Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Park City was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1964. Its Register listings are the Renfro Hotel and the Belle's Tavern. Below: maps from 1922 on.
The Park City post office opened in 1938, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Park City’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Park City. 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 Park City.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Park City yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Park is a rural unincorporated community in eastern Barren County, Kentucky, United States. Park had a post office from 1853 to 1958.
Its first post office opened in 1938. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 537 to 614 (+14%).
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.
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.
Nobody well known was born in Park City itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Park City post office opened in 1938, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Two places: the Renfro Hotel (listed 1983) and the Belle's Tavern (1987).
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 (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.
