On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Park City is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns, #154 of 177 in Tennessee. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Park City’s overall grade.
Tennessee towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Tennessee town has 6.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Park City’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (16% of Tennessee towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.5 points).
Founding year: our sources. 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 Park City’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Highland RimPark City HeightsPlada HeightsRolling HillsSkinem
Gone or out of use
Johnson SchoolschoolProspect Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Park City
ProspectSmithSmithWells Hill
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Park City, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Park City yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Park City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,442 and 2,422 at the 2020 census. Park City is the location of the Fayetteville Municipal Airport.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,442 in 2010, 2,422 in 2020.
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Park City is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns, #154 of 177 in Tennessee. 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.
How old are the homes in Park City?
5% of Park City’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.5 points), against a typical 4.9% for a Tennessee town; the median home was built in 1979.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.
