Louisville

county seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
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Summary

Louisville is a city in the United States[1]. Louisville ranks in the top 0.12% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,265 views/month, #11 of 9,394).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Jefferson County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Ohio River[5]
  • Head of government: Craig Greenberg[6]
  • Instance of: big city[7], county seat[8], consolidated city-county[9]
  • Founder: George Rogers Clark[10]
  • Named after: Louis XVI of France[11]
  • Flag: flag of Louisville, Kentucky[12]
  • Twinned administrative body: Mainz[13], Montpellier[14], Leeds[15], La Plata[16], Jiujiang[17], Tamale[18], Adapazarı[19], Quito[20]
  • Postal code: 40041[21], 40201[22], 40202[23], 40203[24], 40204[25], 40205[26], 40206[27], 40207[28], 40208[29], 40209[30], 40210[31], 40211[32], 40212[33], 40213[34]

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Louisville include Louisville International Airport[35], an international airport[36], in United States[37] and USS Louisville[38], a heavy cruiser[39].

Why It Matters

Louisville has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Louisville is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for Louisville include Louisville International Airport[35], an international airport[36], in United States[37] and USS Louisville[38], a heavy cruiser[39].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . louisvilleky.gov. Retrieved . louisvilleky.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . worldkentucky.org. worldkentucky.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 42yXxe
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['louisville', 'louisville-ky']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: louisville, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289941877|louisville (#289941877)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  3. 15w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gaycities id → louisville
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gaycities id: louisville, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/226428919|Louisville (#226428919)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7294|GayCities city]] "
  4. 22w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1778-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Viaf cluster id → 2200148574386024430000
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Jefferson County
    Country → —
    + 45 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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