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History · Sycamore

Sycamore’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Sycamore. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Sycamore is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, Sycamore had a population of 166.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 160 to 166 (+4%). Half of its homes were built before 1973.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sycamore 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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Sycamore, 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 Sycamore is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Sycamore has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Arthur P. Stitzel House in Wildwood, 0.7 miles away.

Sycamore and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Sycamore. Tap a dot.
Arthur P. Stitzel HouseBeynroth HouseTway HouseHead HouseBank of MiddletownSoldiers Retreat

Closest to Sycamore

Arthur P. Stitzel HouseWildwood · Built 19220.7miBeynroth HouseMiddletown · Building1miTway HouseJeffersontown · Building1.1miHead HouseMiddletown · Building1.1miBank of MiddletownMiddletown · Building1.1mi

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. Arthur P. Stitzel House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Sycamore?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Sycamore’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.

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📜 Blue Ridge Manor📜 Wildwood📜 Douglass Hills📜 Bellemeade
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