Jefferson County, Kentucky (U.S.)

Now Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government

Last modified: 2025-09-20 by rick wyatt
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image by Jaume Ollé, 29 July 2001

• Description of the flag
• Seal

- indicates flag is known.
- indicates it is reported that there is no known flag.

Municipal flags in Jefferson County:

• Anchorage
• Audubon Park 
• Coldstream
• Creekside
• Douglass Hills
• Forest Hills
• Glenview
• Heritage Creek
• Hills and Dales
• Hurstbourne
• Jefferstown
• Louisville
• Lyndon
• Meadow Vale
• Middletown
• Murray Hills
• Norbourne Estates
• Parkway Village
• Prospect
• St. Matthews
• Spring Valley
• Richlawn
• Watterson Park
• Windy Hills
• Woodlawn Park
• Wothington Hills

See also:

• County and Municipal flags of Kentucky
• Kentucky
• United States of America

Description of the flag

Jefferson county flag is vertical divided 1/3 and 2/3. The 1/3 (hoist) is yellow with blue inscription 1780. The 2/3 (fly) is blue with Thomas Jefferson's head within a frame (rounded above and below) with yellow wreaths, united with tie, at sides. In the lower part of the frame is a yellow lys.
Jaume Ollé, 6 July 2001

Louisville and Jefferson County merged into a metro government in January 2003. This is the document enacting their seal and flag.
Paul W. Newton, 7 May 2004

Seal

image located by Paul Bassinson, 7 July 2018

Image source: louisvilleky.gov
Paul Bassinson, 7 July 2018