[7][8] Present-day Barbourmeade is part of the loosely defined historic community known as Springdale, after the farm that stood on the south side of Brownsboro Road beginning in 1830.

[9] Though it is not a formally recognized neighborhood or district within Louisville, nor does it have official boundaries, older businesses in the community still retain the Springdale name.

[9] This intersection remains a commercial hub for the immediate community, serviced by a convenience store and gas station, dry cleaner, animal hospital and automotive shop.

A series of liquor stores have also been located at the intersection since 1978, when one opened amidst considerable protest from members of the community.

[13] Beginning in the late 19th century until it was subdivided in the 1950s, much of present-day Barbourmeade and the surrounding portions of Louisville's East End were occupied by potato farms.

"[14] Among these farmers was John "The Potato King" Stutzenberger Sr., said at the time to be "one of Jefferson County's best known-farmers," and whose family farm occupied a large portion of present-day Barbourmeade.

[16] A farmhouse facing Brownsboro Road built by the Schneider family, who operated a truck farm on the site, is one of the few pre-World War II buildings remaining in Barbourmeade.

[17] After World War II, potato production in the area declined and farm acreages in Springdale and along Brownsboro Road were reduced or sold off.

[23] The housing stock consists of a variety of popular postwar styles, including Colonial Revival, ranch-style, split-levels and Cape Cods.

Their releases included the debut album by Hotel Roy, the first commercially available recordings of future My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James.

[33] Attorney and judge William E. McAnulty Jr., the first African American justice on the Kentucky Supreme Court, was a Barbourmeade resident in the 1980s.

[34] Brownsboro Road and its predecessor, the turnpike, have long been the primary means for accessing Barbourmeade, first by horse and carriage, and then by automobile.

The hilly terrain and sharp turns on Brownsboro Road crossing Goose Creek make accessing it by bicycle or on foot difficult.

[36] The neighborhood has not been directly served by public transit since the late 1990s, when the portion of TARC Route 15 between Holiday Manor Shopping Center and Standard Country Club was eliminated.

[39] In 2006, Barbourmeade received a Safe Routes to School grant from the state of Kentucky to upgrade pedestrian facilities for students walking and biking to Norton Elementary.