Meriwether, Louisville

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Meriwether is a neighborhood two miles southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA, and immediately east of the University of Louisville. It was laid out by David Meriwether in 1871 and the first houses were built in 1891. Nearly all of the homes are shotgun houses.

Its boundaries are the CSX railroad tracks to the north, Shelby Street to the southeast, and South Preston Street to the southwest. Lincoln Park and Preston Park are located in the neighborhood. It is wcommonly referred to as part of greater Schnitzelburg. Meriwether is also sometimes confused with Louisville's Germantown neighborhood.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2000, the population of Meriwether was1,442 ^[1], of which 64.9% are white, 29.8% are black, 4.2% are listed as other, & 1% are hispanic. College graduates are 10.4% of the population, people w/o a high school degree are 23.9%, people with 1+ years of college w/o a degree are 13.6%. Females outnumber males 53% to 47%.