Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA

Louisville is a city in north-central Kentucky on the Ohio River, opposite southern Indiana. It is the seat of Jefferson County and a major urban center in the Ohio Valley. Established in 1778, the community was named for France’s King Louis XVI and received a town charter in 1780 before incorporating as a city in 1828. Louisville and Jefferson County consolidated their governments in 2003, while other incorporated communities within the county retained their own local governments.