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2. Jefferson Memorial Forest - Wikipedia

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   Jefferson Memorial Forest. / 38.06420; -85.80640. The Jefferson Memorial Forest is a forest located in southwest Louisville, Kentucky, in the Knobs region of Kentucky. At 6,676 acres (27.02 km 2 ), it is one of the largest municipal urban forests in the United States.

3. History of Louisville, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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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 ...

4. Zachary Taylor National Cemetery - Wikipedia

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   November 3, 1983. Zachary Taylor National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located at 4701 Brownsboro Road ( US-42 ), in Louisville, Kentucky. It is named for Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, who is buried there with his wife, Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor. Zachary Taylor National Cemetery was listed in the ...

5. List of parks in the Louisville metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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   Gnadinger Park. William Harrison Park [54] Highview Park [55] Nelson Hornbeck Park [56] Hounz Lane Park [57] Irish Hill Park [58] Louis B. Israel Park [59] Ivy Court Park [60] Jefferson Memorial Forest – Largest municipal urban forest in the U.S., operated as a park by Metro Parks.

6. Jefferson County, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   Jefferson County, Kentucky. /  38.19°N 85.66°W  / 38.19; -85.66. Jefferson County is located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 782,969. [1] It is the most populous county in the commonwealth (with more than twice the population of second ranked Fayette County ).

7. Louisville, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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   However, the balance total of 633,045 excludes other incorporated places within the county and is the population listed in most sources and national rankings. The Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Louisville-Jefferson County and 12 surrounding counties, seven in Kentucky and five in Southern Indiana.

8. Jefferson Monument (Louisville, Kentucky) - Wikipedia

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   The Jefferson statue was presented to the city of Louisville by the Bernheim Brothers, two wealthy, public-spirited businessmen of the city, in November 1901. It was unveiled at ceremonies that included addresses by former Governor of Kentucky William O'Connell Bradley and Mayor Charles P. Weaver. It stands on Jefferson street in front of the ...

9. Louisville Gardens - Wikipedia

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   Louisville Gardens is a multi-purpose, 6,000-seat arena, in Louisville, Kentucky, that opened in 1905, as the Jefferson County Armory. It celebrated its 100th anniversary as former city mayor Jerry Abramson 's official "Family-Friendly New Years Eve" celebration location. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.