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Jefferson County, Kentucky

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
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533historic places
—earliest paper
1780formed
782,969pop. 2020
44cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 533 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 8 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Louisville, Anchorage, Jeffersontown.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kentucky is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Jefferson titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

414 of 533 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

533 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abbott, Leslie V., HouseLouisvilleBuilding2013
Abell HouseMiddletownBuilding1980
Adath Israel CemeteryLouisvilleStructure1982
Adath Israel TempleLouisvilleBuilding1974
Adath Jeshurun Temple and SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1982
Allison-Barrickman HouseHarrods CreekBuilding1983
Allison-Barrickman House (Boundary Increase)LouisvilleBuilding2002
Almsted Brothers BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1982
Altawood Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict2001
American Life & Accident Insurance Co. BuildingLouisvilleBuilding2025
Anchorage Historic DistrictAnchorageDistrict1980
Anchorage, TheAnchorageBuilding1980
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite TempleLouisvilleBuilding1982
Arcadia ApartmentsLouisvilleDistrict2010
Armour & Co. Branch HouseLouisvilleBuilding2025
AshbourneHarrods CreekBuilding1983
Atherton Carriage HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Audubon Park Historic DistrictAudubon ParkDistrict1996
Avery, B. F., and Sons Industrial DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1990
Axton, Wood F., Hall, Simmons UniversityLouisvilleBuilding2016
Axton-Fisher Tobacco Company WarehouseLouisvilleBuilding2003
Aydelott HouseValley StationBuilding1980
BELLE OF LOUISVILLE (steamer) NHLLouisvilleStructure1972
Baker-Hawkins HouseLouisvilleBuilding1980
Ballard, Rogers Clark, Memorial SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1983
Bank of MiddletownMiddletownBuilding1983
Bannon, Martin Jeff (M.J.), HouseLouisvilleBuilding2006
Bannon, Patrick, HouseBuechelBuilding1980
Barber-Barbour HouseHarrods CreekBuilding1980
Bates, Levin, HouseBuechelBuilding1980
Bayless HouseAnchorageBuilding1980
Bayly-Schroering HouseLouisvilleBuilding1978
Beech LawnJeffersontownBuilding1980
BeechlandJeffersontownBuilding1983
Belknap, Willam R., SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1982
BelleviewHarrods CreekDistrict1992
Bellevoir-Ormsby VillageLyndonBuilding1980
Bernheim Distillery Bottling PlantLouisvilleBuilding1983
Berry HillGlenviewBuilding1983
Beynroth HouseMiddletownBuilding1984
Bingham-Hilliard Doll HouseHarrods CreekBuilding1980
Blankenbaker StationSt. MatthewsBuilding1980
Board of Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church, SouthLouisvilleBuilding1983
Bodley, Temple, Summer HouseLouisvilleBuilding1985
Bonavita-Weller HouseAnchorageBuilding1983
BonnycotAnchorageBuilding1983
Bosler Fireproof GarageLouisvilleBuilding1983
Bowman Field Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1988
Bradford MillsLouisvilleBuilding1982
Brandeis HouseLouisvilleBuilding1984
Brandeis, Albert S., Elementary SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1980
Brass Finishing Building, Standard Sanitary Manufacturing CompanyLouisvilleBuilding2005
Bray PlaceLouisvilleBuilding1980
Breslin BuildingLouisvilleBuilding2013
Bridges, C. A., Tobacco WarehouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Broadway Temple A.M.E. Zion ChurchLouisvilleBuilding1980
Brown Hotel Building and TheaterLouisvilleBuilding1978
Brown Tobacco WarehouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Brown, J.T.S., and Son's ComplexLouisvilleBuilding1998
Brown, James, HouseSt. MatthewsBuilding1983
Brown, Theodore, HouseSt. MatthewsBuilding1983
