Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Audubon Park, KY

Audubon Park is a home rule-class city in central Jefferson County, Kentucky, located about five miles south of downtown Louisville and surrounded on all sides by the city of Louisville.

The city stands on 230 acres of hilly pastureland once owned by General William Preston, who had been granted the land in 1774 by the British government as payment for his service in the French and Indian War.

The Audubon Park Realty Company purchased the land in 1912 and named the development after wildlife artist John James Audubon; all but two of the city's 20 streets are named after birds.

The Audubon Park Country Club, built by avid golfer Russell Houston, was established on the land before most of the homes were built.

Development was slow until Louisville Gas and Electric laid gas mains and installed streetlights in the 1920s, after which a new house was begun roughly every two weeks.

An early streetcar spur once ran to a station house near the center of the city; the line was discontinued in the 1920s, and the converted station house still stands as a private residence.

Audubon Park was formally incorporated by the Kentucky state assembly in 1941.

The 2020 census counted 1,433 residents in Audubon Park, down slightly from 1,473 at the 2010 census.

The city covers just 0.32 square miles, all of it land, and it kept its own city government when Louisville and Jefferson County merged in 2003.

The entire city was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Audubon Park Historic District in 1996, recognized for its Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow/Craftsman architecture.