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Spring Mill’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Spring Mill is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Spring Mill had a population of 294.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 287 to 294 (+2%). Half of its homes were built before 1969.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Spring Mill 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.

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CHClyde HatterPoplar Hills · 4 mi
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Spring Mill, 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.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Spring Mill is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Spring Mill has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Pennsylvania Run Presbyterian Church in Louisville/Jefferson County metro government, 1.2 miles away.

Spring Mill and the nearest listed places

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Pennsylvania Run Presbyterian ChurchLocust AvenueTaggart HouseLouisville to Bardstown Turnpike Milestones and RoadbedSimeon Lewis Rural Historic DistrictLevin Bates House

Closest to Spring Mill

Pennsylvania Run Presbyterian ChurchLouisville/Jefferson County metro government · Building1.2miLocust AvenueLouisville/Jefferson County metro government · Building2.1miTaggart HouseLouisville/Jefferson County metro government · Building2.3miLouisville to Bardstown Turnpike Milestones and RoadbedLouisville/Jefferson County metro government · District2.4miSimeon Lewis Rural Historic DistrictLouisville/Jefferson County metro government · District2.4mi

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. Pennsylvania Run Presbyterian Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Spring Mill?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Spring Mill’s story, or a memory of it.
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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.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Hollow Creek📜 Louisville/Jefferson County metro government📜 Heritage Creek📜 West Buechel
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