History · Cambridge

Cambridge’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Cambridge. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

0old images & papers
0recent photos

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Cambridge is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cambridge had a population of 162.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 175 to 162 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1962.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cambridge yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

Be one of the first

Start Cambridge’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cambridge’s history is told.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people close to Cambridge

See all 2 →
By decade

Cambridge, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your album
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Cambridge is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cambridge has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Kennedy-Hunsinger Farm in Louisville/Jefferson County metro government, 0.6 miles away.

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Kennedy-Hunsinger Farm’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Cambridge?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Cambridge’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old place
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

The coffee’s on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Cambridge, KYView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map
Loading boundary…

Cambridge is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01