Buildings at 900-906 East Main StreetLouisvilleBuilding2005
Bull, William, HouseMiddletownBuilding1980
Bullock-Clifton HouseLouisvilleBuilding1982
Bush, Cornelia, HouseLouisvilleBuilding1982
Bush, S. S., HouseLouisvilleBuilding1979
Business Women's Club, TheLouisvilleBuilding2008
Butchertown Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1976
Butchertown Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict2019
Calvary Episcopal ChurchLouisvilleBuilding1978
Calvary Evangelical Lutheran ChurchLouisvilleBuilding2017
Caperton BlockLouisvilleBuilding1984
Cardinal Hill ReservoirLouisvilleBuilding1980
Carmichael HouseFishervilleBuilding1983
Castleman, John B., Monument (Additional Documentation)LouisvilleObject1997
Cathedral of the AssumptionLouisvilleBuilding1977
Cave Hill CemeteryLouisvilleStructure1979
Cave Hill National CemeteryLouisvilleSite1998
Cedarbrook FarmLouisvilleDistrict1990
Central Colored SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1976
Central Kentucky Lunatic AsylumAnchorageBuilding1983
Chenoweth Fort-SpringhouseMiddletownBuilding1975
Chenoweth HouseSt. MatthewsBuilding1980
Cherokee Triangle Area Residential District (Additional Documentation)LouisvilleDistrict1976
Chestnut Street Baptist Church/Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church (Additional Documentation)LouisvilleBuilding1980
Chestnut Street Methodist ChurchLouisvilleBuilding1979
Chickasaw Neighborhood Historic District (Additional Documentation)LouisvilleDistrict2024
Chrisler HouseHarrods CreekBuilding1980
Christ Church CathedralLouisvilleBuilding1973
Christ the King School and ChurchLouisvilleBuilding1983
Church of Our Merciful SaviourLouisvilleBuilding1983
Church of the MessiahLouisvilleBuilding1976
Churchill Downs NHLLouisvilleStructure1978
Citizens National Life Insurance BuildingAnchorageBuilding1977
Clifton Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1983
Clifton Historic District (Boundary Increase)LouisvilleDistrict1994
Clore, James, HouseProspectBuilding1984
Clover HillLouisvilleBuilding1978
Coldeway HouseAnchorageBuilding1980
College Street Presbyterian ChurchLouisvilleBuilding1978
Columbian SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1983
Commodore Apartment BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1982
Confederate Martyrs Monument in JeffersontownJeffersontownObject1997
Confederate Monument in LouisvilleLouisvilleObject1997
Conrad, Theophilus T., House-Rose Anna Hughes Presbyterian Widows HomeLouisvilleBuilding2021
Conrad-Seaton House and Archeological SiteLouisvilleDistrict2011
Cooper Memorial ChurchOkolonaBuilding1980
Cornwall and Brown HousesLouisvilleBuilding1978
Country Estates of River RoadGlenviewDistrict1999
Courteney, James, HouseAnchorageBuilding1980
Cox, Carrie Gaulbert and Attilla Cox, Jr., HouseLouisvilleBuilding2005
Crescent Hill Branch LibraryLouisvilleBuilding1981
Crescent Hill Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1982
Crescent Hill ReservoirLouisvilleBuilding1979
Croghan-Blankenbaker HouseLouisvilleBuilding2026
Cumberland, TheLouisvilleBuilding1996
Davis TavernMiddletownBuilding1983
Diamond Fruit FarmJeffersontownBuilding1983
Diamond Fruit Farm (Boundary Increase)JeffersontownDistrict1990
Diebold, Anton, HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Diebold, J. W., Jr. HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
District #1LouisvilleDistrict1983
District #2LouisvilleDistrict1983
Dodd, William J., ResidenceLouisvilleBuilding2010
Doerhoefer, Basil, HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Doerhoefer, Peter C., HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Doerhoefer-Hampton HouseLouisvilleBuilding1979
Dogwood HillLyndonDistrict1993
Dolfinger, J., and Company BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1990
Drumanard (Boundary Increase)LouisvilleDistrict1992
Dumesnil Street ME ChurchLouisvilleBuilding1983
Duncan, Stuart E. and Annie L., EstateLouisvilleDistrict2003
East Smoketown DistrictLouisvilleDistrict2023
Eastwood SchoolLouisvilleBuilding2014
Eclipse Woolen MillLouisvilleBuilding1978
EdgewoodLouisvilleBuilding1983
