Louisville was named for Louis XVI, who had aided the Continentals during the American Revolutionary War and was still the King of France when the decision to incorporate the city was made.

The original market had sections for sales of farm produce, household goods, and enslaved African Americans.

The caption of a 1934 photograph in the Library of Congress proves the sale of enslaved Black people happened at this market, with details.

Roads and other transportation routes intersected at the market square, the hub of the region when the town was the state capital.

A marker dedicated to the Yazoo land scandal of the 18th century is located in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse.

U.S. Route 221 passes through the north side of downtown as Peachtree Street and leads southwest 10 miles (16 km) to Bartow.