Plantation is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County,

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government. The population was 832 at the 2010 census, down from 902 at the 2000 census.

History

According to the Louisville Metro Department of Neighborhoods, Plantation was originally built around farmland and later additions from the Palmer-Ball farm of approximately . The original subdivision was established for the Plantation Swim Club"Plantation Country Club" http://plantationcountryclub.blogspot.com/ that existed from 1956 until 2004. The Plantation Swim Club was the home of the National Swim and Diving Championships as seen on

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for many years. Part of the original land division included a gift to the Catholic Church for the establishment of the Mother of Good Counsel parish and school, which is now home to

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Geography

Plantation is located in northeastern Jefferson County.

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is to the southwest. Plantation is bordered to the northeast by Langdon Place, to the southeast by Westwood, to the south by Briarwood, and in all other directions by consolidated

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/Jefferson County. According to the

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, Plantation has a total area of , all of it recorded as land. The boundaries for Plantation are Westport Road on the southern boundary and Stonehurst Drive on the eastern edge of the neighborhood. Colonel Drive runs north to Turnside Drive which marks the northern boundary and Blossom Lane and Bayou Way extend west to the western boundary.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 902 people, 368 households, and 252 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 375 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 89.14%

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, 7.87%

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, 0.33% Native American, 1.00%

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, 0.55% from

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, and 1.11% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.22% of the population. There were 368 households, out of which 37.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were

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living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.5% were non-families. 26.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.02. In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.6% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 32.9% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.5 males. The median income for a household in the city was $51,731, and the median income for a family was $61,176. Males had a median income of $37,167 versus $28,375 for females. The

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for the city was $23,675. About 2.8% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the

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, including 4.8% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

City of Plantation official website
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