Eight-Mile HouseLouisvilleBuilding1976
Eitel, Otto F., HouseAnchorageBuilding1998
Electric BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1985
Elks Athletic ClubLouisvilleBuilding1979
Emerson SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1982
Engelhard HouseLouisvilleBuilding1980
Epworth Methodist Evangelical ChurchLouisvilleBuilding1983
Ewing, D. H., & Sons CreameryLouisvilleBuilding1983
Falls City Jeans and Woolen MillsLouisvilleBuilding1982
FarmingtonLouisvilleBuilding1972
Farnsley, David, HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Farnsley-Moremen HouseLouisvilleBuilding1979
Fifth Ward SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1978
Fifth and Market Streets Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict2025
Filson Club, TheLouisvilleBuilding2013
FincastleProspectDistrict2000
Finzer, J., and Brothers Company BuildingLouisvilleBuilding2003
Finzer, Nicholas, HouseLouisvilleBuilding1979
Fire Department HeadquartersLouisvilleBuilding1981
Firehouse No. 13LouisvilleBuilding1981
First Christian ChurchLouisvilleBuilding1979
First Lutheran ChurchLouisvilleBuilding1982
First National Bank-Kentucky Title Company BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1983
First Street DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1984
Fisher HouseFishervilleBuilding1983
Fishpool PlantationLouisvilleBuilding1983
Fitzhugh HouseHarrods CreekBuilding1983
Ford Motor Company, Louisville PlantLouisvilleBuilding2005
Ford Motor PlantLouisvilleBuilding1983
Forrester HouseAnchorageBuilding1984
Fourth Avenue Methodist Episcopal ChurchLouisvilleBuilding1979
Frank, Henry, HouseMiddletownBuilding1980
Funk, Harriet, HouseJeffersontownBuilding1980
Funk, James H., HouseJeffersontownBuilding1980
Gaar-Fenton HouseBuechelBuilding1983
Gaffney HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Gardencourt Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1988
Garr HouseAnchorageBuilding1983
German Bank BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1984
German Evangelical Church of Christ ComplexLouisvilleBuilding1987
German Insurance BankLouisvilleBuilding1985
Givens Headley and Co. Tobacco WarehouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Glenview Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1983
Goose, Roscoe, HouseLouisvilleBuilding2015
Gordon, Cornelia, HouseLouisvilleBuilding1982
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company Bakery & WarehouseLouisvilleBuilding2024
Green Tree Manor Residential Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1991
Greve, Buhrlage, and CompanyLouisvilleBuilding1983
Greve, Buhrlage, and CompanyLouisvilleBuilding1983
Grove, Benjamin, HouseLouisvilleBuilding1984
Gwathmey, Richard, HouseAnchorageBuilding1983
Hadley, Mary Alica, HouseLouisvilleBuilding2008
Haldeman HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Hamilton Brothers WarehouseLouisvilleBuilding2008
Hannah HouseAnchorageBuilding1980
Harig, Koop & Company-Columbia Mantel CompanyLouisvilleBuilding1996
Harrods Creek Historic DistrictHarrods CreekDistrict1991
Haury Motor Company Showroom and GarageLouisvilleBuilding2017
Hausgen HouseAnchorageBuilding1983
HayfieldLouisvilleBuilding1980
Head HouseMiddletownBuilding1974
Herr-Rudy Family HousesLouisvilleBuilding1978
Hertel PharmacyLouisvilleBuilding2021
Heyburn BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1979
Heywood, John H., Elementary SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1983
Highlands Historic District (Additional Documentation)LouisvilleDistrict1983
Hikes Family HousesLouisvilleBuilding1978
Hikes-Hunsinger HouseLouisvilleBuilding1975
HillcrestAnchorageBuilding1980
Hite, Abraham, HouseBuechelBuilding1980
Hite-Chenoweth HouseBuechelBuilding1980
Hite-Foree Log HouseAnchorageBuilding1976
Hoke, Andrew, HouseJeffersontownBuilding1983
Holy Cross Catholic Church, School and RectoryLouisvilleBuilding1983
Holy Name Church Rectory, Convent and SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1982
Holy Rosary AcademyLouisvilleBuilding2026
Hook and Ladder Company No. 2LouisvilleBuilding1980
