The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSmiths Grove is a home rule-class city in Warren County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 752 as of the 2020 Census. It is included in the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 714 to 752 (+5%). Half of its homes were built before 1973.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Smiths Grove 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.
Start Smiths Grove’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Smiths Grove’s history is told.
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Smiths Grove, decade by decade
2000
9 historic places in Smiths Grove
Smiths Grove has 9 listings on the National Register, and they protect 159 historic buildings, because Smiths Grove Historic District (Boundary Increase II & Additional Documentation) alone counts 142.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1979J. L. Wright House
Listed 1979Smiths Grove Baptist Church
Listed 1979Smiths Grove Presbyterian ChurchListed 1979John Jackson Ford HouseListed 1979Smiths Grove DistrictListed 1979Sterrett HouseListed 1987Smiths Grove Historic District (Boundary Increase)Listed 1996Cave Spring FarmListed 2007Smiths Grove Historic District (Boundary Increase II & Additional Documentation)Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.