Profile for Louisville, Kentucky, KY

Louisville is on the Ohio River.

Louisville grew as a 19th-century river port.

Union forces had military headquarters here during the Civil War.

The city merged with Jefferson county in 2003 to form a metro government.

Public transportation: Transit Authority of River City (See the transit and travel sections below.)

Ranked No. 8 on America's Most Literate Cities list, compiled by the University of Wisconsin in 2003

Drinks: Mint julep, a combination of bourbon, sugary syrup, fresh mint and crushed ice

Filming location for:
· 1999 movie, "The Insider"
· 1964 movie, "Goldfinger"

Setting for Tom and Daisy Buchanan?s wedding reception, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's ??The Great Gatsby??

Well-known residents have included:
· Muhammad Ali, boxer
· Ned Beatty, actor
· Sue Grafton, mystery writer
· President Zachary Taylor

Coffee: National and regional coffee companies with outlets here include Heine Brothers' Coffee, Panera Bread, Starbucks

Local festivals include:

• Kentucky Derby - May 5, 2007
• Kentucky State Fair - Aug. 16-26, 2007
• Riverside Heritage Festival - Oct. 13, 2007
• Good Folk Fest - Dec. 1-2, 2007
• Young American Shakespeare Festival - May 10-20, 2007
• Celebrate Asia Day - May 19, 2007
• Storytelling & S'mores - May 26, 2007
• Dog Days Family Day - June 24, 2007

Performing arts: Kentucky Opera, Louisville Ballet, Louisville Orchestra

Nearby parks & recreation: E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park, Jefferson County Memorial Forest

Louisville attractions: Louisville Zoo, Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom

Sports teams: Bats (minor league baseball)

Historic sites and museums: Kentucky Derby Museum, Louisville Slugger Museum, Conrad/Caldwell House Museum, Riverside, The Farnsley-Moremen Landing, Colonel Harlan Sanders Museum, Speed Art Museum, Callahan Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind

Colleges and universities: University of Louisville, Spalding University, Bellarmine College, Sullivan University, Jefferson Community College

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was below the national average. (See library links below.)

Gays & lesbians
National index: 100
Local index: 126

Listed places near Louisville

Airports (1)

Attractions (2)

Cemeteries (38)

Colleges (9)

Communities (43)

Historic sites (1)

Hotels (92)

Libraries (23)

Museums (13)

Parks (1)

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• Louisville population
• Ancestry of people in Louisville
• Housing in Louisville
• Income in Louisville
• Marital status of adults in Louisville
• Place of birth of people in Louisville
• Residence in 1995, of people in Louisville
• School enrollment & education levels in Louisville
• Transportation & commute times in Louisville
• Jefferson County data
• Fastest-growing counties in Kentucky
• State data - Kentucky
• Data by street address
• Historical census records (Ancestry.com)

Sections below provide additional information and links about Louisville demographics, travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Jefferson County economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, Louisville area jobs, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather in the 40203 ZIP code.

(Also see local map below.)

• Louisville city government
• Louisville Chamber of Commerce

16% of Louisville residents report German ancestry, and 12% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Louisville ancestry & family history guide.

• Cemeteries in or near Louisville
• Cemeteries in Jefferson County
• Libraries in or near Louisville

Post a query on a message board:

• Jefferson County Ancestry forum
• GenForum

Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - KY data
• Birth, marriage & death records
• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
• Census records (historic)
• Court, land & probate records
• Death index
• Family & local history
• Immigration records
• Military records (historic)
• Newspaper articles

Dance

• Louisville Ballet

Music

• Kentucky Opera
• Louisville Orchestra

• Louisville area attractions
• Louisville museums
• Louisville historic sites
• Louisville area parks
• Wineries near Louisville

• The Encyclopedia of Louisville

• Add a local cemetery to our listings
• Louisville area cemeteries
• Cemeteries in Jefferson County
• Cemetery record compendium
• Kentucky cemetery message boards
• National database of cemetery records
• Veteran grave locator

• Communities near Louisville
• Nearby cities of 10,000 or more
• Nearby cities of 50,000 or more
• Communities in Jefferson County

• Louisville business guide
• Louisville Chamber of Commerce
• Better Business Bureau
• Business licenses
• Corporate records search

• Courts in Kentucky
• Local ordinances in Kentucky (Partial selection)

• Crime in Jefferson County
• Arrests in Jefferson County

• Obituaries - search nearby newspapers
• Obituary database - Ancestry.com
• Charitable donations

• Local information on disability access
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Independent living centers in Kentucky
• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Louisville was $18,193, compared with $21,587 nationally.

• Banks
• Building permits
• Current labor force
• Wage estimates
• Jefferson County economic census
• Jefferson County economic summary
• Jefferson County employment growth
• Jefferson County unemployment rate
• Kentucky economic data

21% of Louisville residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

• Colleges in or near Louisville
• Colleges in Kentucky
• Learning Disabilities Association in Kentucky
• Schools in or near Louisville
• School districts in or near Louisville
• School report cards
• Yearbooks (old) of Kentucky high schools

• Movies & TV shows filmed in Louisville
• Movies playing in or near Louisville
• Tickets to local concerts, sporting events & theaters
• YouTube videos about Louisville

• Air pollution in Jefferson County
• Diesel soot in Jefferson County
• Land contamination in Jefferson County
• Nature Conservancy projects in Kentucky
• Ozone status & air pollution - American Lung Association
• Toxic chemical releases in Jefferson County
• Water levels & streamflow conditions in Kentucky

Louisville festival dates:

• Kentucky State Fair - Aug. 16-26, 2007
• Riverside Heritage Festival - Oct. 13, 2007
• Good Folk Fest - Dec. 1-2, 2007
• Kentucky Derby - May 5, 2007
• Young American Shakespeare Festival - May 10-20, 2007
• Celebrate Asia Day - May 19, 2007
• Storytelling & S'mores - May 26, 2007
• Dog Days Family Day - June 24, 2007

Dates often change. Check with local tourism officials to be sure.

