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History · South Park View

The history of South Park View

Below: maps from 1907 on and the census since 1970.

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What stands out about South Park View’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 South Park View are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19075 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1994. Watch South Park View change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how South Park View’s history is told.

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On the map

South Park View on the map, 1907 to 1994

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

South Park View on the 1907 USGS mapSouth Park View on the 1951 USGS mapSouth Park View on the 1971 USGS mapSouth Park View on the 1981 USGS mapSouth Park View on the 1994 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 South Park View.

The story

How South Park View came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of South Park View.

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South Park View incorporated as a city of the 6th class in April 1961. The city was a residential suburb until the expansion of the Louisville International Airport realigned runways and created noise levels that the Federal Aviation Administration considered "significant." During the 2000s, residents were relocated and an enterprise zone industrial park replaced much of the housing, resulting in a population loss for the city from 196 to 7 between the 2000 and 2010 censuses. The official population fell to 0 by the 2020 census. The city was dissolved in 2023.

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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

South Park View, census by census

010020030019802000Peak: 287

Between 7 and 287 people in every census since 1970.

5 censuses, 1970–2010.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to South Park View

Nobody well known was born in South Park View itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Charles KurtsingerAmerican jockey · b. 1906
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Wayne EdwardsAmerican stock car racing driver · b. 1967
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Clyde HatterAmerican baseball player · b. 1908
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Shannon TindleAmerican animator · b. 1901
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Cindy GnadingerAmerican educator and academic administrator

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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.