Fern Creek
Fern Creek is a historic community in southeastern Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 20,009 at the 2008 census. In 2003, The area was annexed to the city of Louisville as part of a merger between the city and Jefferson County's unincorporated communities.- Type: Hamlet with 18,400 residents
- Description: human settlement in Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
- Also known as: “Fern Creek, Louisville” and “Stringtown on the Pike”
- Neighbors: Jeffersontown
Places of Interest
Highlights: Fern Creek High School and Highview Baptist Church.
Highview Baptist Church
Church
Highview Baptist Church is a Baptist multi-site megachurch based in Louisville, Kentucky. Highview Baptist Church is situated 2 miles southwest of Fern Creek.
Confederate Martyrs Monument in Jeffersontown
Memorial
Photo: Bedford, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashville and Hollow Creek.
Ashville
Hamlet
Ashville is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky… Ashville is situated 2 miles south of Fern Creek.
Hollow Creek
Village
Hollow Creek is a home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. Hollow Creek is situated 2 miles west of Fern Creek.
Highview
Hamlet
Highview is a former census-designated place in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. Highview is situated 2½ miles southwest of Fern Creek.
Fern Creek
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.15979° or 38° 9′ 35″ north
Longitude
-85.58774° or 85° 35′ 16″ west
Population
18,400
Elevation
709 feet (216 metres)
Open location code
86CP5C56+WW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Serbo-Croatian—“Fern Creek” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Ферн-Крык”
- Cebuano: “Fern Creek”
- Dutch: “Fern Creek”
- French: “Fern Creek”
- German: “Fern Creek”
- Irish: “Fern Creek”
- Japanese: “ファーン・クリーク (ルイビル)”
- Japanese: “ファーン・クリーク”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Fern Creek”
- Portuguese: “Fern Creek”
- Russian: “Ферн Крик”
- Serbian: “Ферн Крик”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Fern Creek, Kentucky”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Fern Creek”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Spring Mill and Jeffersontown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Fern Creek Lighthouse Assembly of God and Evergreen Hill.
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