Most of Jeffersonville was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1952 on and the census since 1880.
The Jeffersonville post office opened in 1866, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1876. Three smaller post offices, Cash's Nob (1846), Montaview (1868) and Bean (1914), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
First census: 60 in 18802020 census: 1,708160 years
How historic is Jeffersonville?
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More historic than 13% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Jeffersonville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1876.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Jeffersonville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Jeffersonville is more historic than 13% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Jeffersonville’s overall grade.
Kentucky towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Kentucky town has 29.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Jeffersonville’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (12% of Kentucky towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C−. The pre-1940 share (±1.5 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata’s 1876 falls in the same era, so the grade doesn’t depend on which one is used.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Jeffersonville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Jeffersonville began as an important cattle-trading center in Eastern Kentucky during the mid-19th century. It was then known as "Ticktown", either for the tickgrass (Eragrostis echinochloidea) in the area or for the ticks in the cattle pens. Although it is unknown when the settlement became known as Jeffersonville, the first post office was established under that name on March 9, 1866. It presumably honors President Thomas Jefferson.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Jeffersonville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1952Means sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Jeffersonville.
Famous people
Famous people close to Jeffersonville
Nobody well known was born in Jeffersonville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Jeffersonville post office opened in 1866, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1876.
How does Jeffersonville rank for history?
Jeffersonville is more historic than 13% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Jeffersonville?
1% of Jeffersonville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.5 points), against a typical 5.9% for a Kentucky town; the median home was built in 1987.
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).
From 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.
