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History · Crossgate

Half of Crossgate’s homes were built after 1967

Most of Crossgate was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1967. Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1970.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Crossgate’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 Crossgate are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19057 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1982. Watch Crossgate change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crossgate’s history is told.

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On the map

Crossgate on the map, 1905 to 1982

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

Crossgate on the 1905 USGS mapCrossgate on the 1912 USGS mapCrossgate on the 1946 USGS mapCrossgate on the 1951 USGS mapCrossgate on the 1960 USGS mapCrossgate on the 1971 USGS mapCrossgate on the 1982 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 Crossgate.

The story so far

Crossgate, in brief

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

Crossgate is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Crossgate had a population of 221.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 225 in 2010, 221 in 2020.

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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People over time

Crossgate, census by census

0100200300198020002020Peak: 292

Between 221 and 292 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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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 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.