Louisa
Louisa is a home-rule class city in Lawrence County, Kentucky, United States, of which it is the county seat. It is at the merger of the Levisa and Tug Forks into the Big Sandy River, which forms part of the state's border with West Virginia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,470 residents
- Description: city in Lawrence County, Kentucky, USA
- Also known as: “Fork of the Big Sandy”, “Italy”, “Louisa, Kentucky”, and “Louisa, KY”
- Postal code: 41230
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mineral Springs and Saltpetre.
Mineral Springs
Hamlet
Mineral Springs is an unincorporated community located in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. Northwest for about four miles north, both along and off US Route 52, are a string of smaller hamlets, including Hewlet.
Saltpetre
Hamlet
Saltpetre is an unincorporated community located in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. The community takes its name from the local saltpetre manufacturing industry. Saltpetre is situated 4 miles southeast of Louisa.
Torchlight
Hamlet
Torchlight is an unincorporated community and coal town in Lawrence County, Kentucky, United States. The community is named for an annual torchlight parade accident which resulted in the Hotel Greenup being burned to the ground. Torchlight is situated 4½ miles south of Louisa.
Louisa
- Categories: city of Kentucky and locality
- Location: Lawrence, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.11449° or 38° 6′ 52″ northLongitude
-82.6031° or 82° 36′ 11″ westPopulation
2,470Elevation
584 feet (178 metres)United Nations Location Code
US KZYOpen location code
86CV497W+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 154388578OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Louisa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لويزا (كنتاكي)”
- Arabic: “لويزا”
- Basque: “Louisa”
- Catalan: “Louisa”
- Cebuano: “Louisa (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Kentucky)”
- Cebuano: “Louisa”
- Chechen: “Луиза”
- Chinese: “Louisa”
- Chinese: “路易莎”
- Czech: “Louisa”
- Danish: “Louisa”
- Dutch: “Louisa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “لويزا”
- French: “Louisa”
- German: “Louisa”
- Gilaki: “لۊئيسا (کنتاکي)”
- Gilaki: “لۊئيسا”
- Haitian: “Louisa, Kentucky”
- Haitian: “Louisa”
- Hungarian: “Louisa”
- Ido: “Louisa, Kentucky”
- Ido: “Louisa”
- Irish: “Louisa”
- Italian: “Louisa”
- Japanese: “ルイーザ”
- Kazakh: “Луйза”
- Kirghiz: “Луйза”
- Ladin: “Louisa”
- Malagasy: “Louisa, Kentucky”
- Malagasy: “Louisa”
- Mazanderani: “لوئیزا”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Louisa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Louisa”
- Norwegian: “Louisa”
- Persian: “لوئیزا، کنتاکی”
- Persian: “لوئیزا”
- Persian: “لویز”
- Polish: “Louisa”
- Portuguese: “Louisa”
- Russian: “Луиза”
- Serbian: “Луиза”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Louisa, Kentucky”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Louisa”
- Slovak: “Louisa”
- Slovenian: “Louisa”
- South Azerbaijani: “لوئیزا، کنتاکی”
- Spanish: “Louisa”
- Swedish: “Louisa, Kentucky”
- Swedish: “Louisa”
- Tatar: “Луиза”
- Ukrainian: “Луїза”
- Uzbek: “Louisa”
- Volapük: “Louisa”
- Waray (Philippines): “Louisa, Kentucky”
- Waray (Philippines): “Louisa”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Main Street Park and Lawrence County Public Library.
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