Sand Island
Sand Island is an islet in Jefferson, Kentucky. Sand Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Portland, as well as near the neighborhood Shelby Place Historic District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Division Street School and Portland Museum.
Division Street School
Historic building
Photo: Bedford, Public domain.
The Division Street School is a historic school building located at New Albany, Indiana. It was one of the first elementary schools for African-American children, with construction beginning in June 1884, and the opening in 1885.
Portland Museum
Museum
Photo: Censusdata, CC BY 3.0.
The Portland Museum is a neighborhood history and art museum in Louisville, Kentucky. It details the history of the Portland neighborhood both as an independent town in the early 1800s and after Portland's amalgamation into Louisville after the construction of the Louisville and Portland Canal.
Ohio Falls Station
Electrical generator
Ohio Falls Station is a hydroelectric power station owned by Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities which is located three miles west of Downtown Louisville, Kentucky.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portland and Shelby Place Historic District.
Portland
Hamlet
Portland is a historic district, neighborhood and former independent town northwest of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. It is situated along a bend of the Ohio River just below the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area, where the river curves to the north and then to the south, thus placing Portland at the northern tip of urban Louisville.
Shelby Place Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Shelby Place Historic District is a registered historic district in New Albany, Indiana, one mile north of the Ohio River, across from Louisville, Kentucky.
Cedar Bough Place Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Bedford, Public domain.
Cedar Bough Place Historic District is a national historic district located at New Albany, Indiana, ¾ of a mile from the Ohio River, across from Louisville, Kentucky. It consists of the 800-block of the road Cedar Bough Place, between Beeler and Ekin Avenues.
Sand Island
- Type: Islet
- Categories: wetland, locality, and landform
- Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.28216° or 38° 16′ 56″ northLongitude
-85.7945° or 85° 47′ 40″ westElevation
400 feet (122 metres)Open location code
86CP76J4+V6OpenStreetMap ID
way 24656406OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetlandOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4307532
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