Clifton
Clifton is a neighborhood east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky USA. Clifton was named because of its hilly location on the Ohio River valley escarpment. Clifton is bounded by I-64, N Ewing Ave, Brownsboro Road, and Mellwood Ave.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: neighbourhood in Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
- Also known as: “Clifton, Louisville” and “Cliftons”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kentucky School for the Blind and Beargrass Creek.
Kentucky School for the Blind
School
The Kentucky School for the Blind is an educational facility for blind and visually impaired students from Kentucky who are aged up to 21. The school provides a dormitory setting for its students.
Beargrass Creek
Beargrass Creek is the name given to several forks of a creek in Jefferson County, Kentucky. The Beargrass Creek watershed is one of the largest in the county, draining over 60 square miles of land, and occasionally flood.
Crescent Hill
Peak
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Crescent Hill is a neighborhood four miles east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky USA. This area was originally called "Beargrass" because it sits on a ridge between two forks of Beargrass Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bonnycastle and Port Fulton.
Bonnycastle
Neighborhood
Bonnycastle is a neighborhood four miles southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky USA. It is considered a part of a larger area of Louisville called The Highlands. Its boundaries are Bardstown Road, Cherokee Road, Eastern Parkway and Speed Avenue. Bonnycastle is situated 2 miles southeast of Clifton.
Port Fulton
Hamlet
Photo: Bedford, Public domain.
Port Fulton was a town located two miles up the river from Louisville, within present-day Jeffersonville, Indiana. At its height it stretched from the Ohio River to modern-day 10th Street, and from Crestview to Jefferson/Main Streets. Port Fulton is situated 2 miles north of Clifton.
Jeffersonville
Photo: Bedford, Public domain.
Jeffersonville, often called "Jeff" by locals, is the county seat of Clark County in Southern Indiana, located on the opposite side of the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky and connected to Louisville by the Kennedy, Lincoln, and Lewis and Clark Bridges.
Clifton
- Categories: neighborhood, historic district, and locality
- Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.25535° or 38° 15′ 19″ northLongitude
-85.7158° or 85° 42′ 57″ westElevation
502 feet (153 metres)Open location code
86CP774M+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 153783060OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Dutch—“Clifton” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “克利夫頓 (路易維爾)”
- Dutch: “Clifton”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include GRIT Fitness and Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind.
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