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Graymoor-Devondale
Graymoor-Devondale is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The city is the result of the merger of the former cities of Graymoor and Devondale. The population was 2,870 at the 2010 census. Geography Graymoor-Devondale is located in northeastern Jefferson County. It is bordered to the southeast by Lyndon, to the south by St. Matthews, to the west by Windy Hills, to the northwest by Crossgate, to the north by Bancroft, and to the northwest, north, and northeast by consolidated Louisville/Jefferson County. The western border of the community is formed by Interstate 264, with access from Exit 21 (Westport Road) to the south and Exit 22 ( U.S. Route 42) to the north. Downtown Louisville is to the west. According to the United States Census Bureau, Graymoor-Devondale has a total area of , of which , or 0.06%, are water. History Devondale was incorporated sometime in 1958 and apparently named for a local farm. Graymoor was also named for a lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Kentucky Cities
Kentucky, a U.S. state, state in the United States, has 418 active cities. Kentucky cities are divided into two classes, which define their form of local government: first class and home rule. First class cities are permitted to operate only under the mayor–council government, mayor-council, while home rule cities may operate under the mayor-council, City commission government, city commission, and city manager forms. Currently, Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville is Kentucky's only designated "first class" city. However, by virtue of also having Consolidated city-county, merged city-county governments, both Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky, Lexington are treated as special cases under state law, and were permitted to retain their existing local forms of government and powers. Classes The two-class system went into effect on January 1, 2015, following the 2014 passage of Kentucky House of Representatives, House Bill 331 by the Kentucky General Assembly and the bill's signin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bancroft, Kentucky
Bancroft is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. It was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1970.Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Bancroft, Kentucky". Accessed 15 July 2013. The population was 503 as of the 2020 census, up from 494 at the 2010 census. Geography Bancroft is located in northeastern Jefferson County. It is bordered to the north by Old Brownsboro Place, to the south by Graymoor-Devondale, and to the east and west by Louisville. It is east of downtown Louisville. According to the United States Census Bureau, Bancroft has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 536 people, 199 households, and 172 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 202 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 90.11% White, 5.22% African American, 3.54% Asian, 0.19% from other races, and 0.93% from two or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossgate, Kentucky
Crossgate is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 225 at the 2010 census. Geography Crossgate is located in northeastern Jefferson County. It is bordered to the north by Northfield, to the south by Graymoor-Devondale and otherwise by the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government. Kentucky Route 22 (Brownsboro Road) runs along the northern edge of the city. Downtown Louisville is to the southwest. According to the United States Census Bureau, Crossgate has a total area of , all land. Demographics At the 2000 census there were 251 people, 98 households, and 77 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 99 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 96.02% White, 0.80% Black or African American, 0.40% Native American and 2.79% Asian. Of the 98 households 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.4% were married couples living together, 5.1% had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windy Hills, Kentucky
Windy Hills is a home rule-class city, incorporated in 1952, in eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,385 at the 2010 census. Geography Windy Hills is located in northeastern Jefferson County. It is bordered to the north by Indian Hills, at its northernmost point by Northfield, to the east by Graymoor-Devondale, to the south by Woodlawn Park and St. Matthews, to the southwest by Maryhill Estates, and otherwise by consolidated Louisville/Jefferson County. U.S. Route 42 forms the northern border of the city, and Interstate 264 forms the eastern border. Downtown Louisville is to the west. The Muddy Fork of Beargrass Creek, a tributary of the Ohio River, rises in the northeastern quarter of the city and flows westerly towards Hubbards Lane. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or 0.39%, are water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 2,480 people, 1,076 households, and 747 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyndon, Kentucky
Lyndon is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 11,002 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, up from 9,369 at the 2000 United States Census, 2000 census. Incorporated on May 10, 1965, Lyndon became part of the new Louisville Metro government in 2003. It remains an independent city with its own mayor and emergency services and is not counted in Louisville's population although its citizens can vote for the mayor of Louisville and Metro Council members. History The area is the home of Oxmoor Farm, the residence of Alexander Scott Bullitt, one of the drafters of Kentucky's first Kentucky Constitution, constitution. At some point after 1865, the L&N offered local landowner Alvin Wood connection to their network provided that he pay the costs of constructing the station and donate the land for the spur. He did so, and in 1871 the Lyndon depot began service. The town's ety ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson County, Kentucky
Jefferson County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 782,969. It is the most populous county in the commonwealth (with more than twice the population of second ranked Fayette County). Since a city-county merger in 2003, the county's territory, population and government have been coextensive with the city of Louisville, which also serves as county seat. The administrative entity created by this merger is the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, abbreviated to Louisville Metro. Jefferson County is the anchor of the Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area, locally referred to as Kentuckiana. History Jefferson County—originally Jefferson County, Virginia—was established by the Virginia General Assembly in June 1780, when it abolished and partitioned Kentucky County into three counties: Fayette, Jefferson and Lincoln. Named for Thomas Jefferson, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White (U
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light. The color white can be given with white pigments, especially titanium dioxide. In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, priestesses wore white as a symbol of purity, and Romans wore white togas as symbols of citizenship. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance a white unicorn symbolized chastity, and a white lamb sacrifice and purity. It was the royal color of the kings of France as well as the flag of monarchist France from 1815 to 1830, and of the monarchist movement that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917–1922). Greek temples and Roman temples were faced with white marble, and beginning in the 18th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky Assembly
The Kentucky General Assembly, also called the Kentucky Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It comprises the Kentucky Senate and the Kentucky House of Representatives. The General Assembly meets annually in the state capitol building in Frankfort, convening on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January. In even-numbered years, sessions may not last more than 60 legislative days, and cannot extend beyond April 15. In odd-numbered years, sessions may not last more than 30 legislative days, and cannot extend beyond March 30. Special sessions may be called by the Governor of Kentucky at any time and for any duration. History The first meeting of the General Assembly occurred in 1792, shortly after Kentucky was granted statehood. Legislators convened in Lexington, the state's temporary capital. Among the first orders of business was choosing a permanent state capital. In the end, the small town of Frankfort, with their offer to provide a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African American (U
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black people, Black racial groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the U.S. after White Americans. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Slavery in the United States, Africans enslaved in the United States. In 2023, an estimated 48.3 million people self-identified as Black, making up 14.4% of the country’s population. This marks a 33% increase since 2000, when there were 36.2 million Black people living in the U.S. African-American history began in the 16th century, with Africans being sold to Atlantic slave trade, European slave traders and Middle Passage, transported across the Atlantic to Slavery in the colonial history of the United States, the Western He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Society Of The Atonement
The Society of the Atonement, also known as the Friars and Sisters of the Atonement or Graymoor Friars and Sisters, is a Franciscan religious congregation in the Catholic Church. The friars and sisters were founded in 1898 by Paul Wattson and Lurana White as a religious community in the Episcopal Church. The religious order is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the Marian title of Our Lady of Atonement. History Lewis T. Wattson Lewis Thomas Wattson, called Father Paul Wattson, was born in Millington, Maryland, on January 16, 1863, to Joseph Newton Wattson and his wife, Mary Electa. Joseph Wattson, a former Presbyterian, was an Episcopalian minister. Lewis received his B.A. (1882) and his M.A. (1885) from St. Stephen's College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. He was ordained to the diaconate in 1885, and by special dispensation, at the age of twenty-three, he was made a presbyter. Wattson was graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity from the General Theological Seminary i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
