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Louisville, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Louisville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30434. It stands on Rocky Comfort Creek. The Survey maps it on the Louisville quadrangle. 2,381 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 322 feet above sea level.

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Louisville within Jefferson County

On record in Louisville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Surveyed buildings and structures 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Louisville fell from 2,493 to 2,381 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,493
20202,381-112 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Photographs

8 of 17 photographs shown, 2017

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Elsie Unruh, left, and Blaine Holdeman observe Patricia Edwards as she demonstrates country-style butter maning during Heritage Day n Louisville, a town in northeastern Georgia, named for French King Louis XVI in appreciation for French assistance to the colonists during the American Revolution
Elsie Unruh, left, and Blaine Holdeman observe Patricia Edwards as she demonstrates country-style butter maning during Heritage Day n Louisville, a town in northeastern Georgia, named for French King Louis XVI in appreciation for French assistance to the colonists during the American Revolution
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Ron Shultz samples fried fruit pies during Louisville Heritage Days in Louisville, a town in northeastern Georgia, named for French King Louis XVI in appreciation for French assistance to the colonists during the American Revolution
Ron Shultz samples fried fruit pies during Louisville Heritage Days in Louisville, a town in northeastern Georgia, named for French King Louis XVI in appreciation for French assistance to the colonists during the American Revolution
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Kyler Giesbrecht, left, and Craig Holdeman cook at at the Louisville Heritage Day celebration in Louisville, a town in northeastern Georgia, named for French King Louis XVI in appreciation for French assistance to the colonists during the American Revolution
Kyler Giesbrecht, left, and Craig Holdeman cook at at the Louisville Heritage Day celebration in Louisville, a town in northeastern Georgia, named for French King Louis XVI in appreciation for French assistance to the colonists during the American Revolution
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Blaine Holdeman, left, and Jesse Unruh test some samples during Heritage Day n Louisville, a town in northeastern Georgia, named for French King Louis XVI in appreciation for French assistance to the colonists during the American Revolution
Blaine Holdeman, left, and Jesse Unruh test some samples during Heritage Day n Louisville, a town in northeastern Georgia, named for French King Louis XVI in appreciation for French assistance to the colonists during the American Revolution
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Melanie Unruh offers the ingredients for grits, a food made from corn that is ground into a coarse meal and then boiled, during Heritage Day n Louisville, a town in northeastern Georgia, named for French King Louis XVI in appreciation for French assistance to the colonists during the American Revolution
Melanie Unruh offers the ingredients for grits, a food made from corn that is ground into a coarse meal and then boiled, during Heritage Day n Louisville, a town in northeastern Georgia, named for French King Louis XVI in appreciation for French assistance to the colonists during the American Revolution
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Historical mural in Louisville, a town in northeastern Georgia, named for French King Louis XVI in appreciation for French assistance to the colonists during the American Revolution
Historical mural in Louisville, a town in northeastern Georgia, named for French King Louis XVI in appreciation for French assistance to the colonists during the American Revolution
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Drawings of horses on a former feed store and hardware in Louisville, a town in northeastern Georgia, named for French King Louis XVI in appreciation for French assistance to the colonists during the American Revolution
Drawings of horses on a former feed store and hardware in Louisville, a town in northeastern Georgia, named for French King Louis XVI in appreciation for French assistance to the colonists during the American Revolution
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Dwonn Giesbrecht cooks out at the Louisville Heritage Days celebration in Louisville, a town in northeastern Georgia, named for French King Louis XVI in appreciation for French assistance to the colonists during the American Revolution
Dwonn Giesbrecht cooks out at the Louisville Heritage Days celebration in Louisville, a town in northeastern Georgia, named for French King Louis XVI in appreciation for French assistance to the colonists during the American Revolution
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Jefferson County

Fires near this place

233 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Louisville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 640 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning126
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use26
Natural23
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2013Debris and open burning4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-JEFFERSON-003
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-JEFFERSON-029
25 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-JEFFERSON-012
23 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use17 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

