Hurstbourne, Kentucky

Hurstbourne is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 3,884 at the time of the 2000 U.S. census. It is part of the Louisville Metro Government.HistoryThe land of the present city was part of a military grant to Henry Harrison. It was surveyed by John Floyd in 1774 and first settled by Maj. William Linn, who erected Linn's Station along Beargrass Creek in 1779. It was probably located along the east side of what is now Hurstbourne Parkway and at the time formed a part of the road between the Falls of the Ohio to Fort Harrod. The victims of the 1781 Long Run Massacre were on their way to this site from Squire Boone's Station when they were attacked by Indians and British soldiers. Finding their claim to the land's title questionable, Linn's heirs abandoned the site in the 1790s.In 1789, however, Col. Richard Clough Anderson Sr. purchased 500acre of land in the area and established his estate under the name Soldier's Retreat. His house suffered damage in the 1811 earthquake, was struck by lightning, and was demolished in the 1840s. By 1842, John Jeremiah Jacob owned the property and erected Lyndon Hall, now part of the Hurstbourne Country Club's clubhouse.