Metro Parks was established in 1968, combining the Louisville City Parks Department (founded in 1888) and the Jefferson County Parks Department (founded in the mid-1940s). The agency became a department of Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government when the City of Louisville and Jefferson County governments merged on January 6, 2003.
Shows boundaries for Areas for Interest within Jefferson, Oldham and Bullitt Counties. Types of areas include industrial parks, significant cemeteries, airports, tourist sites, major manufacturing complexes, major malls, parks not maintained by...
Types of areas include industrial parks, significant cemeteries, airports, tourist sites, major manufacturing complexes, major malls, parks not maintained by the Louisville Metro Parks department, and higher educational complexes.