Hook and Ladder Company No. 3LouisvilleBuilding1980
Hook and Ladder Company No. 4LouisvilleBuilding1980
Hook and Ladder Company No. 5LouisvilleBuilding1980
Hope Worsted Mills (Additional Documentation)LouisvilleBuilding1996
Hord, Robert, HouseEastwoodBuilding1983
Horner HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
House of WellerLouisvilleBuilding1979
Howard-Gettys HouseLouisvilleBuilding1978
Howard-Hardy HouseLouisvilleBuilding2004
Hughes, E.L., Company BuildingLouisvilleBuilding2016
Humphrey-McMeekin HouseLouisvilleBuilding1986
Ideal TheatreLouisvilleBuilding1983
Immanuel Chapel Protestant Episcopal ChurchLouisvilleBuilding1983
Inter-Southern Insurance BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1980
Irish Hill Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict2024
Irvin, James F., HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Jacob, Charles D, Elementary SchoolLouisvilleBuilding2012
Jacob, Jefferson, SchoolProspectBuilding2012
Jefferson Branch Louisville Free Public LibraryLouisvilleBuilding1979
Jefferson County ArmoryLouisvilleBuilding1980
Jefferson County CourthouseLouisvilleBuilding1972
Jefferson County Courthouse AnnexLouisvilleBuilding1980
Jefferson County Fiscal Court BuildingLouisvilleBuilding2024
Jefferson County JailLouisvilleBuilding1973
Jeffersontown Colored SchoolJeffersontownBuilding1985
Jewish Hospital ComplexLouisvilleBuilding1994
Johnston, J. Stoddard, Elementary SchoolLouisvilleBuilding2008
Jones EstateAnchorageBuilding1980
Jones HouseValley StationBuilding1983
Judge Kirby HouseJeffersontownBuilding1983
KYANG Site (15JF267)LouisvilleSite1972
Kaufman-Straus BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1978
Keisker BuildingLouisvilleBuilding2025
Keneseth Israel SynagogueLouisvilleBuilding1982
Kennedy-Hunsinger FarmJeffersontownBuilding1983
Kennedy-Hunsinger Farm (Boundary Increase)LouisvilleDistrict1990
Kentucky Home School for GirlsLouisvilleDistrict2017
Kentucky National BankLouisvilleBuilding1979
Kentucky Street SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1983
Kentucky Wagon WorksLouisvilleBuilding1983
Kirby, Harriet Griswold and Judge Samuel Bonner, HouseLouisvilleBuilding2020
Klotz Confectionary CompanyLouisvilleBuilding2016
Knights of Pythias TempleLouisvilleBuilding1978
Kosmosdale DepotValley StationBuilding1984
Kurfees Paint CompanyLouisvilleBuilding2013
Ladless HillLouisvilleBuilding1983
Landward HouseLouisvilleBuilding1973
LeCompte SaloonLouisvilleBuilding2018
Leatherman HouseJeffersontownBuilding1980
Lee, Addison W., HouseLouisvilleBuilding2000
Levy Brothers BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1978
Lewis, Dr. John, HouseSt. MatthewsBuilding1984
Lewiston HouseValley StationBuilding1980
Limerick Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1978
Limerick Historic District (Boundary Increase)LouisvilleDistrict1983
LincliffLouisvilleBuilding1983
Lindenberger-Grant HouseLyndonBuilding1996
Little LoomhousesLouisvilleBuilding1975
Locust AvenueLouisvilleBuilding1983
Locust Grove NHLLouisvilleBuilding1971
Loew's and United Artists State TheatreLouisvilleBuilding1978
Long Run Baptist Church and CemeteryEastwoodBuilding1975
Louisville City Hall ComplexLouisvilleBuilding1976
Louisville College of DentistryLouisvilleBuilding2022
Louisville Cotton MillsLouisvilleBuilding1982
Louisville Cotton Mills (Boundary Increase)LouisvilleBuilding2016
Louisville Free Public LibraryLouisvilleBuilding1980
Louisville Free Public Library, Western Colored BranchLouisvilleBuilding1975
Louisville Gas and Electric Company Service Station ComplexLouisvilleBuilding2015
Louisville Grocery Company BuildingLouisvilleBuilding2003
Louisville Lead & Color Co. Paint Factory & WarehouseLouisvilleBuilding2024
Louisville Male High SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1979
Louisville Municipal Bridge, Pylons and Administration BuildingLouisvilleStructure1984
Louisville Trust BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1977
Louisville Veterans Administration HospitalLouisvilleDistrict2018