Louisville festival web sites:

• Kentucky Derby
• Kentucky Derby Festival
• Kentucky State Fair

• ePodunk festival listings
• Kentucky county fairs
• Kentucky festivals (Kentucky tourism department)
• Send us festival info for Louisville

• Confluence of latitude & longitude near Louisville
• Geocaches in Kentucky

• Louisville items now on sale

• Louisville local government Web site
• Jefferson County government
• Kentucky state government
• Driver's licenses
• Motor vehicles
• Passports
• Social Security
• Veterans affairs
• Where to write for birth, death, marriage or divorce records

• Ancestry & family history
• Business
• Demographics
• Health
• Moving
• Nonprofit resources
• Sports & rec
• Travel

• Louisville medical services & health statistics

• State historical society

Historic districts in Louisville include Butchertown Historic District, Cherokee Triangle Area Residential District, Clifton Historic District, Highlands Historic District, Old Louisville Residential District, Russell Historic District ... View historic districts

• Historic sites in or near Louisville
• Historic sites in Kentucky
• Museums in or near Louisville
• Museums in Kentucky
• Kentucky state archives
• National Historic Landmark search
• Search the Library of Congress
• Search the National Register for historic properties
• Post history questions in Jefferson County genealogy forum

Median rent in Louisville, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $377.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $787.

• Research Louisville Apartments
• Find Foreclosure in Louisville
• Homes for sale in Louisville
• Find a Louisville Realtor
• Get free moving quotes
• Free home valuation
• Check Kentucky mortgage rates
• Property and neighborhood reports
• Mortgage calculator

• Jobs in the Louisville area
• Job services in Kentucky
• Minimum wage laws by state

Libraries in Louisville include Bon Air Branch, Crescent Hill Branch, Dorothea Stottman Library, Fairdale Branch, Fern Creek Branch, Filson Library, Highland-Shelby Park Branch, Iroquois Branch, Jeffersontown Branch, Louisville Free Public Library ... View libraries

• Kentucky library

• Get directions from Louisville
• Get directions to Louisville
• Census map of Louisville area
• Historic maps of KY cities - Library of Congress
• Historic maps of Kentucky
• Topographic map of Louisville

Newspapers in Louisville include Courier-Journal

TV stations in Louisville include WAVE, WBNA, WBXV-CA, WDRB, WHAS, WKMJ, WKPC, WLKY.

National Public Radio programming is carried locally by WFPL.

• Daily newspapers in or near Louisville
• AM radio stations in or near Louisville
• Commercial FM radio stations in or near Louisville
• Public & educational radio stations in or near Louisville
• TV stations in or near Louisville
• Media ownership in the Louisville area
• Search historic newspaper articles
• Search recent news archives in Kentucky

• Military bases in Kentucky
• American Legion post locator
• Veterans of Foreign Wars post locator

• Check daily newspapers in or near Louisville
• Search obituaries in Kentucky
• Recent death notices - selected KY newspapers

• Louisville Chamber of Commerce
• Community foundations (by state)
• Foundations (by name)
• Kiwanis clubs in Kentucky
• Lions clubs in Kentucky
• Nonprofit groups
• Nonprofit guide for Louisville
• Rotary club search
• Volunteer opportunities in or near Louisville

• Parks near Louisville
• National forests in Kentucky
• State parks in Kentucky

• craigslist
• Find friends & family
• Photos of people from Louisville

• Find a local animal shelter
• Report animal cruelty

• Aerial photo of Louisville
• Historic photos of U.S. cities
• Panoramic photos of Kentucky communities
• Photos of Kentucky places
• Post cards of Kentucky communities

Jefferson County supported John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Louisville political report.

• Jefferson County Democratic party
• Kentucky Democratic party
• Kentucky Republican party
• Jefferson County elections board
• Kentucky elections board

• ZIP codes (by street address)
• ZIP codes (by city)
• ZIP code reverse lookup (find cities in a ZIP code)

• Churches, other places of worship in or near Louisville
• Total membership by faith, in Jefferson County

Louisville restaurants taking online reservations include 211 Clover Lane Restaurant, Asiatique Restaurant, Avalon - Louisville, Azalea Restaurant, Baxter Station Bar & Grill, BLU Italian Mediterranean Grille, Cafe Lou Lou, De la Torre's Spanish Restaurant, Equus, Jarfi's Bistro & Catering ... View restaurants

• Nearby restaurants taking online reservations
• Chowhound message boards for KY

The average commute time for Louisville workers is 20 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

A total of 197 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in Louisville between 2001 and 2003, according to reports gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

This is a rate of 7.7 fatal crashes per 10,000 population, which was higher than the national norm.

• Louisville travel guide
• Airports near Louisville
• Amtrak station in Louisville
• Hotels near Louisville
• Kentucky tourism bureau

• Monthly averages & records
• Major storms (searchable by county)
• National weather map

• Audubon centers
• Birding spots in Kentucky
• Wildlife refuges in Kentucky

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