Okolona
Okolona is a former census-designated place in southern Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. It is centered on the intersection of Preston Highway and the Outer Loop.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 17,100 residents
- Description: human settlement in Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
- Also known as: “Lone Oak”, “Okolona, Louisville”, “Okolona, Louisville, Kentucky”, and “The Ponds Area”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blake Elementary School and Louisville Assembly Plant.
Blake Elementary School
School
There are more than 145 public schools in Louisville, Kentucky, servicing nearly 100,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade education. The primary public education provider is Jefferson County Public Schools.
Louisville Assembly Plant
Factory
The Louisville Assembly Plant is an automobile manufacturing plant owned by Ford Motor Company in Louisville, Kentucky. Opened in 1955, the 3,154,173-square-foot plant on 180 acres currently employs a total of 4,554 people. Louisville Assembly Plant is situated 2½ miles northwest of Okolona.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newburg and Smyrna.
Newburg
Hamlet
Newburg is a former census-designated place in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 20,636 at the 2000 census. On January 6, 2003, the area was annexed to the city of Louisville due to a merger between the city and Jefferson County's unincorporated communities. Newburg is situated 2 miles northeast of Okolona.
Smyrna
Hamlet
Smyrna is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky centered along Smyrna Road and Applegate Lane. Smyrna is situated 2 miles east of Okolona.
Knopp
Hamlet
Knopp, also known as Knopp-Melton, is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky located along Grade Lane and Knopp Avenue. The area is mainly home to industrial and logistics businesses, especially that of UPS, whose Worldport is at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport to the north of the neighborhood. Knopp is situated 2½ miles west of Okolona.
Okolona
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.14118° or 38° 8′ 28″ northLongitude
-85.68774° or 85° 41′ 16″ westPopulation
17,100Elevation
463 feet (141 metres)Open location code
86CP48R6+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 153578210OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4303012Wikidata ID
Q2535784
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