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History · Cedar Hill Lakes

Cedar Hill Lakes was first counted by the census in 1980

Most of Cedar Hill Lakes was built recently: 0.7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1957. Below: maps from 1938 on and the census since 1980.

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0on the National Register
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How Cedar Hill Lakes began

When was Cedar Hill Lakes founded?

1980

Cedar Hill Lakes first appears in the census in 1980.

First census: 200 in 19802020 census: 20346 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Cedar Hill Lakes’ 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 Cedar Hill Lakes are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Cedar Hill Lakes’ homes were built before 1957.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cedar Hill Lakes’s history is told.

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The story so far

Cedar Hill Lakes, in brief

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

Cedar Hill Lakes is a village in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. The population was 203 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1980. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 237 to 203 (-14%).

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

By decade

Cedar Hill Lakes, decade by decade

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On the map

Cedar Hill Lakes on the map, 1938 to 1974

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

Cedar Hill Lakes on the 1938 USGS mapCedar Hill Lakes on the 1954 USGS mapCedar Hill Lakes on the 1968 USGS mapCedar Hill Lakes on the 1974 USGS map1938Cedar Hill 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 Cedar Hill Lakes.

People over time

Cedar Hill Lakes, census by census

0100200198020002020Peak: 237

Between 200 and 237 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Cedar Hill Lakes’ Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cedar Hill Lakes

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

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Bill BradleyAmerican basketball player and politician · b. 1943
Jay Nixon55th Governor of Missouri · b. 1956
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Frank WilcoxAmerican actor · b. 1907
Michael ChandlerAmerican mixed martial artist · b. 1986
Tom SantschiAmerican actor · b. 1878
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Nikki ZiegelmeyerAmerican short track speed skater · b. 1975

Questions about Cedar Hill Lakes’ history

What year was Cedar Hill Lakes founded?

The Cedar Hill Lakes post office opened in 1980, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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.