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At that time a part of Kentucky County, Virginia, the town was chartered in 1780 and named Louisville in honor of King Louis XVI of France. In 2003, the city of Louisville merged with Jefferson County to become Louisville-Jefferson Metro. As of the 2010 census, it is the largest city in the state of Kentucky, the largest on the Ohio River, and ...
The Stewart Dry Goods Company —alternately known as Stewart Dry Goods, or Stewart's —was a regional department store chain based in Louisville, Kentucky. At its height, the chain consisted of seven store locations in Kentucky and Indiana. The chain in its later years operated as a division of New York–based Associated Dry Goods.
9701 Cooper Church Dr. 38°06′26″N 85°40′51″W / 38.107222°N 85.680833°W / 38.107222; -85.680833 (Fishpool Plantation) Louisville. Formerly 9710 Preston Highway, before construction in Hillview. Current location can be found at Kurtz Ave. and McCrea Ln.
The company's founder William Burke Belknap the elder (1811–1884) was born in Brimfield, Massachusetts, the son of Morris Burke Belknap the elder (1780–1877) and Phoebe Locke Thompson Belknap (1788–1873) and is not to be confused with William Burke Belknap the younger (1885–1965) or William Burke Belknap Jr.
Louisville Stoneware. Coordinates: 38°14′35.4″N 85°44′04.0″W. Exterior of the company's Visitor Center in 2008. Stoneware & Co., which was previously known by various other names including the J. B. Taylor Company and Louisville Stoneware until sometime after its sale in July 2007, is a stoneware -producing company located in the ...
The Filson Historical Society, previously known as The Filson Club, is a privately supported historical society located in the Old Louisville neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. Founded in 1884, the Filson is an organization dedicated to continuing adult education through a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal, Ohio Valley History, a ...
Robert Chester Tway Sr. (October 21, 1881 – May 13, 1964), known as R. C. Tway, was a business, agricultural and political icon in the Louisville, Kentucky area. His activities provided a long-lasting footprint in Kentucky as his farm (named Plainview Farms) evolved into a large subdivision and business center located off Hurstbourne Lane, and his former Kentucky Trailer Company continues to ...
Rubbertown, Louisville. Coordinates: 38°13′07″N 85°50′12″W. Rubbertown is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, located along the Ohio River. During World War II, it became the home of many industrial plants which remained after the war and led to its name. Its largest businesses include American Synthetic Rubber, Borden Chemical ...