Louisville Kentucky Population 782,000
Louisville 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. By land area, it is the country's 24th-largest city, although by population density, it is the 265th most dense city.
Named after King Louis XVI of France, Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark, making it one of the oldest cities west of the Appalachians. With the nearby Falls of the Ohio as the only major obstruction to river traffic between the upper Ohio River and the Gulf of
Mexico, the settlement first grew as a portage site. It was the founding city of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which grew into a
6,000-mile (9,700 km) system across 13 states. Today, the city is known as the home of boxer Muhammad Ali, the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky
Fried Chicken, the University of Louisville Cardinals, Louisville Slugger baseball bats, and Fortune 500 company Humana. Louisville Muhammad
Ali International Airport, the city's main commercial airport, hosts UPS's worldwide hub. Since 2003, Louisville's borders have been the
same as those of Jefferson County, after a city-county merger. The official name of this consolidated city-county government is the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, abbreviated to Louisville Metro.
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