1782 in the
Russian Empire, settlers from
Poltava Governorate founded the settlement
Kamianka. Its name was derived from the river, upon which the village sits. On a map from the first half of the 19th century, the village is marked as
Belmanka (), from the nearby Turkic "Bilmak" burial mounds. In 1797, it was renamed
Tsarekostiantynivka after
Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia. The population grew with the settlement by
state serfs from other parts of what is now northern
Ukraine. During the
Russian Civil War that began in 1918, Tsarekostiantynivka changed hands several times between the opposing forces, before eventually being taken over by the
Bolsheviks in late October 1920. Incorporated into the
Ukrainian SSR of the newly established communist
Soviet Union, the village suffered as a result of
collectivization in the republic. The new name was chosen because of a nearby Turkic burial mound named "Belmak". However, when transferred to the Ukrainian language, "bilmak" can mean roughly "a person with a
black eye". This offended the residents of the town, and they continued to use the Communist name in colloquial speech. They suggested returning to its original name of "Kamianka" and the Verkhovna Rada adopted this proposal on 6 October 2021. In March 2022, during
Russian invasion of Ukraine, the town was captured by Russian forces. Until 26 January 2024, Kamianka was designated
urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Kamianka became a rural settlement. ==Demographics==