Jeffersontown
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human settlement in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Jefferson
- Named after
- then- Vice Pres. Thomas Jefferson
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Carol Pike
- Total
- 10.61 sq mi (27.48 km )
- Land
- 10.58 sq mi (27.39 km )
- Water
- 0.039 sq mi (0.10 km )
- Elevation
- 637 ft (194 m)
- Density
- 2,692.9/sq mi (1,039.75/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 40220, 40223, 40269, 40291, 40299
- Fips code
- 21-40222
- Website
- jeffersontownky.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Jeffersontown
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Jefferson County
- Population
- 28474
- Area
- 25.796128
- Elevation
- 214
- Shares border with
- Hurstbourne
- Official website
- www.jeffersontownky.com
- Image
- JTNPicture 026.jpg
- Households
- 11572
- Dialing code
- 502
Show 5 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Jeffersontown, Kentucky
- inception
- 1797-00-00
- P8168
- 550 BC
- water as percent of area
- 0.3518
- per capita income
- 34912
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Encyclopedic overview
Jeffersontown is a city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 28,474 at the 2020 census. Jeffersontown is a major suburb of Louisville. When the Louisville Metro government was established in 2003, Jeffersontown chose to retain its status as an independent city. It is the metro area's largest municipality outside Louisville. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name J-town.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jeffersontown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.