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Campbell County, Kentucky

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
72historic places
—earliest paper
1795formed
93,076pop. 2020
17cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 72 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Newport, Camp Springs, Alexandria.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kentucky is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Campbell titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

53 of 72 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

72 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Barth, Peter, FarmAlexandriaBuilding1983
Baumann HouseCamp SpringsBuilding1983
BellevueNewportBuilding1976
Bellevue High SchoolBellevueBuilding1986
Bishoff HouseCamp SpringsBuilding1983
Blau's Four Mile HouseCamp SpringsBuilding1983
Blenk HouseAlexandriaBuilding1983
Bonnie Leslie Historic DistrictBellevueBuilding2018
Braun, John, HouseCamp SpringsBuilding1983
Buena Vista Historic DistrictNewportDistrict2020
Camp Spring HouseCamp SpringsBuilding1983
Campbell County Courthouse at NewportNewportBuilding1988
Cote Brillante Historic DistrictNewportDistrict2005
Dayton City HallDaytonBuilding2022
Dayton High SchoolDaytonBuilding1985
Doyle Country ClubDaytonDistrict2017
East Newport Historic DistrictNewportDistrict1983
Faha, John, HouseAlexandriaBuilding1983
Fairfield Avenue Historic DistrictBellevueDistrict1988
Foote-Fister MansionBellevueBuilding1988
Fort Thomas Commercial DistrictFt. ThomasDistrict2008
Fort Thomas Military Reservation DistrictFort ThomasDistrict1986
Fort Thomas Women’s ClubFort ThomasBuilding2023
Grote Manufacturing Company Building (CP337)BellevueBuilding2019
Gubser-Schuchter FarmCamp SpringsBuilding1983
Heiert FarmCamp SpringsBuilding1983
Herndon, Elijah, HouseCaliforniaBuilding1983
Highland Country ClubFort ThomasDistrict2024
Hilbert FarmCamp SpringsBuilding1983
Hubbard, Harlan, StudioFort ThomasBuilding2016
Kort GroceryCamp SpringsBuilding1983
Kremer, Frederich, HouseAlexandriaBuilding1983
Kremer, Matthias, HouseCamp SpringsBuilding1983
Kremer, Nicholas, HouseAlexandriaBuilding1983
Leick HouseCamp SpringsBuilding1983
Mansion Hill Historic DistrictNewportDistrict1980
Mansion Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)NewportDistrict1985
Marianne TheaterBellevueBuilding2015
Monmouth Street Historic DistrictNewportDistrict1996
Newport Courthouse Square Historic DistrictNewportDistrict2010
Newport and Cincinnati BridgeNewportStructure2001
Ort-Heeb FarmAlexandriaBuilding1983
Posey FlatsNewportBuilding1987
Reitman HouseAlexandriaBuilding1983
Reitman's St.Joseph HouseCamp SpringsBuilding1983
Ritter, Andrew, FarmAlexandriaBuilding1983
Robinson, E.O., HouseHighland HeightsBuilding2017
Roth FarmCamp SpringsBuilding1983
Sacred Heart ChurchBellevueBuilding1974
Salem Methodist Episcopal Church and ParsonageNewportBuilding1986
Sauer, August, HouseNewportBuilding1997
Sauser FarmAlexandriaBuilding1983
Seiter, Joseph, HouseBellevueBuilding1986
Southgate-Parker-Maddux HouseNewportBuilding1977
St John's Lutheran CemeteryAlexandriaSite1983
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic ChurchWildersDistrict1980
St. Joseph's Catholic Church and CemeteryAlexandriaBuilding1983
St. Paul's Episcopal ChurchNewportBuilding1980
St. Vincent de Paul SchoolNewportBuilding1989
Stevens, John, HouseCaliforniaBuilding2024
Taylor's Daughters Historic DistrictBellevueDistrict1988
Terrace GardensDaytonBuilding2023
Third Street Motor Car Company BuildingNewportBuilding2002
Tiemeyer HouseMelbourneBuilding1983
Trutschell HouseMelbourneBuilding1983
U.S. Army Fort Thomas Mess HallFort ThomasBuilding1980
Uebel HouseAlexandriaBuilding1983
Walter HouseMelbourneBuilding2007
Weber, John, FarmCamp SpringsBuilding2007
Wiedemann, Charles, HouseNewportBuilding1984
York Street Historic District (Additional Documentation)NewportDistrict1995
York Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)NewportDistrict2024

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Campbell was formed in 1795 (1795-05-10) from Harrison, Mason, Scott.

CAMPBELL created from HARRISON, MASON, and SCOTT.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Campbell County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

93k47k1,90318001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,9037,0225,21420,90937,44054,22361,86871,91876,19686,80383,31788,61693,076

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
wihoPark unit22.1 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

17 cemeteries and 21 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 17 of 17 listed
NameLatLon
Alexandria Cemetery38.95419-84.39712
Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery39.03005-84.45235
Campbell County Cemetery39.02533-84.45521
Corpus Christi Cemetery39.04709-84.48587
Evergreen Cemetery39.06672-84.47216
Evergreen Cemetery Soldiers' Lot39.06799-84.47258
Flagg Springs Baptist Church Cemetery38.8836-84.26381
Grandview Cemetery38.88827-84.25599
Johns Hill Cemetery39.02995-84.47369
Oakland Cemetery38.85768-84.40004
Persimmon Grove Baptist Church Cemetery38.90166-84.34416
Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery38.89461-84.41604
Saint Josephs Catholic Church Cemetery38.99527-84.3625
Saint Josephs Cemetery39.04729-84.48387
Saint Mary's Cemetery38.95638-84.38805
Saint Stephens Cemetery39.05151-84.45107
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery38.87669-84.31596
Historical populated places — 21 of 21
NameLatLon
Abbott38.85979-84.43233
Big Bend38.97052-84.4568
California Crossing38.90433-84.28951
Clay Ridge38.84036-84.41804
Dodsworth Lane39.03412-84.41935
Dry Ridge38.84171-84.35082
Fisher Ridge38.85508-84.33236
Fourmile38.99487-84.36352
Hopeful38.81758-84.39543
Maple Valley38.92267-84.36427
Oakland38.97287-84.33837
Pleasant Ridge38.89337-84.41377
Plum Creek38.84024-84.37223
Poplar Thicket38.9424-84.4333
Reeses Settlement39.02415-84.44032
Reis38.8546-84.31112
Tarvan38.92366-84.34562
Tug Fork39.00426-84.37886
Twelvemile38.96053-84.3267
Wilmington38.85117-84.46311
Winters Lane39.03369-84.42723

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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