Taylor Mill dates to 1956, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 28% of U.S. towns · #106 of 142 in Kentucky. What drives it
Most of Taylor Mill was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Its Register listing is the Emery Row. Below: maps from 1953 on and the census since 1960.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1911.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Taylor Mill’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Taylor Mill is more historic than 28% of U.S. towns, #106 of 142 in Kentucky. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Taylor Mill’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 Taylor Mill’s 14.4 sits near the middle of its state (43% of Kentucky towns have fewer) while its 10 historic buildings outnumber those of 76% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.4 points). Two sources give 1956.
Founding year: Wikidata (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 Taylor Mill’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The city was named for a local mill operated during the early 19th century by James Taylor Jr., the founder of Newport. In 1810 Taylor purchased the land from Jacob Fowler, and the road from what is now Covington to the mill was named Taylor's Mill Road. Others then moved onto the land, felling trees for lumber and clearing land for farming, which began the settling of the city of Taylor Mill.
In 1959 Taylor Mill annexed the former city of Sunny Acres, because its name confused newcomers who associated it with the fictional setting of an episode ("Shady Deal at Sunny Acres") from the popular TV series Maverick. In 1972 the voters of Taylor Mill and Winston Park voted to merge the two cities.
In 1956, according to Wikidata. Taylor Mill’s post office opened in 1911, and the census of 1960 counted 710 people here.
How does Taylor Mill rank for history?
Taylor Mill is more historic than 28% of U.S. towns, #106 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.
What is on the National Register in Taylor Mill?
One place: the Emery Row (listed 1985).
How old are the homes in Taylor Mill?
9% of Taylor Mill’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.4 points), against a typical 5.9% for a Kentucky town; the median home was built in 1975.
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 Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
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