The Sorgho post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Sorghotown (1869), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,972143 years
How historic is Sorgho?
D
More historic than 9% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Sorgho post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Sorgho’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Sorgho is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns, #132 of 142 in Kentucky. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
D
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Sorgho’s overall grade.
Kentucky towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Kentucky town has 29.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Sorgho’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (12% of Kentucky towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. The pre-1940 share (±1.5 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Sorgho’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sorgho yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Sorgho, Kentucky, originally named and known as Sorghotown, the boundaries of this unincorporated community were described in an order dated 12 May 1874, by Daviess County, Kentucky Judge Triplett, worded as follows: " Upon the application of ten voters to be effected by the change hereinafter specified; and it appearing to the Court right and proper that said change should be made; and further that the requirements of the law as to notice before application has been complied with, – it is therefore ordered that an additional voting precinct be and the same is hereby established in Daviess County (Kentucky), in District No. 1, to be called and known as 'Sorghotown Voting Place'...." The com…
Its first post office opened in 1883.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Sorgho, 1869 to 1952
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Sorgho had its own post office from 1883 to 1918. Another post office, Sorghotown, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Sorghotown
1869–1883
Sorgho
1883–1918
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Broad Acres
1cemetery inside Sorgho
Sorgho
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Sorgho’s history
What year was Sorgho founded?
The Sorgho post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Sorgho rank for history?
Sorgho is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns, #132 of 142 in Kentucky. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Sorgho?
0.0% of Sorgho’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.5 points), against a typical 5.9% for a Kentucky town; the median home was built in 2011.
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).
From 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.
