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History · Meadowbrook Farm

Meadowbrook Farm dates to 1975

Most of Meadowbrook Farm was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1980.

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Quick answers

How Meadowbrook Farm began

When was Meadowbrook Farm founded?

1975

Meadowbrook Farm dates its founding to 1975 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1980.

First census: 195 in 19802020 census: 11751 years
Founding year: Wikidata.

What stands out about Meadowbrook Farm’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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Start Meadowbrook Farm’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Meadowbrook Farm’s history is told.

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On the map

Meadowbrook Farm on the map, 1905 to 1981

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

Meadowbrook Farm on the 1905 USGS mapMeadowbrook Farm on the 1912 USGS mapMeadowbrook Farm on the 1951 USGS mapMeadowbrook Farm on the 1960 USGS mapMeadowbrook Farm on the 1971 USGS mapMeadowbrook Farm on the 1981 USGS map1905Prospect 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 Meadowbrook Farm.

The story so far

Meadowbrook Farm, in brief

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

Meadowbrook Farm is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It is separately incorporated as a home rule-class city. As of the 2020 census, Meadowbrook Farm had a population of 117.

Meadowbrook Farm was established in 1975. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 136 to 117 (-14%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

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People over time

Meadowbrook Farm, census by census

0100200198020002020Peak: 195

Between 117 and 195 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Meadowbrook Farm’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Questions about Meadowbrook Farm’s history

What year was Meadowbrook Farm founded?

In 1975, according to Wikidata. the census of 1980 counted 195 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.