Louisville War Memorial AuditoriumLouisvilleBuilding1977
Louisville Water Company Pumping Station NHLLouisvilleBuilding1971
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Office BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1983
Lowell, James Russell, Elementary SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1983
Lower West Market Street DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1982
Lyndon CottageLouisvilleDistrict1990
Lynn Acres Garden ApartmentsLouisvilleDistrict2015
Lynnford-Lyndon HallLyndonBuilding1985
Lynnview Historic DistrictLynnviewDistrict2024
MAYOR ANDREW BROADDUS NHLLouisvilleStructure1989
Madrid BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1985
Maghera Glass-Ormsby HallLyndonBuilding1980
Main Street District, ExpandedLouisvilleDistrict1980
Marders, Jefferson, HouseMiddletownBuilding1983
Marlow Place Bungalows DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1983
Marmaduke BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1991
Marshall, John, Sr., HouseAnchorageBuilding1980
Marvin, Dr. J. B., HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Masonic HallFishervilleBuilding1983
Masonic Widows and Orphans HomeLouisvilleDistrict2002
May, Robert, HouseAnchorageBuilding1983
McBride's Harrods Creek LandingHarrods CreekDistrict2011
McClure HouseLyndonBuilding1984
McFerran, J. B., SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1983
Meek-Miller HouseLouisvilleBuilding1979
Mengel Box CompanyLouisvilleBuilding1983
Merriwether HouseLouisvilleBuilding1989
Middletown InnMiddletownBuilding1984
Middletown United Methodist ChurchMiddletownBuilding1980
MidlandsLouisvilleBuilding1983
Miller Paper Company BuildingsLouisvilleBuilding2011
Mockingbird Valley Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict2007
Monon Freight DepotLouisvilleBuilding1983
Montgomery Street SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1982
Moore, Simeon, HouseFishervilleBuilding1980
Most Blessed Sacrament SchoolLouisvilleBuilding2011
Municipal College Campus, Simmons UniversityLouisvilleBuilding1976
Murray, Dr. John, FarmLyndonBuilding1983
Nash-McDonald HouseAnchorageBuilding1980
National Foundry and Machine CompanyLouisvilleBuilding1980
National Tobacco Work Branch StemmeryLouisvilleBuilding1983
National Tobacco WorksLouisvilleBuilding1983
National Tobacco Works Branch Drying HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Nelson Distillery WarehouseLouisvilleBuilding2014
New Enterprise Tobacco WarehouseLouisvilleBuilding1980
Newland Log HouseAnchorageBuilding1983
Nitta Yuma Historic DistrictHarrods CreekDistrict1983
Nock HouseAnchorageBuilding1980
Nock House (Boundary Increase)AnchorageBuilding1989
Nugent HouseLouisvilleBuilding2020
Oakdale DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1983
Old Louisville Residential District (Additional Documentation)LouisvilleDistrict1975
Old Louisville Residential District (Boundary Increase)LouisvilleDistrict1984
Old Presbyterian Theological SeminaryLouisvilleBuilding1978
Old U.S. Customshouse and Post OfficeLouisvilleBuilding1977
Old U.S. Customshouse and Post Office and Fireproof Storage Company Warehouse (Boundary Increase)LouisvilleBuilding1980
Olds Motor WorksLouisvilleBuilding2026
Olmsted Park SystemLouisvilleSite1982
Olympic, TheLouisvilleBuilding2007
Omer/Pound HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
OxmoorLouisvilleBuilding1976
Paget House and Heigold House FacadeLouisvilleBuilding1978
Parkland Evangelical ChurchLouisvilleBuilding1983
Parkland Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1980
Parkland Junior High SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1983
Paul Jones BuildingLouisvilleBuilding2026
Peaslee-Gaulbert WarehouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Pendennis ClubLouisvilleBuilding2003
Pennsylvania Run Presbyterian ChurchOkolonaBuilding1983
Peterson Avenue HillLouisvilleStructure1980
Peterson-Dumesnil HouseLouisvilleBuilding1975
Peyton-Cooper HouseProspectBuilding2026
Phoenix Hill Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1983
