Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Hollyvilla was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1961. Below: maps from 1907 on and the census since 1960.
Hollyvilla dates its founding to 1958 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1960.
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 Hollyvilla’s history is told.
Peaked at 907 in 1970; 518 people lived here in 2020.
7 censuses, 1960–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hollyvilla’s Wikipedia page.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hollyvilla. 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 Hollyvilla.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hollyvilla yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Hollyvilla is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hollyvilla had a population of 518.
Hollyvilla was established in 1958. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 537 to 518 (-4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Nobody well known was born in Hollyvilla itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
In 1958, according to Wikidata. the census of 1960 counted 464 people here.
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 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.
