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History · Druid Hills

17% of Druid Hills’ homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1960.

0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Druid Hills’ 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 Druid Hills 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 Druid Hills change.Old housesHalf of Druid Hills’ homes were built before 1951.
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On the map

Druid Hills on the map, 1905 to 1993

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

Druid Hills on the 1905 USGS mapDruid Hills on the 1912 USGS mapDruid Hills on the 1937 USGS mapDruid Hills on the 1946 USGS mapDruid Hills on the 1960 USGS mapDruid Hills on the 1971 USGS mapDruid Hills on the 1982 USGS mapDruid Hills 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 Druid Hills.

The story so far

Druid Hills, in brief

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

Druid Hills is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Druid Hills had a population of 299. It was incorporated in 1950.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 308 to 299 (-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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People over time

Druid Hills, census by census

01002003004001960198020002020Peak: 444

Between 299 and 444 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Bellewood1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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.