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History · Norbourne Estates

34% of Norbourne Estates’ homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1907 on and the census since 1960.

0on the National Register
34%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Norbourne Estates’ past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Norbourne Estates are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Norbourne Estates’ homes were built before 1945.
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Norbourne Estates, in brief

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Norbourne Estates is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Norbourne Estates had a population of 437.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 441 in 2010, 437 in 2020.

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

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On the map

Norbourne Estates on the map in 1907

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Norbourne Estates.

Norbourne Estates on the 1907 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 Norbourne Estates.

People over time

Norbourne Estates, census by census

01002003004005001960198020002020Peak: 507

Between 437 and 507 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

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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.