Welcome to Louisville ...Louisville is located in Jefferson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Louisville, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1951. When the people of Louisville refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Louisvillian<2> Louisville is 4,140 feet [1,262 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Louisville is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Louisville lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Louisville: 406 Communities Also Named Louisville ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Louisville - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri (4), Nebraska (2), Nevada, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Tennessee and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Louisville. Communities near Louisville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Louisville.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Louisville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Louisville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Louisville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Louisville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Louisville. See our Newspapers Page for Louisville. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Louisville ...Looking for more information about Louisville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Louisville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Louisville. Adding Louisville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Louisville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Louisville was on a map titled Map of Montana (from Shell Oil, 1951). For more details, see References and Mentions for Louisville. Footnotes ...
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