Louisville
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city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Jefferson
- Incorporated
- January 26, 1786 ; 240 years ago ( 1786-01-26 )
- Named after
- Louis XVI
- Type
- Mayor–Council
- Mayor
- Jenny Smith
- Council
- Members Michelle Reaves Matthew Hodges – Mayor Pro-Tem Larry Atkins Phil Polhill Robert Dixon
- Total
- 3.68 sq mi (9.53 km )
- Land
- 3.61 sq mi (9.35 km )
- Water
- 0.066 sq mi (0.17 km )
- Elevation
- 322 ft (98 m)
- Density
- 659.3/sq mi (254.57/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 13-47560
- Gnis feature id
- 0332271
- Major airport
- AGS
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Louisville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Jefferson County
- Population
- 2381
- Area
- 9.526193
- Elevation
- 98
- Capital of
- Jefferson County
- Official website
- www.cityoflouisvillegeorgia.com
- Image
- Jefferson County Courthouse 4.JPG
- Households
- 965
- Dialing code
- 478
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- postal code
- 30434
- P8168
- Cadenet
- Commons category
- Louisville, Georgia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Louisville, Georgia
- inception
- 1786-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 1.9293
- per capita income
- 16858
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Encyclopedic overview
Louisville is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Georgia, United States, and also a former state capital of Georgia. It is located southwest of Augusta on the Ogeechee River, and its population was 2,493 at the 2010 census, down from 2,712 at the 2000 census. By 2020, its population was 2,381. Its name is pronounced "Lewis-ville", though it and the differently pronounced city in Kentucky were both named for Louis XVI.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Louisville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.