Pirtle HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Planter's Tobacco WarehouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Porter-Todd HouseLouisvilleBuilding1979
Portland Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1980
Portland Historic District (Additional Documentation)LouisvilleDistrict1980
Portland Historic District (Boundary Increase)LouisvilleDistrict2026
Portland ProperLouisvilleSite2006
Presbyterian ManseAnchorageBuilding1983
Presentation AcademyLouisvilleBuilding1978
Preston-St. Catherine Street Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1985
Puritan Apartment HotelLouisvilleBuilding2019
Railway DepotAnchorageBuilding1980
Rauchfuss HousesLouisvilleBuilding1982
Reed, J. V., and CompanyLouisvilleBuilding1983
Reilly, J.J., Manufacturing BuildingLouisvilleBuilding2019
Reliance Varnish Company BuildingLouisvilleBuilding2025
ReptonLouisvilleBuilding1982
Republic BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1982
RidgewayLouisvilleBuilding1973
RockdaleJeffersontownBuilding1983
RockledgeLouisvilleBuilding1983
Ronald-Brennan HouseLouisvilleBuilding1975
Roosevelt, Theodore, Elementary School (Additional Documentation)LouisvilleBuilding1982
Rose HillLouisvilleBuilding1980
Rossmore Apartment HouseLouisvilleBuilding1978
Russell Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1980
Russell Historic District (Boundary Increase)LouisvilleDistrict2000
Saint Frances of Rome SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1987
Saint Francis of Assisi ComplexLouisvilleBuilding1987
Savoy Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1988
Schneikert, Valentine, HouseLouisvilleBuilding1986
Schuster BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1980
Sears, Roebuck and Company StoreLouisvilleBuilding1983
Second and Market Streets Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1988
Seelbach HotelLouisvilleBuilding1975
Selema HallLouisvilleBuilding1978
Seventh Street SchoolLouisvilleBuilding2016
Shady Brook FarmHarrods CreekBuilding1983
Shafer's HallLouisvilleBuilding2019
ShallcrossAnchorageBuilding1980
Shawnee Elementary SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1984
Shawnee High SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1984
Shawnee Neighborhood Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict2025
Shelby Park Branch LibraryLouisvilleBuilding1980
Shelby Park Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict2024
Sherley MansionAnchorageBuilding1983
Shwab HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Simeon Lewis Rural Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict2005
Simrall-Warfield HouseAnchorageBuilding1980
Smoketown Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1997
Snapp HouseBuechelBuilding1980
Snead Manufacturing BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1978
Soldiers RetreatLyndonBuilding1983
South Central Bell Company Office BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1980
South Louisville Reformed ChurchLouisvilleBuilding1983
Southern Heights-Beechmont District (Additional Documentation)LouisvilleDistrict1983
Southern Heights-Beechmont District (Boundary Increase)LouisvilleDistrict2024
Southern National Bank NHLLouisvilleBuilding1971
Speed BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1983
Spring StationLouisvilleBuilding1977
St George's Roman Catholic ChurchLouisvilleBuilding1982
St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church, Rectory, Convent, and SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1982
St. Bartholomew Parish SchoolLouisvilleBuilding2010
St. Cecilia School BuildingLouisvilleBuilding2004
St. Columba Catholic CampusLouisvilleBuilding2005
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic ChurchLouisvilleBuilding1982
St. George's Roman Catholic Church and Rectory (Boundary Increase)LouisvilleBuilding1996
St. James Roman Catholic Church, Rectory, and SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1982
St. James-Belgravia Historic District (Additional Documentation)LouisvilleDistrict1972
St. Lukes ChurchAnchorageBuilding1980
