financial institutions monitoring

Data & Software Companies

Integrate normalized death and obituary data into software products and operational systems.

Research / Operations

Monitor county-level death events without manually checking individual obituary websites.

Example Kentucky Death Data API Record

Illustrative sample record — not an actual person.

{
  "id": "fh-sample",
  "full_name": "Sample Person",
  "first_name": "Sample",
  "last_name": "Person",
  "date_of_death": "2026-08-08",
  "state": "KY",
  "county": "Jefferson",
  "county_slug": "jefferson-county-ky",
  "city": "Louisville",
  "source_type": "funeral_home",
  "obituary_url": "https://example.com/sample",
  "funeral_home_name": "Example Funeral Home",
  "indexed_at": "2026-08-08T14:22:00.000Z",
  "survivors_status": "ok"
}

This example shows the structure of an eligible County Feed record. Field names follow the public County Feed API notice schema. Internal-only fields are omitted.

Kentucky Death Data & County Feed FAQ

Start Monitoring Kentucky Death Data

Choose the Kentucky counties that matter to your organization and receive newly detected records through API, CSV, or the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Also see the national County Feed product page and Browse Kentucky Funeral Homes.