Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Eubank was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Its Register listings are the Payne Mill, the Payne House and the Eubank Elementary School. Below: maps from 1952 on and the census since 1910.
The Eubank post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eubank’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Eubank.
The town was named for Joseph Eubank who crossed over the Cumberland Gap with Daniel Boone and was granted deed as the original landowner. Eubank was a stop on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. It was incorporated by the state assembly in 1886 and is also known as "Eubanks".
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Eubank. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Eubank.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 182 and 358 people in every census since 1910.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Eubank’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Eubank itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Eubank post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Three places: the Payne Mill (listed 1984), the Payne House (1985) and the Eubank Elementary School (2025).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 Wikimedia Commons (10), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, 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.
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