Glenmary Homes and Golf Community

The Glenmary Homes Community is located in southeastern Jefferson County in the Louisville, Kentucky neighborhood of Fern Creek.  It is approximately 12 miles from downtown Louisville with a 2002 census population of over 18,000 residents.  The earliest road through the area was Stage Road which connected Louisville to Bardstown Kentucky. 

This road later became the Louisville-Bardstown Turnpike and finally, Bardstown Road.  This area was originally called Stringtown, but by the 1870’s was commonly known as Fern Creek.  Both the Union and Confederate armies passed through the area during the civil war.  A now defunct interurban rail line was built in 1908, to facilitate travel from Louisville.  From 1908 to 1928, the Jefferson County Fairgrounds were located in this area just off Bardstown Road.  Fairground Road still remains as a testimony to the history of this area.

The earliest record, of the land, which would become Glenmary, was sold by Colonel George Hancock, to Dr. Theodore Elliott in 1854. It was probably Colonel Hancock that named the land “Glenmary” after his wife. The last family to live at the original Glenmary home was U.S. Magistrate George Long. In July 1988 Judge Long sold the property to HFH, Incorporated which developed the Glenmary subdivision. The first owners moved into their Glenmary homes in February 1990. Since that time the number of homes has steadily risen to 820. The newly developed sections 15 through 19 will bring the total of home sites up to almost 850.