Camp Zachary Taylor was a military training camp in Louisville, Kentucky. It opened in 1917, to train soldiers for U.S. involvement in World War I, and was closed three years later. It was initially commanded by Guy Carleton and after the war its commanders included Julius Penn. Its name (and some of its buildings) live on as the Camp Taylor neighborhood of Louisville. It is named for Louisville resident and United States President Zachary Taylor. Not to be confused with Fort Zachary Taylor, a place in Key West Florida used for a military base. The novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald trained at the camp. Mobilization station 84th Division Demobilization station 1st Division September 1919 38th Division January 1919 84th Division July 1919 See also Camp Taylor, Louisville References External links Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville,Ky. on Facebook Images of Camp Taylor (Louisville, Ky.) in the University of Louisville Libraries Digital Collections Closed installations of the United States Army History of Louisville, Kentucky Taylor Military installations in Kentucky Closed military facilities of the United States in the United States Military installations established in 1917 Military installations closed in 1920 1917 establishments in Kentucky 1920 disestablishments in Kentucky