Editing Prospect, Kentucky (section)

==History==
{{See also|History of Louisville, Kentucky}}
The area was first known as "Sand Hill" when it was settled by farmers in the late 18th century. The present community grew up around the "Prospect" railroad station erected by the [[Louisville, Harrods Creek and Westport Railway]]<!--not Railroad--> {{circa|lk=no|1872}}. The name referred either to the view from the top of the hill or the expected completion of the line (which {{ndash}} owing to the [[Long Depression]] {{ndash}} never did reach [[Westport, Kentucky|Westport]] and collapsed into bankruptcy in 1879). When the post office was established in 1886, the local postmaster named it "Wilhoyte" in his own honor, but the community corrected this within the month.<ref name=ren>Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&pg=PA244 p. 244]. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed August 1, 2013.</ref>

Although a few luxury residences existed in the area from the late 19th century and the [[Louisville Railway Company]] offered hourly electrified-rail trolleys along the former LHC&W line after 1904,<ref name=louse>{{cite book |last=Castner |first=Charles B. |editor-first=John E. |editor-last=Kleber |year=2001 |title=The Encyclopedia of Louisville |chapter=Louisville, Harrods Creek, & Westport Railway |page=551 |publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]] |location=[[Lexington, Kentucky]] |isbn=0-8131-2100-0 |oclc=247857447 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC |access-date=September 24, 2016 |archive-date=March 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313151808/https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC |url-status=live }}</ref> it was largely agricultural until the mid-1960s when large, high-end subdivisions were built in the area, most notably Hunting Creek, which included a golf course. The newest large-scale high-end development, covering almost 600-acres, is Norton Commons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/KY-01-111-0100 |title= Archpedia; Norton Commons}}</ref> 

Prospect incorporated as a city in 1974.

An EF2 tornado struck the town on [[Tornado outbreak and derecho of April 1–3, 2024|April 2, 2024]], causing major damage.<ref name="LMKsum">{{cite web |title=April 2, 2024 Severe Weather Event |url=https://www.weather.gov/lmk/2024-04-02-SevereWeather |website=www.weather.gov |publisher=National Weather Service Louisville KY |access-date=19 April 2024 |language=EN-US}}</ref>