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History · Spring Mill

Half of Spring Mill’s homes were built after 1969

Most of Spring Mill was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1969. Below: maps from 1907 on and the census since 1990.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Spring Mill’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 Spring Mill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19076 editions of the USGS map, 1907 to 1994. Watch Spring Mill change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Spring Mill’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Spring Mill on the map, 1907 to 1994

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

Spring Mill on the 1907 USGS mapSpring Mill on the 1951 USGS mapSpring Mill on the 1960 USGS mapSpring Mill on the 1971 USGS mapSpring Mill on the 1982 USGS mapSpring Mill 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 Spring Mill.

The story so far

Spring Mill, in brief

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

Spring Mill is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Spring Mill had a population of 294.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 287 to 294 (+2%).

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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People over time

Spring Mill, census by census

010020030040020002020Peak: 380

Between 287 and 380 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

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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, 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.