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History · Houston Acres

Houston Acres dates to 1956

Most of Houston Acres was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1956. Below: maps from 1907 on and the census since 1960.

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How Houston Acres began

When was Houston Acres founded?

1956

Houston Acres dates its founding to 1956 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1960.

First census: 723 in 19602020 census: 49270 years
Founding year: Wikidata.

What stands out about Houston Acres’ 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 Houston Acres are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19076 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1994. Watch Houston Acres change.Old housesHalf of Houston Acres’ homes were built before 1956.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Houston Acres’s history is told.

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On the map

Houston Acres on the map, 1907 to 1994

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

Houston Acres on the 1907 USGS mapHouston Acres on the 1951 USGS mapHouston Acres on the 1960 USGS mapHouston Acres on the 1971 USGS mapHouston Acres on the 1982 USGS mapHouston Acres on the 1994 USGS map1907Louisville 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 Houston Acres.

The story so far

Houston Acres, in brief

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

Houston Acres is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Houston Acres had a population of 492.

Houston Acres was established in 1956. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 507 to 492 (-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

Houston Acres, census by census

02004006008001960198020002020Peak: 723

Between 491 and 723 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Questions about Houston Acres’ history

What year was Houston Acres founded?

In 1956, according to Wikidata. the census of 1960 counted 723 people here.

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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.