Louisville, Tennessee Louisville, Tennessee Location of Louisville, Tennessee Location of Louisville, Tennessee Louisville is a town in Blount County, Tennessee, United States.
Its populace was 2,001 at the 2000 census and 2,439 at the 2010 census. It is encompassed in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The Louisville region was settled in the early 1800s, and its situation on the Tennessee River helped it expanded into a key flatboat and steamboat port.
The town's namesake is unknown, although some have suggested that its name was influenced by the French King Louis Philippe, who visited the region in the late 1790s. In 1974 Louisville's downtown was declared a nationwide historic precinct by the National Register of Historic Places. Louisville is positioned along the northern border of Blount County at 35 49 25 N 84 02 48 W (35.823659, -84.046718). The town is centered around the junction of State Route 333 (Louisville Road), which joins Louisville with Alcoa and Maryville to the east, and State Route 334, which joins Louisville with Friendsville to the west.
The Fort Loudoun Lake impoundment of the Tennessee River comprises Louisville's northern border.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 13.5 square miles (35.0 km2), of which 11.7 square miles (30.4 km2) is territory and 1.8 square miles (4.6 km2), or 13.18%, is water. In the town/city the populace was spread out with 22.4% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 29.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $40,950, and the median income for a family was $53,558.
About 8.2% of families and 12.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 20.9% of those under age 18 and 11.3% of those age 65 or over.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Louisville city, Tennessee".
"Louisville Historic District".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
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Municipalities and communities of Blount County, Tennessee, United States This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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Towns in Tennessee - Towns in Blount County, Tennessee - Knoxville urbane region - Populated places established in 1851 - Populated places on the Tennessee River - 1851 establishments in Tennessee
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