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History · Beverly Hills

47% of Beverly Hills’ homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1933 on and the census since 1940.

0on the National Register
47%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Beverly Hills’ 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 Beverly Hills are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 938 in 1950; 475 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Beverly Hills’ homes were built before 1941.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beverly Hills’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Beverly Hills, census by census

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Peaked at 938 in 1950; 475 people lived here in 2020.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Beverly Hills’ Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Beverly Hills, in brief

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

Beverly Hills is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 475.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 574 to 475 (-17%).

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

By decade

Beverly Hills, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Beverly Hills Shopping Center2016Beverly Hills Shopping Center
On the map

Beverly Hills on the map, 1933 to 1993

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

Beverly Hills on the 1933 USGS mapBeverly Hills on the 1941 USGS mapBeverly Hills on the 1954 USGS mapBeverly Hills on the 1968 USGS mapBeverly Hills on the 1974 USGS mapBeverly Hills on the 1993 USGS map1933Clayton 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 Beverly Hills.

Famous people

Famous people close to Beverly Hills

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

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Jenifer LewisAmerican actress · b. 1957
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Tyron WoodleyAmerican mixed martial artist · b. 1982
Bob GaleAmerican screenwriter, producer and film direct… · b. 1951
Jane FromanAmerican actress · b. 1907
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David SingmasterBritish mathematician · b. 1938
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HueyAmerican rapper · b. 1987
Stories next door

History across the town line

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.