Crestwood’s post office opened in 1909, and 4 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 24% of U.S. towns · #112 of 142 in Kentucky. What drives it
Most of Crestwood was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2003. 4 places in town are on the National Register, among them two historic districts with 14 buildings between them. Below: maps from 1932 on and the census since 1980.
Founding year: the first Crestwood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Crestwood’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Crestwood is more historic than 24% of U.S. towns, #112 of 142 in Kentucky. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Crestwood’s 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 Crestwood’s 28.3 sits near the middle of its state (49% of Kentucky towns have fewer) while its 18 historic buildings outnumber those of 79% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. The pre-1940 share (±2.5 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Crestwood’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
The story so far
Crestwood, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Crestwood yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Crestwood is a home rule-class city in Oldham County, Kentucky, United States just outside Louisville's Northeast End. The population was 6,183 as of the 2020 census. CNN listed it as the 52nd best place to live in America in 2005. The area was first settled in the early 19th century, and the town was established as Beard's Station in 1857. In 1909, the town was renamed to Crestwood.
Its first post office opened in 1909. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 4,531 to 6,183 (+36%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade
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The Crestwood post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Crestwood rank for history?
Crestwood is more historic than 24% of U.S. towns, #112 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 Crestwood?
4 listings: 2 buildings, among them the Harrods Creek Baptist Church and Rev. William Kellar House (listed 1976, the first), and 2 historic districts, the Waldeck Farm and the Yew Dell Farm, with 14 contributing buildings. 18 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Crestwood?
3% of Crestwood’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.5 points), against a typical 5.9% for a Kentucky town; the median home was built in 2003.
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 (4), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.
