Fort Southwood Historical Marker

Fort Southwood Historical Marker is a park in Jefferson, Kentucky. Fort Southwood Historical Marker is situated nearby to the hamlet Parkland, as well as near Shawnee.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chickasaw Park and Shawnee Park.

Chickasaw Park

Park

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Chickasaw Park is a municipal park in Louisville, Kentucky's west end. It is fronted to the west by the Ohio River and by Southwestern Parkway to the east.

Shawnee Park is a municipal park in Louisville, Kentucky. It was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed 18 of the city's 123 public parks. Along with the rest of the city's Olmsted-designed park system, Shawnee Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Shawnee Park is situated 2½ miles north of Fort Southwood Historical Marker.

R. Gallagher Generating Station

The R. Gallagher Generating Station was a four-unit coal-burning power plant located along the Ohio River some two miles downstream from New Albany, Indiana in southernmost Floyd County, Indiana. R. Gallagher Generating Station is situated 2 miles north of Fort Southwood Historical Marker.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parkland and Shawnee.

Parkland

Hamlet

Parkland is a neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Its boundaries are 34th Street on the west, West Broadway on the north, Woodland Avenue on the south, and 26th Street on the east.

Shawnee

Hamlet

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Shawnee is a neighborhood in western Louisville, Kentucky. Its boundaries are the Ohio River on the West, Bank Street and the Portland neighborhood on the North, I-264 on the East, and West Broadway on the South. Shawnee is situated 1½ miles northeast of Fort Southwood Historical Marker.

Shively

Town

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Shively is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, and a suburb of Louisville within the Louisville Metro government. As of the 2020 census, Shively had a population of 15,636. Shively is situated 2½ miles south of Fort Southwood Historical Marker.

Fort Southwood Historical Marker

Type: Park
Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.23261° or 38° 13′ 57″ north

Longitude

-85.83067° or 85° 49′ 50″ west

Elevation

446 feet (136 metres)

Open location code

86CP65M9+2P

GeoNames ID

8504274

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as South Parkland and Heatherfield.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Miles Park and Greenwood Cemetery.

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