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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.
View of Main Street, Louisville, in 1846. The history of Louisville, Kentucky spans nearly two-and-a-half centuries since its founding in the late 18th century. The geology of the Ohio River, with but a single series of rapids midway in its length from the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers to its union with the Mississippi, made it inevitable that a town would grow on the site.
Louisville's part of the valley is located between two plateaus, the karst plateau of Southern Indiana and the Bluegrass plateau of Kentucky, both with an elevation of around 900 feet. Elevations drop off the Indiana plateau very sharply via the Muldraugh Escarpment , whereas the rise in elevation up to the Bluegrass plateau is more gradual.
The Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) began operations on January 6, 2003, as part of the creation of the consolidated city-county government in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It was formed by the merger of the Jefferson County Police Department and the Louisville Division of Police.
The history of Louisville, Kentucky, United States, as a city is considered to have started on February 13, 1828, the date of the first city charter.From the time of its first organization as a village, on February 7, 1781, until its incorporation as a city, it was governed by a board of trustees.
1978 – Kentucky State Data Center headquartered in Louisville [20] 1981 – Sewer explosions occur in the center of the city. 1982 – Democrat Harvey I. Sloane was elected mayor for the second time.
Louisville City Hall in Downtown Louisville.It houses the offices and chambers of the Mayor of Louisville and the Louisville Metro Council.. The government of Louisville, Kentucky, headquartered at Louisville City Hall in Downtown Louisville, is organized under Chapter 67C of the Kentucky Revised Statutes as a First-Class city in the state of Kentucky.
The fountain at St. James Court in Old Louisville. This is a list of official neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky.Like many older American cities, Louisville has well-defined neighborhoods, many with well over a century of history as a neighborhood.