NEIGHBORHOOD SNIPPETS AUBURNDALE In the 1830’s, the bulk of the land from Iroquois Park to Bullitt County belonged to the heirs of Claudius Paul Requel. Living in Philadelphia, they put the sales in the hands of a lawyer from Frankfort, John Thatcher?. For the next 15 or so years he began selling off the Requel holdings. . . BEECHMONT Beechmont is a neighborhood in the south end of Louisville, Kentucky. Its modern boundaries are I-264 to the north, Taylor Boulevard to the west, Southern Parkway and Southland Boulevard to the south, and Third Street, Allmond and Louisville Avenues to the east. . . FAIRDALE The recorded history of Fairdale dates back to over 200 years to a salt works and a long-dead city. But the communities present name is a little over 100 years old. The name came from a meeting on May 30, 1910, when he residents met Mt. Holley Road to think up a new name for the area. They were disturbed that referred to the area as the Wet Woods or Woods Precinc. . . . Wilder Park Iis a neighborhood four miles south of downtown Louisville, Kentucky USA. The area was originally the site of Greenland race course, built in 1866, a sister track of Churchill Downs. Greenland rack closed in 1888 and was subsequently used as a park. Oakdale is a neighborhood on the southside of Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Its modern boundaries are Longfield Avenue to the north, Taylor Boulevard to the west, I-264 to the south, and Southern Parkway to the east. The opening of Iroquois Park in the early 1890s created a huge demand for suburban homes south of Louisville.
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