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.Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 2,680 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 Fort Gay and Mineral Springs.
Fort Gay
Village
Fort Gay is a town in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy rivers. It is located within the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, and adjoins Louisa, Kentucky. The population was 677 at the 2020 census.
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.
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
2,680Elevation
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”
- Urdu: “لوئیزا، کینٹکی”
- Uzbek: “Louisa”
- Volapük: “Louisa”
- Waray (Philippines): “Louisa, Kentucky”
- Waray (Philippines): “Louisa”
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Highlights include Main Street Park and Lawrence County Public Library.
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