Louisville, KS

Louisville is a city in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, United States. The 2020 census counted 131 residents. The area was once part of the Potawatomi Hunting grounds and a large majority of the settlers were either associated with the Pottawatomie Indian Reservation or commerce on the Oregon Trail. Louisville is located between Wamego and Westmoreland on K-99. About three miles east of Louisville was the Vermillion Crossing of the Oregon Trail operated by Louis Vieux. Vieux is buried in the Vieux Family Cemetery on top of a hill. Louisville's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Kansas setting. The local scoop is how Louisville's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Louisville includes the area was once part of the Potawatomi Hunting grounds.