South
Kentucky
Jefferson

Pleasure Ridge Park

Pleasure Ridge Park is a former census-designated place in southwest , United States. The population was 26,212 at the 2010 census.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Hamlet with 25,800 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Painesville” and “Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Waverly Hills Sanatorium and Holy Cross High School.

Hospital building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a former sanatorium located in the neighborhood of Louisville, . In the early 1900s, Jefferson County was ravaged by an outbreak of tuberculosis – known as the "White Plague" – which prompted the construction of a new hospital.

School
Photo: Jwillenborg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a private, college preparatory, coeducational Catholic high school located in . It is the result of the merger between the former all-boys Bishop David High School and all-girls Angela Merici High School. is situated 2 miles northeast of Pleasure Ridge Park.

School
Western High School Early College is a public school in and is one of 22 high schools in Jefferson County Public Schools. The school offers programs that include: Early College, Culinary Arts, Geographic Information Systems, Help Desk, A+ certification, and Network+. is situated 2½ miles north of Pleasure Ridge Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sylvania and Waverly Hills.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of located near Terry Road along Road.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood in Southwestern which is centered at Dixie Highway and Pages Lane. It is located in a hilly section of the city, which is part of the larger Knobs Region which extends into southeastern Kentucky. is situated 2 miles southeast of Pleasure Ridge Park.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of located along Dixie Highway and Road. is situated 2 miles south of Pleasure Ridge Park.

Pleasure Ridge Park

Latitude
38.14535° or 38° 8′ 43″ north
Longitude
-85.8583° or 85° 51′ 30″ west
Population
25,800
Elevation
456 feet (139 metres)
Open location code
86CP44WR+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153593989
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4304713
Wiki­data ID
Q2251937
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Serbo-Croatian—“Pleasure Ridge Park” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Pleasure Ridge Park”
  • Chinese: “Pleasure Ridge Park”
  • Dutch: “Pleasure Ridge Park”
  • French: “Pleasure Ridge Park”
  • German: “Pleasure Ridge Park”
  • Hausa: “Gidan shakatawa na Ridge, Louisville”
  • Hausa: “Gidan shakatawa na Ridge”
  • Irish: “Pleasure Ridge Park”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pleasure Ridge Park”
  • Portuguese: “Pleasure Ridge Park”
  • Serbian: “Плежер Риџ Парк”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pleasure Ridge Park, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pleasure Ridge Park”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pleasure Ridge Park Post Office and Bell Cemetery.

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