Meriwether, Louisville
Meriwether is a neighborhood two miles southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA, and just east of the University of Louisville. It was laid out by David Meriwether in 1871 and the first houses were built in 1891. Nearly all of the homes are shotgun houses.
Its boundaries are the CSX railroad tracks to the north, Shelby Street to the east and I-65 to the west. Lincoln Park and Preston Park are located in the neighborhood. It is commonly referred to as part of greater Schnitzelburg. Meriwether is also sometimes confused with Louisville's Germantown and Saint Joseph's neighborhood.
Demographics
As of 2000, the population of Meriwether was 1,442 [1], of which 64.9% are white, 29.8% are black, 4.2% are listed as other, and 1% are Hispanic. College graduates are 10.4% of the population, people w/o a high school degree are 23.9%, people with 1+ years of college w/o a degree are 13.6%. Females outnumber males 53% to 47%.
References
- "Community Resource Network". Retrieved 2005-11-18.
External links
- Images of Meriwether (Louisville, Ky.) in the University of Louisville Libraries Digital Collections
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(Old City)
- Audubon
- Avondale-Melbourne Heights
- Bashford Manor
- Bon Air
- Bradley
- Brownsboro-Zorn
- Butchertown
- Camp Taylor
- Cherokee Gardens
- Cherokee-Seneca
- Clifton
- Clifton Heights
- Crescent Hill
- East Market District (NuLu)
- Gardiner Lane
- Germantown
- Hawthorne
- Hayfield Dundee
- The Highlands
- Hikes Point
- Klondike
- Meriwether
- Phoenix Hill
- Poplar Level
- Prestonia
- Rockcreek-Lexington Road
- St. Joseph
- Schnitzelburg
(Suburbs and rural hamlets)
- Anchorage
- Ashville-Glenmary
- Audubon Park
- Avoca
- Bancroft
- Barbourmeade
- Beckley Station
- Beechwood Village
- Bellemeade
- Bellewood
- Berrytown
- Blue Ridge Manor
- Boston
- Buechel
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- Broeck Pointe
- Brownsboro Farm
- Brownsboro Village
- Cambridge
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- Coldstream
- Creekside
- Crossgate
- Douglass Hills
- Druid Hills
- Eastwood
- English Station
- Fairmount
- Fern Creek
- Fincastle
- Fisherville
- Forest Hills
- Freys Hill
- Glenview
- Glenview Hills
- Glenview Manor
- Goose Creek
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- Harrods Creek
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- Lake Louisvilla
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- Manor Creek
- Maryhill Estates
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- Meadowbrook Farm
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- Newburg
- Norbourne Estates
- Northfield
- Norwood
- O'Bannon
- Old Brownsboro Place
- Parkway Village
- Plantation
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- The Point
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- Rolling Fields
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- Springhurst
- Spring Mill
- Spring Valley
- Strathmoor Manor
- Strathmoor Village
- Sycamore
- Ten Broeck
- Thixton
- Thornhill
- Tucker Station
- Watterson Park
- Wellington
- West Buechel
- Westwood
- Whipps Millgate
- Whitner
- Wildwood
- Windy Hills
- Wolf Creek
- Woodland Hills
- Woodlawn Park
- Worthington
- Worthington Hills
(Old City)
(Suburbs and rural hamlets)
38°13′27″N 85°44′45″W / 38.22417°N 85.74583°W / 38.22417; -85.74583
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