1 of Crestview Hills’ places is on the National Register
More historic than 16% of U.S. towns · #124 of 142 in Kentucky. What drives it
Its Register listing is the Shinkle, Amos, Summer Residence. Most of Crestview Hills was built recently: 0.7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1914 on and the census since 1960.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Crestview Hills is more historic than 16% of U.S. towns, #124 of 142 in Kentucky. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Crestview Hills’ overall grade.
Kentucky towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Kentucky town has 29.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Crestview Hills’ 3.0 sits below most of its state (29% of Kentucky towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±1.1 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Crestview Hills’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Crestview Hills. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1914West Cincinnati 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 Crestview Hills.
The story so far
Crestview Hills, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Crestview Hills yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Crestview Hills is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is a suburb in the Greater Cincinnati area. The population was 3,246 at the 2020 census. Crestview Hills is located in Northern KY. Interstate 275 travels through the city. Interstate 71/75 lies close to the city border. It is the home of Thomas More University.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,148 to 3,246 (+3%).
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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Crestview Hills is more historic than 16% of U.S. towns, #124 of 142 in Kentucky. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Crestview Hills?
One place: the Shinkle, Amos, Summer Residence (listed 1983).
How old are the homes in Crestview Hills?
0.7% of Crestview Hills’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.1 points), against a typical 5.9% for a Kentucky town; the median home was built in 1984.
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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
