Towhead Island (Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky)

USA / Indiana / Jeffersonville / Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
 island, shoal, sandbar

Cited in navigation journal. (1820)
Shown on maps as early as 1824. (most maps of the falls don't show that far east)
It once stretched further west. (downstream and under the bridge)
Originally known as Willow Bar, the name was changing as early as 1882.
This was possibly the result of cottonwoods replacing the willows growing there.

Currently owned by a Nugent Sand Co., a barge transportation company
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   38°15'56"N   85°43'51"W
This article was last modified 15 years ago