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Auburndale is a neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border ...
, United States. Its boundaries are Palatka Road to the north, and New Cut Road and Third Street to the east.
The area was originally a part of Isaac H. Fenley's farm, called Hickory Grove, which was 1,100 acres (4 km2) in size by 1879. Developer W.E. Stonestreet purchased and began to subdivide part of the farm in 1907, but the area was not fully developed until the 1960s when the city annexed the area, and developers promoted Auburndale's proximity to Iroquois Park
Iroquois Park is a 725-acre (3.0 km²) municipal park in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed Louisville's Cherokee Park and Shawnee Park, at what were then the edges of the city. L ...
, which is located on the other side of Palatka Road.
The current president of the Auburndale Neighborhood Association is Kenneth Williams, a lifelong resident of the community.
See also
*Louisville neighborhoods
This is a list of official neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky. Like many older American cities, Louisville has well-defined neighborhoods, many with well over a century of history as a neighborhood.
The oldest neighborhoods are the riverside ...
References
#External links
Street map of Auburndale
Neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky {{JeffersonCountyKY-geo-stub