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In 1907, a bridge was built across the South Fork of Beargrass Creek which allowed French settlers north of the creek, in an area called Paristown, to attend the one Catholic church in the area. The German-Paristown Neighborhood Association was founded in 1973, making it one of Louisville's first neighborhood associations.
The Rubbertown industrial complex was created with construction by Standard Oil of Kentucky, who built an oil refinery in the area in 1918. Two other companies would come to the area for similar business in the 1930s, Aetna Oil and Louisville Refinery. These refineries were producers of fuel, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, oil, and petroleum coke ...
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is served by the following area codes: 270/364, which serve western Kentucky and the western half of South Central Kentucky; 502, which serves the Louisville and Frankfort areas; 606, which serves eastern Kentucky, including the Eastern Coalfield; 859, which serves the Lexington area and Northern Kentucky
Roughly bounded by I-64, Lexington Road, Bishop Street, and Cave Hill Cemetery 38°15′06″N 85°43′18″W / 38.2517°N 85.7217°W / 38.2517; -85.7217 ( Irish Hill Historic Louisville
Pleasure Ridge Park (PRP) is a former census-designated place (CDP) in southwest Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States.The population was 26,212 at the 2010 census. In 2003, the area was annexed to the city of Louisville due to a merger between the city and Jefferson County's unincorporated communities.
Prospect is a home rule-class city [4] in Jefferson and Oldham counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky.The Jefferson County portion is a part of the Louisville Metro government. . The population was 4,592 as of the 2020 census, down from 4,698 at the time of the 2010 census.
It was linked to Louisville by a streetcar line along 4th street in 1900, and the city was annexed by Louisville in 1922, after a 5-year court battle. Beechmont escaped flooding during the Great Flood of 1937, and was a temporary disaster shelter. The neighborhood expanded slightly as new developments were built after World War II. These ...
Klondike is a neighborhood in eastern Louisville, Kentucky, United States.Due to being on the edge of the old city limits, its boundaries are irregular, it is south of Hikes Lane and west of Breckenridge Lane.