Audubon is a neighborhood in
Louisville, Kentucky
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, United States. Its boundaries are Clarks Lane to the north, Poplar Level Road to the east, Preston Highway to the west, and the city of
Audubon Park to the south. The smaller city of
Parkway Village is surrounded by Audubon.
George Rogers Clark Park, the site of a cabin owned by the parents of
George Rogers Clark
George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 – February 13, 1818) was an American military officer and surveyor from Virginia who became the highest-ranking Patriot (American Revolution), Patriot military officer on the American frontier, nort ...
, is a prominent feature of the neighborhood.
The northern part of the neighborhood was developed by Harold W. Miller in the 1940s, taking advantage of the popularity of nearby Audubon Park, by subdividing the land into small lots and building inexpensive homes. The southern part of the neighborhood became the site of
John J. Audubon Elementary School with the remainder being developed as the Glenafton subdivision in the mid-1960s.
Demographics
In the 2000 census, Audubon had a population of 3,293; of which 96.5% are white, 1.7% are listed as other, 1.6% are black, and 0.2% are Hispanic. College graduates are 31.2% of the population, people without a high school degree are 15.5%. Females outnumber males 52.9% to 47.1%.
References
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External links
Street map of Audubon Images of Audubon (Louisville, Ky.) in the University of Louisville Libraries Digital Collection
Neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky
1940s establishments in Kentucky
Populated places established in the 1940s
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