Smoketown, Louisville

Smoketown Historic District
Logan Street in Smoketown
LocationRoughly bounded by Preston, Caldwell, and Jacob Sts., and the alley east of Shelby St., Louisville, Kentucky
Coordinates38°14′27″N 85°44′38″W / 38.24083°N 85.74389°W / 38.24083; -85.74389
Area780 acres (3.2 km2)
Architectural styleShotgun house
NRHP reference No.97000661
Added to NRHP1997

Smoketown is a neighborhood one mile (1.6 km) southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. A historically black neighborhood since the Civil War, it is the only neighborhood in the city that has had such a continuous presence. Smoketown is bounded by Broadway, CSX railroad tracks, Kentucky Street, and I-65.