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History · Bellewood

13% of Bellewood’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Chenoweth House. Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1960.

1on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bellewood’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Bellewood are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19058 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1993. Watch Bellewood change.Old housesHalf of Bellewood’s homes were built before 1948.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bellewood’s history is told.

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On the map

Bellewood on the map, 1905 to 1993

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Bellewood. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Bellewood on the 1905 USGS mapBellewood on the 1912 USGS mapBellewood on the 1937 USGS mapBellewood on the 1946 USGS mapBellewood on the 1960 USGS mapBellewood on the 1971 USGS mapBellewood on the 1982 USGS mapBellewood on the 1993 USGS map1905Prospect sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Bellewood.

The story so far

Bellewood, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bellewood yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Bellewood is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The city was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1950. As of the 2020 census, Bellewood had a population of 340.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 321 to 340 (+6%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Bellewood

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Chenoweth House
Chenoweth House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Gothic Revival Cottage1
All 1 listings
Chenoweth HouseBuilding · listed 1980

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Bellewood, census by census

01002003004001960198020002020Peak: 426

Between 300 and 426 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Bellewood’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Druid HillsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSt. Matthews5 historic placesC+

Questions about Bellewood’s history

What is on the National Register in Bellewood?

One place: the Chenoweth House (listed 1980).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.