Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Lynnview was built recently: 0.9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1955. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 429 buildings. Below: maps from 1907 on and the census since 1960.
Lynnview dates its founding to 1954 (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 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.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lynnview’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Lynnview. 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 Lynnview.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lynnview yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Lynnview is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lynnview had a population of 945.
Lynnview was established in 1954. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 914 to 945 (+3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Between 914 and 1,711 people in every census since 1960.
7 censuses, 1960–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Lynnview’s Wikipedia page.
In 1954, according to Wikidata. the census of 1960 counted 1,711 people here.
One place: the Lynnview Historic District (listed 2024).
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
