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Oldham County, Kentucky

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48historic places

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1824formed

67,607pop. 2020

7cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 48 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Peewee Valley, Crestwood, Goshen.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

28 of 48 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

48 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Ashbourne Farms	LaGrange	District	2008
Ashwood Avenue Historic District	Pewee Valley	District	1989
Bate, John Leslie, House	Goshen	Building	1987
Bondurant-Hustin House	Peewee Valley	Building	1989
Bradshaw-Duncan House	Crestwood	Building	2005
Building at 301 La Grange Road	Peewee Valley	Building	1989
Carpenter-Smith House	Crestwood	Building	1982
Central Avenue Historic District	Pewee Valley	District	1989
Central La Grange Historic District	La Grange	District	1988
Clifton	Goshen	District	1997
Clore, Albert E., House	Crestwood	Building	1983
Confederate Memorial in Peewee Valley	Peewee Valley	Object	1997
Ellis, Joseph H., House	Peewee Valley	Building	1989
Forrester-Duvall House	Peewee Valley	Building	1989
Griffith, D. W., House	La Grange	Building	1976
Harrods Creek Baptist Church and Rev. William Kellar House	Crestwood	Building	1976
Hermitage, The	Goshen	Building	1982
Ingram, William, House	Buckner	Building	1983
Johnson's Landing House and Farm	Goshen	Building	2016
Kellar, Abraham, House	Brownsboro	Building	1979
Locke-Mount House	Goshen	Building	1982
Locust, The	Pewee Valley	Building	1975
McMahan House	La Grange	Building	1982
McMakin, William, House	Brownsboro	Building	1987
Miller, George, House	Peewee Valley	Building	1989
Peebles, Dr. Thomas C., House	Peewee Valley	Building	1989
Peewee Valley Confederate Cemetery	Peewee Valley	Site	1989
Ritter, John, House	Floydsburg	Building	1987
Ross-Hollenbach Farm	Brownsboro	District	2008
Russell Court	La Grange	District	1988
Saint James' Episcopal Church	Pewee Valley	Building	1985
Sale, Reuben, House	La Grange	Building	1982
Smith, William Alexander, House	Peewee Valley	Building	1989
Spring Hill	Ballardsville	Building	1980
St. Aloysius Church	Peewee Valley	Building	1989
Tanglewood	Peewee Valley	Building	1989
Taylor, Phillip R., House	Louisville	Building	1983
Tuliphurst	Peewee Valley	Building	1989
Van Horn-Ross House	Peewee Valley	Building	1989
Waldeck Farm	Crestwood	District	2001
Wesley Methodist Church	Anchorage	Building	1987
Wildwood Farm	Skylight	District	2006
Woodland	Crestwood	Building	2016
Wooldridge-Rose House	Pewee Valley	Building	2006
Woolfolk, William, House	La Grange	Building	1987
Yager House	Goshen	Building	1982
Yew Dell Farm	Crestwood	District	2011
Yewell-Snyder House	Brownsboro	Building	1983

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Oldham was formed in 1824 (1824-02-01) from Henry, Jefferson, Shelby.

OLDHAM created from HENRY, JEFFERSON, and SHELBY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Oldham County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
9,588	7,380	7,283	7,667	7,078	7,689	10,716	11,018	13,388	27,795	46,178	67,607

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

7 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 7 of 7 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Confederate Cemetery	38.30304	-85.47692
Harrods Creek Cemetery	38.3615	-85.50539
Kelso Cemetery	38.40554	-85.32973
Kerlin Cemetery	38.40749	-85.33612
Pewee Valley Cemetery	38.30423	-85.47573
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	38.34401	-85.42876
Valley of Rest Cemetery	38.40433	-85.37509

Historical populated places — 4 of 4

Name	Lat	Lon
Elder Park	38.36908	-85.40784
Liberty	38.45066	-85.50376
Mallory	38.31385	-85.33296
Zion	38.31644	-85.366

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

Historical markers

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