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Louisville Neighborhoods (Continued)

PLEASURE RIDGE PARK (SOUTH END) WEST LOUISVILLE

Pleasure Ridge Park (PRP) has an average of 35,845 The neighborhoods of West Louisville include
residents that live in the area bordering Dixie Portland, Shawnee, Russell, Chickasaw, Parkland,
High-way. PRP got its name over 100 years ago, as California, Park Hill, Park Duvalle, and Algonquin.
Louisvillians would travel there by train as a pleas- In the early 1800s, going through Louisville’s West
ant weekend getaway, spending their time dancing End was the safest way to get around the Ohio River
and dining at the Muldraugh Ridge. Also, close by is waterfalls that dropped 24 feet! It was too steep to
Valley Station, the closest Louisville neighborhood to take boats, passengers, and cargo over the falls, so
the Fort Knox Army post. the shipping companies would go around the falls,
through Portland. Shops and services popped up at
IROQUOIS PARK (SOUTH END) the location, and a town was born.
The Iroquois Park area was designed in the 1900s as
nature retreat surrounding Iroquois Park, a 10,000
year-old forest of 739-acres. This area boasts The
Iroquois Amphitheater, which seats around 2,500
people and hosts events like the annual Jack-O-
Lantern Spectacular!

CHURCHILL DOWNS (SOUTH END)
Home of the Kentucky Derby, gorgeous old homes
line the Southern Parkway.

OKOLONA / SOUTH LOOP (SOUTH END)
At the intersection of Preston Hwy and Outer Loop,
shopping plazas are plentiful, including Jefferson
Mall. Residents like the convenient location to down-
town, the airport, I-65 and I-265. Okolona is located
9 miles south of Louisville and stretches to the
Bullitt County line. Named for a legendary oak tree,
Okolona was once named Lone Oak. However, upon
gaining knowledge that there was already a Lone
Oak located near Paducah, KY, they rearranged the
words and came up with: Okolona. The oak tree no
longer stands, but there are plenty of trees shading
the neighborhood.

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