South Louisville

Louisville neighborhood in Kentucky, United States

South Louisville

Louisville neighborhood

Churchill Downs in South Louisville

Country| United States
State| Kentucky
City| Louisville
Established| 1870
Area code(s)| 502
Late 1800s shotgun house on S. 5th St.

South Louisville is a neighborhood two miles south of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, US. ("South Louisville" or "South Side" is also used to describe the entire portion of Southern Louisville.) The area was incorporated as a city in 1886. The city of Louisville fought to annex the area and did so, after a three-year lawsuit, in 1898. As of 2000, the population of South Louisville was 4,688.[1]

The neighborhood itself is bounded by Industry Road, the CSX railroad tracks, Central Avenue, Taylor Boulevard, Longfield Avenue, Compton Street, Thornberry Avenue, Colorado Avenue, Euclid Avenue, and Lincoln avenue. The world-famous Churchill Downs horse racing track and Kentucky Derby Museum are located in South Louisville.

The area was originally owned by the Churchill family and was developed as streetcar lines extended southward to the area in the 1870s. The population grew greatly in the 1890s as many factories, including the Kentucky Wagon Company, were constructed along several rail lines in the area. The large shops of the L&N Railroad were built in the early 1900s.[2]

In 1937 there was a destructive flood. As factories in the area closed in the 1970s, the area greatly declined when middle-class residents moved away, leaving behind abandoned factories and low-income residents. South Louisville is increasingly becoming an immigrant-centered neighborhood, with large Hispanic and Arab populations. Since 2006, a Mosque and several Middle Eastern food stores have opened in the area.

However, South Louisville began to see new development as the University of Louisville expanded its campus southward, with a new football stadium completed in 1998, a baseball stadium completed in 2005, and a soccer stadium completed in 2014, all built on former brownfield sites. A shopping center was built in 2004. Several of the abandoned factory buildings are slated to be converted into condominiums. .

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Community Resource Network". Retrieved 2005-11-18.
2. ^ Buccola, Charles. "The South Louisville Shops". Trains. Vol. 83, no. March 2023. Kalmbach Media. pp. 18–19.

## External links[edit]

* Street map of South Louisville
* Images of South Louisville (Louisville, Ky.) in the University of Louisville Libraries Digital Collections

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* Prestonia
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* St. Joseph
* Schnitzelburg

East Side
(Suburbs and rural hamlets)|

* Anchorage
* Ashville-Glenmary
* Audubon Park
* Avoca
* Bancroft
* Barbourmeade
* Beckley Station
* Beechwood Village
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* Newburg
* Norbourne Estates
* Northfield
* Norwood
* O'Bannon
* Old Brownsboro Place
* Parkway Village
* Plantation
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* Richlawn
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* Worthington Hills

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* Auburndale
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* Edgewood
* Hazelwood
* Highland Park
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* Jacobs
* Kenwood Hill
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* Standiford
* Taylor-Berry
* Wilder Park
* Wyandotte

South Side
(Suburbs and rural hamlets)|

* Bethany
* Fairdale
* Greenwood
* Heritage Creek
* Hollyvilla
* Hollow Creek
* Johnsontown
* Kosmosdale
* Lake Dreamland
* Lynnview
* Medora
* Okolona
* Orell
* Penile
* Pleasure Ridge Park
* Prairie Village
* Riverside Gardens
* St. Dennis
* Shively
* Sylvania
* Valley Downs
* Valley Gardens
* Valley Station
* Valley Village
* Waverly Hills

West Side|

* Algonquin
* California
* Chickasaw
* Hallmark
* Park DuValle
* Park Hill
* Parkland
* Portland
* Shawnee
* Rubbertown
* Russell

Downtown|

* Downtown
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* Limerick
* Old Louisville
* Shelby Park
* Smoketown

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* Belle of Louisville
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* Clarksville
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