Jeffersontown

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Jeffersontown

Total population

29,199

Weather54°F · Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates38.21°, -85.57°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Jeffersontown is a city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 28,474 at the 2020 census. Jeffersontown is a major suburb of Louisville. When the Louisville Metro government was established in 2003, Jeffersontown chose to retain its status as an independent city. It is the metro area's largest municipality outside Louisville. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name J-town.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Jeffersontown, KY from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Joan Osborne

American singer and songwriter

Marvin Hart

American boxer (1876–1931)

John Floyd

American politician and military officer (1783–1837)

Jack McCall

Murderer of Wild Bill Hickok

James Speed

American lawyer and politician (1812–1887)

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Alexander Buckner

American politician (1785-1833)

Edward Y. Parsons

American politician (1842-1876)

Roscoe Bartlett

American politician (born 1926)

Lawrence Wetherby

American politician (1908–1994)

James B. Ray

American politician, Indiana (1794-1848)

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Edmonia Henderson

African American classic blues singer

Virginia Pearson

American stage and film actress (1886-1958)

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Patty Hill

United States educator and songwriter (1868–1946)

Adele Brandeis

American art administrator (1885–1975)

Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr.

American artist (1912-1990)

Cooper K. Watson

American politician and judge (1810-1880)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Kentucky

• Douglass Hills
  2.3 mi away · pop. 5,474
• Blue Ridge Manor
  2.6 mi away
• Hurstbourne
  2.6 mi away · pop. 4,702
• Sycamore
  2.9 mi away
• Meadowview Estates
  3.8 mi away
• Lyndon
  4.1 mi away · pop. 11,030
• Hollow Creek
  4.7 mi away
• Moorland
  4.7 mi away · pop. 479
• Beechwood Village
  4.8 mi away · pop. 1,292
• Anchorage
  4.8 mi away · pop. 2,506
• Meadowbrook Farm
  5 mi away · pop. 109
• Norbourne Estates
  5 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Jeffersontown

Jeffersontown, Kentucky, the first 200 years

Joellen Tyler Johnston · 1997

Jeffersontown Kentucky - the First 200 Years

Memoirs and Mementos of African Americans in Jeffersontown, Kentucky - 1940s And 1950s

Jewelene Fulton Richards · 2022

Geologic map of the Jeffersontown quadrangle, Jefferson County, Kentucky

United States Geological Survey · 1972

A history of early Jeffersontown and southeastern Jefferson County, Kentucky

Robert C. Jobson · 1977

Jeffersontown

Beth Wilder · 2005

History of Jeffersontown Baptist Church

Garnett E Puckett · 1978

America's top-rated smaller cities

David Garoogian · 2010

Search results from Open Library.