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History · Spottsville

Spottsville’s post office opened in 1858, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1951 on.

1858first post office
0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How Spottsville began

When was Spottsville founded?

1858

The Spottsville post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 274168 years
Founding year: the first Spottsville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Spottsville’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 Spottsville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Spottsville’s homes were built before 1950.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Spottsville’s history is told.

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The story so far

Spottsville, in brief

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

Spottsville is a census-designated place (CDP) and former coal town in Henderson County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Spottsville had a population of 274. U.S. Route 60 forms the northern edge of Spottsville, and the Green River forms the eastern edge. The first Spottsville Bridge over the Green River opened on December 17, 1931. In September 2013, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet determined that the structure was functionally obsolete because of its narrow deck width and was structurally deficient. The new Spottsville Bridge was completed in 2022, with the ribbon being cut by Irma Stanley Day who had cut the ribbon on the original Spottsville Bridge in 1931. The Green…

Its first post office opened in 1858. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 325 to 274 (-16%).

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

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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On the map

Spottsville on the map, 1951 to 1971

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

Spottsville on the 1951 USGS mapSpottsville on the 1971 USGS map1951Spottsville sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Spottsville.

Famous people

Famous people close to Spottsville

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

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Dylan MinnetteAmerican actor and musician · b. 1996
Louise DresserAmerican actress · b. 1878
Husband E. KimmelUnited States admiral · b. 1882
Avery BrooksAmerican actor and director · b. 1948
Lilly KingAmerican swimmer · b. 1997
Marilyn MillerBroadway musical star · b. 1898

Questions about Spottsville’s history

What year was Spottsville founded?

The Spottsville post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.