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History · Plum Springs

Plum Springs dates to 1966

Most of Plum Springs was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1922 on and the census since 1970.

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How Plum Springs began

When was Plum Springs founded?

1966

Plum Springs dates its founding to 1966 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1970.

First census: 185 in 19702020 census: 49760 years
Founding year: Wikidata.

What stands out about Plum Springs’ 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 Plum Springs are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19224 editions of the USGS map, 1922 to 1993. Watch Plum Springs change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Plum Springs’s history is told.

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On the map

Plum Springs on the map, 1922 to 1993

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

Plum Springs on the 1922 USGS mapPlum Springs on the 1954 USGS mapPlum Springs on the 1968 USGS mapPlum Springs on the 1993 USGS map1922Brownsville 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 Plum Springs.

The story so far

Plum Springs, in brief

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

Plum Springs is a home rule-class city in Warren County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 497 as of the 2020 Census. It is included in the Bowling Green metropolitan area. It is named for its location on Plum Springs Road (Ky. 957).

Plum Springs was established in 1966. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 453 to 497 (+10%).

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

Timeline

Plum Springs, 1884 to 1966

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Born hereAlfred Leland Crabb is born here
  3. 20th century
  4. 1922On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1966
    FoundingPlum Springs is established
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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

Plum Springs, census by census

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Grew from 185 people in 1970 to 497 in 2020.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

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Questions about Plum Springs’ history

What year was Plum Springs founded?

In 1966, according to Wikidata. the census of 1970 counted 185 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 Wikidata (2), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.