37 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Louisville in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 19 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLouisville$30,000The News and Farmer-Jefferson Reporter of Louisville reported that thunderstorm winds, associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill, caused considerable damage to a home west of Louisville on Grange Road. A portion of the roof over the garage collapsed. The house also sustained other minor damage. A number of trees were blown down or split in half across the street and even up to one-third of a mile away. Several residents in the area reported seeing a tornado that was approximately 10 to 15 feet wide and traveled about 60 to 75 feet above the ground. One resident about four miles west of Louisville reported seeing two tornadoes.
August 2003LightningLouisville$25,000The Jefferson county 911 center reported that lightning struck a house and set it on fire. Damage estimates were inconclusive.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindLouisville$10,000EM reported multiple trees down around the city of Louisville.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindLouisville$10,000The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down throughout the city of Louisville.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLouisville$5,000The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down in the northwest and west central part of the county, north through west of Louisville.
December 2005HailLouisville$5,000The Columbia, SC Weather Forecast Office relayed a report from a storm spotter of golf ball-sized hail.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindLouisville$4,000The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that many trees were down from Louisville southward toward Bartow. More than 10 trees were down in the Louisville area alone.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindLouisville$3,000The Jefferson county 911 center reported that power lines were down.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindLouisville$2,000The Jefferson County Emergency Manager reported a couple of trees blown down in Louisville.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindLouisville$2,000The Jefferson county 911 center reported that some trees were down.
January 2001Thunderstorm WindLouisville$2,000The Jefferson county 911 center reported that trees were blown down.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindLouisville$2,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and tree limbs along Georgia Highway 17.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindLouisville$1,000Tree downed on a house along Foley St in Louisville.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindLouisville$1,000Tree down in yard along the 1900 block of Hwy 24.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLouisville$1,000The Jefferson County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down in Louisville.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindLouisville$1,000The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that a couple of power lines were blown down.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindLouisville$1,000Louisville 911 reported 3 trees down on highway 296 north of Louisville. Widespread power outages were also reported.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLouisville$750The Jefferson County 911 Center relayed a report of three trees down in Louisville.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindLouisville$500The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that three trees were blown down on the southeast side of Louisville. One tree fell on power lines along Moore Street, and two additional trees fell along U.S. Highway 1.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLouisville$500The Jefferson County 911 Center reported a couple of downed trees along Old U.S. Highway 1 in Louisville.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindLouisville-Powerlines reported down along US-1 near the intersection of Wilcher Rd.
May 2021HailLouisville-The Jefferson County Emergency Manager reported hail the size quarters in Louisville.
May 2014HailLouisville-The Jefferson County 911 Center reported quarter sized hail in Louisville.
June 2010HailLouisville-The Jefferson County 911 Center relayed reports of quarter-sized hail northwest to west northwest of Louisville in northwest and west central Jefferson county.
July 2008HailLouisville-The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that penny-sized hail fell in the northwest part of the county, south of Avera. Radar data supported that large hail likely fell over a larger area than reported.
May 2006HailLouisville-The public reported penny-sized hail.
May 2006HailLouisville-The Jefferson County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail.
April 2005HailLouisville-The Jefferson County 911 Center reported quarter-sized hail.
July 2003Funnel CloudLouisville-The News and Farmer-Jefferson Reporter of Louisville reported that several residents saw at least two separate funnel clouds, almost touching the ground, in the area. The reports originated from U.S. Highway 221, about 4 miles southwest of Louisville. Damage to trees and property was reported in the area.
March 2003HailLouisville-The Jefferson county 911 center and the public both reported penny size hail.
May 2003HailLouisville-The public reported nickel to quarter-sized hail halfway between Louisville and Wrens.
May 2003HailLouisville-The Jefferson county 911 center reported penny-sized hail.
May 2002HailLouisville-The Jefferson county 911 center reported dime to quarter size hail.
April 1999HailLouisville-The public reported hail a little larger than golf ball size, strong winds, and power out in Louisville.
April 1998HailLouisville-Jefferson county 911 reported quarter size hail between Louisville and Wrens.
April 1998HailLouisville-no account filed
April 1996HailLouisville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Pine Hill3.7 miles8
Aldreds3.7 miles8
Moxley5.8 miles8
Almira7.2 miles7
Old Town8.1 miles7
Ellis Plantation8.4 miles15
Stapletons Crossroads8.4 miles10
Bartow9.1 miles8

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on LouisvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2931901The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332271. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.