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July 31, 1996. The Louisville and Nashville Turnpike[a] was a toll road that ran from Louisville, Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee during the 19th century. From Louisville, one route now designated US 31W ran through Elizabethtown, Munfordville, Glasgow Junction (now Park City), Bowling Green, and Franklin before crossing into Tennessee.
July 12, 1984. Old Louisville. Old Louisville is a historic district and neighborhood in central Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It is the third largest such district in the United States, and the largest preservation district featuring almost entirely Victorian architecture. [2][3] It is also unique in that a majority of its structures ...
Jefferson County: 111: Louisville: 1780: Kentucky County: Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States (1801–09) 772,144: 385 sq mi (997 km 2) Jessamine County: 113: Nicholasville: 1798: Fayette County: Jessamine Creek, which contains a set of rapids that are the county's most well known natural feature 55,017: 173 sq mi (448 km 2 ...
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 ...
Length. 10,396 miles (16,731 kilometers) The Louisville and Nashville Railroad (reporting mark LN), commonly called the L&N, was a Class I railroad that operated freight and passenger services in the southeast United States. Chartered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1850, the road grew into one of the great success stories of American business.
This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Old Louisville, Kentucky (roughly bounded by York St. and E. Jacob St. on the north; S. Floyd St. and I-65 on the east; E. Brandeis St. on the south; and S. 5th St., S. 7th St. and the CSX Railroad tracks on the west).
Louisville[b] is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States. [a][11] By land area, it is the country's 24th-largest city, although by population density, it is the 265th most dense city. [c][12] Louisville is the historical county seat ...
Added to NRHP. December 5, 1972. The St. James–Belgravia Historic District, within Old Louisville, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It comprises St. James Court (north) and Belgravia Court (south). It is bordered to the north by Louisville's Central Park. The area was the site of the Southern Exposition and now ...