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History · Westport

Westport’s post office opened in 1815, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Westport began

When was Westport founded?

1815

The Westport post office opened in 1815, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 253211 years
Founding year: the first Westport post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Westport’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Westport are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1815: 211 years of Westport.
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Westport, in brief

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

Westport is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Oldham County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Westport had a population of 253. Westport has a post office with ZIP code 40077, which opened on November 29, 1815. The community is located along the Ohio River.

Its first post office opened in 1815. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 268 to 253 (-6%).

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

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Questions about Westport’s history

What year was Westport founded?

The Westport post office opened in 1815, 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 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.