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Rectory, and SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1982
St. Paul's German Evangelical Church and Parish HouseLouisvilleBuilding1982
St. Peter's German Evangelical ChurchLouisvilleBuilding1980
St. Therese Roman Catholic Church, School, and RectoryLouisvilleBuilding1975
St. Vincent DePaul Church, Rectory, School, St. Ursula Home and ConventLouisvilleBuilding1984
St.Bonifacius Kirche ComplexLouisvilleBuilding1982
Starks BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1985
Steam Engine Company No. 10LouisvilleBuilding1980
Steam Engine Company No. 11LouisvilleBuilding1980
Steam Engine Company No. 18LouisvilleBuilding1980
Steam Engine Company No. 2LouisvilleBuilding1980
Steam Engine Company No. 20LouisvilleBuilding1980
Steam Engine Company No. 20LouisvilleBuilding1980
Steam Engine Company No. 21LouisvilleBuilding1980
Steam Engine Company No. 22LouisvilleBuilding1980
Steam Engine Company No. 3LouisvilleBuilding1980
Steam Engine Company No. 4LouisvilleBuilding1980
Steam Engine Company No. 7LouisvilleBuilding1980
Steam Engine Company No.4LouisvilleBuilding1980
Stephen Foster Elementary SchoolLouisvilleBuilding2006
Stewart's Dry Goods Company BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1982
Stewart, W.K., BookstoreLouisvilleBuilding2003
Stitzel, Arthur P., HouseLouisvilleBuilding1989
Stivers, Zodia, HouseBuechelBuilding1980
Stout, Ben, HouseJeffersontownBuilding1983
Struss HouseLouisvilleBuilding2003
Stuart BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1985
Stucky HouseJeffersontownBuilding1980
SunnysideLouisvilleBuilding1985
Taggart HouseBuechelBuilding1980
Taylor, Zachary, House NHLLouisvilleBuilding1966
Taylor, Zachary, National CemeterySt. MatthewsDistrict1983
The Bensinger BuildingLouisvilleBuilding2026
The KFC White House BuildingLouisvilleBuilding2024
Theater BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1982
Thierman ApartmentsLouisvilleBuilding1983
Third and Jefferson Streets Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1988
Third and Market Streets Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1988
Thompson, James, HouseAnchorageBuilding1980
Thornburgh HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Three Mile TollhouseLouisvilleBuilding1990
Tiller, F. M., HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Tingley, George H., Elementary SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1984
Tobacco Realty CompanyLouisvilleBuilding1983
Tompkins-Buchanan HouseLouisvilleBuilding1977
Trade Mart BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1973
Trigg, James, HouseProspectBuilding1980
Tucker, Hazael, Farm (Boundary Increase)JeffersontownBuilding1986
Tucker, Hazael, HouseJeffersontownBuilding1980
Tway HouseJeffersontownBuilding1980
Twin Gates Carriage HouseAnchorageBuilding1983
Tyler HotelLouisvilleBuilding1988
Tyler Settlement Rural Historic DistrictJeffersontownDistrict1986
Tyler, Moses, HouseJeffersontownBuilding1983
Tyler, Robert, PlaceJeffersontownBuilding1983
Tyler-Muldoon HouseLouisvilleBuilding1977
U.S. Marine HospitalLouisvilleBuilding1978
Union Monument in LouisvilleLouisvilleObject1997
Union StationLouisvilleBuilding1975
United States Marine Hospital of Louisville NHLLouisvilleBuilding1997
United States Post Office, Court House and Custom HouseLouisvilleBuilding1999
Universal Car CompanyLouisvilleBuilding2001
University of Louisville Belknap CampusLouisvilleDistrict1976
University of Louisville LibraryLouisvilleBuilding2013
University of Louisville School of MedicineLouisvilleBuilding1975
Ursuline Academy and ConventLouisvilleBuilding1978
Virginia Avenue Colored SchoolLouisvilleBuilding2004
Vogt, Henry, Machine Company ShopLouisvilleBuilding1982
Von Allmen Dairy Farm HouseLouisvilleBuilding2007
Wade-Braden DistrictLouisvilleDistrict2024
Walker, James, HouseAnchorageBuilding1983
Walnut Street TheaterLouisvilleBuilding1978
Warehouse A, Brown-Forman CorporationLouisvilleBuilding1990
Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Sanitarium Historic BuildingsLouisvilleBuilding1983
