Floyds Fork River

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Floyds Fork River (locally just called Floyds Fork) is a tributary of the Salt River in Kentucky, directly south and east of Louisville. It begins in Oldham County near Floydsburg, flows through eastern Jefferson County and flows into the Salt River near Shepherdsville in Bullitt County.

It runs for about thirty miles through Jefferson County and drains approximately 122 square miles, making it the largest watershed in the county. It is also the least environmentally compromised watershed in the county, according to the Metropolitan Sewer Distict, as large-scale development in the southeastern portions of Jefferson County is still relatively sparse. To preserve its rural character, much of Floyds Fork south of I-64 was zoned rural residential in 1993.^[1]

The proposed "City of Parks" initiative by Louisville would purchase 2,000 acres of land along the river and establish three to four parks, as well as hiking and other recreational trails.^[2]

Floyds Fork is named for John Floyd, an early surveyor of the area. During the Civil War, Confederate and Union forces skirmished on Floyds Fork and what is now US 60 (Shelbyville Road, locally) on October 1, 1862.