Prospect

Prospect is a home rule-class city in and counties in the U.S. state of . The Jefferson County portion is a part of the Louisville Metro government.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 4,880 residents
  • Description: city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: Prospect, Kentucky”, “Prospect, KY”, and “Sand Hill
  • Postal code: 40059

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lewis and Clark Bridge.

Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a cable-stayed bridge that crosses the Ohio River northeast of downtown and is part of a ring road around the Louisville metropolitan area, connecting two previously disjointed segments of Interstate 265.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beechland Beach and Transylvania Beach.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of located on the Ohio River at Road.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of located on the Ohio River and centered along Road. The enters the neighborhood where it connects to the Kentucky side of the river, then cuts through the neighborhood when it becomes the Gene Snyder Freeway.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of centered near at the intersection of River Road and Wolf Pen Branch Road. It is roughly bordered by the Ohio River to the west and US 42 to the east.

Prospect

Latitude
38.34507° or 38° 20′ 42″ north
Longitude
-85.61552° or 85° 36′ 56″ west
Population
4,880
Elevation
469 feet (143 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US POP
Open location code
86CP89WM+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153411776
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4305287
Wiki­data ID
Q2688891
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Prospect” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بروسبيكت (كنتاكي)
  • Arabic: بروسبيكت
  • Basque: Prospect
  • Catalan: Prospect
  • Cebuano: Prospect
  • Chechen: Проспект
  • Chinese: Prospect
  • Chinese: 普罗斯佩克特
  • Czech: Prospect
  • Danish: Prospect
  • Dutch: Prospect
  • Egyptian Arabic: بروسبيكت
  • French: Prospect
  • German: Prospect
  • Gilaki: پراسپکت (کنتاکي)
  • Gilaki: پراسپکت
  • Haitian: Prospect, Kentucky
  • Haitian: Prospect
  • Ido: Prospect, Kentucky
  • Ido: Prospect
  • Irish: Prospect
  • Italian: Prospect
  • Japanese: プロスペクト
  • Kazakh: Проспетк
  • Kirghiz: Проспетк
  • Ladin: Prospect
  • Malagasy: Prospect, Kentucky
  • Malagasy: Prospect
  • Mazanderani: پراسپکت
  • Min Nan Chinese: Prospect
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Prospect
  • Norwegian: Prospect
  • Persian: پراسپکت
  • Polish: Prospect
  • Portuguese: Prospect
  • Serbian: Проспект
  • Serbo-Croatian: Prospect, Kentucky
  • Serbo-Croatian: Prospect
  • Slovak: Prospect
  • South Azerbaijani: پراسپکت، کنتاکی
  • Spanish: Prospect (Kentucky)
  • Spanish: Prospect
  • Swedish: Prospect, Kentucky
  • Swedish: Prospect
  • Tatar: Проспект
  • Turkish: Prospect, Kentucky
  • Turkish: Prospect
  • Ukrainian: Проспект
  • Uzbek: Prospect
  • Volapük: Prospect

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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