Webb, John, HouseAnchorageBuilding1980
Wedekind House and Servant's QuartersLouisvilleBuilding1983
Weissinger-Gaulbert ApartmentsLouisvilleBuilding1977
West Main Street Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict1974
West Main Street Historic District, ExpandedLouisvilleDistrict1980
Western Junior High SchoolLouisvilleBuilding1983
Westwood FarmJeffersontownBuilding1983
Whiskey Row Historic DistrictLouisvilleDistrict2010
White Mills Distillery CompanyLouisvilleBuilding1978
Whiteside BakeryLouisvilleBuilding1979
Widman's Saloon and GroceryLouisvilleBuilding1990
Wilhoyte HouseProspectBuilding1980
Williams, Abraham L., L & N Guest HouseLyndonBuilding1980
Williams, Eustace, HouseAnchorageBuilding1983
Wilson, David, HouseLouisvilleBuilding1987
Winchester HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
WinkworthLouisvilleBuilding1983
Winston's, Dr., HouseAnchorageBuilding1980
Wirth, Lang and Company-The Louisville Leather Company Tannery BuildingLouisvilleBuilding2000
Wolf Pen Branch MillHarrods CreekBuilding1978
Woodbourne HouseLouisvilleBuilding2008
Woodside/John T. Bate HouseLouisvilleBuilding1983
Wrampelmeier Furniture CompanyLouisvilleBuilding1983
Wright and Taylor BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1984
Y.M.C.A. BuildingLouisvilleBuilding1977
Yager HouseAnchorageBuilding1983
Yenowine, George B., HouseMiddletownBuilding1980
Yenowine-Kennedy HouseJeffersontownBuilding1983

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Jefferson was formed in 1780 (1780-11-01) from KENTUCKY county (Va.

JEFFERSON created by Virginia from KENTUCKY county (Va., extinct); KENTUCKY County eliminated.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Jefferson County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

783k394k4,765179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,7658,75420,76836,34689,404146,010232,549286,369385,392484,615610,947685,004693,604782,969

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

44 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 44 of 44 listed
NameLatLon
Bethany Memorial Cemetery38.09562-85.87218
Bethany Memorial Cemetery38.09617-85.8719
Breckinridge Cemetery38.23682-85.64866
Brown Cemetery38.04904-85.86366
Calvary Cemetery38.2234-85.71691
Cave Hill Cemetery38.24563-85.71496
Cave Hill Cemetery38.24476-85.72059
Cave Hill National Cemetery38.24862-85.72085
Chenoweth Run Cemetery38.15677-85.55445
Cooper Cemetery38.09635-85.66022
Country Home Cemetery38.20367-85.55912
Eastern Cemetery38.24645-85.72498
Evergreen Cemetery and Garden Mausoleum38.18285-85.71413
Fairmount Cemetery38.10506-85.57012
Farnsley Cemetery38.18451-85.85635
Forest Home Cemetery38.18328-85.66647
Greenwood Cemetery38.23951-85.81829
Hikes Cemetery38.21291-85.63748
Hillcrest Cemetery38.15858-85.79919
Long Run Cemetery38.25479-85.41329
Louisville Cemetery38.22257-85.72718
Louisville Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home East38.31898-85.53103
Louisville Memorial Park38.18416-85.82171
Manslick Road Cemetery38.1884-85.80024
McCawley Cemetery38.11339-85.69773
Middletown Historic Cemetery38.24838-85.54359
Mill Creek Cemetery38.11937-85.8837
Mount Holly Cemetery38.1016-85.75331
Mulberry Hill Cemetery38.21392-85.72891
Portland Cemetery38.27313-85.8058
Prince Family Cemetery38.15036-85.8252
Rest Haven Memorial Cemetery38.18062-85.63385
Saint Andrews Cemetery38.14479-85.81513
Saint John Cemetery38.26396-85.79524
Saint Louis Cemetery38.23424-85.72302
Saint Michael Cemetery38.22868-85.7283
Saint Stephens Cemetery38.22026-85.7502
Schardein Cemetery38.21118-85.78385
South Jefferson Cemetery38.09444-85.87205
Stowers Cemetery38.1866-85.82072
Terry Cemetery38.09902-85.69518
Walker Cemetery38.15395-85.83385
Western Cemetery38.25558-85.7778
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery38.27812-85.64357
Historical populated places — 4 of 4
NameLatLon
Bryan38.19823-85.60259
Cooper38.10404-85.66731
Lovvorn38.10427-85.61379
Newtown38.12598-85.75953

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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