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.
Southeast
Jeffersontown
Jefferson County, KY
Population
28,796
Walk Score
75 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,175
Median home value
$225,500
Incorporated
1797
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Diamond Fruit Farm (Boundary Increase) · listed 1990
- Tyler Settlement Rural Historic District · listed 1986
Notable landmarks
- Beech Lawn · listed 1980
- Beechland · listed 1983
- Confederate Martyrs Monument in Jeffersontown · listed 1997
- Diamond Fruit Farm · listed 1983
- Funk, Harriet, House · listed 1980
- Funk, James H., House · listed 1980
- Hoke, Andrew, House · listed 1983
- Jeffersontown Colored School · listed 1985
- Judge Kirby House · listed 1983
- Kennedy-Hunsinger Farm · listed 1983
- Leatherman House · listed 1980
- Rockdale · listed 1983
- Seaton House
- Stout, Ben, House · listed 1983
- Stucky House · listed 1980
- Tucker, Hazael, Farm (Boundary Increase) · listed 1986
- Tucker, Hazael, House · listed 1980
- Tway House · listed 1980
- Tyler, Moses, House · listed 1983
- Tyler, Robert, Place · listed 1983
- Westwood Farm · listed 1983
- Yenowine-Kennedy House · listed 1983
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