Welcome to Camp Zachary Taylor. The mission of our Historical Society is to preserve, conserve, collect and make available information, photographs and artifacts directly related to the World War Training camp that was built in Louisville Ky in 1917, Camp Zachary Taylor. The construction of the facility was one of the single most important events that took place in Louisville in the 20th century, nearly increasing the population of Louisville 25% in three months. The economic, social and political impact of this one event has never been matched by any other in the city’s history, and probably never will again.

The neighborhood that is now known as Camp Taylor only takes in a small portion of what was the largest WW1 army training camp built in North America at the beginning of the United States entry into the war. The camp which covered over 3000 acres would not be recognizable today, having been dismantled in 1921, it is now occupied by mostly residential and light commercial buildings.

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