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Plantation dates to 1960

Most of Plantation was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1963. Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1970.

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How Plantation began

When was Plantation founded?

1960

Plantation dates its founding to 1960 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1970.

First census: 895 in 19702020 census: 82666 years
Founding year: Wikidata.The full story ↓

What stands out about Plantation’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Plantation are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19056 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1981. Watch Plantation change.Old housesHalf of Plantation’s homes were built before 1963.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Plantation’s history is told.

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On the map

Plantation on the map, 1905 to 1981

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

Plantation on the 1905 USGS mapPlantation on the 1912 USGS mapPlantation on the 1951 USGS mapPlantation on the 1960 USGS mapPlantation on the 1971 USGS mapPlantation 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 Plantation.

The story

How Plantation came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Plantation.

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According to the Louisville Metro Department of Neighborhoods, Plantation was originally built around farmland and later additions from the Palmer-Ball farm of approximately 100 acres (40 ha). The original subdivision was established for the Plantation Swim Club that existed from 1956 until 2004. The Plantation Swim Club was the home of the National Swim and Diving Championships as seen on ABC Sports for many years. Part of the original land division included a gift to the Catholic Church for the establishment of the Mother of Good Counsel parish and school, which is now home to Portland Christian School.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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People over time

Plantation, census by census

02004006008001,000198020002020Peak: 969

Between 826 and 969 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

BriarwoodIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Plantation’s history

What year was Plantation founded?

In 1960, according to Wikidata. the census of 1970 counted 895 people here.

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikipedia, 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.