Watterson Park

Watterson Park is a home rule-class city in , , United States. As of the 2020 census, Watterson Park had a population of 1,004.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 1,120 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Watterson Park, Kentucky” and “Watterson Park, KY”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Butterfly gardening and Louisville Zoo.

Nature reserve
Photo: Korall, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a way to create, improve, and maintain habitat for lepidopterans including butterflies, skippers, and moths. Butterflies have four distinct life stages—egg, larva, chrysalis, and adult. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Watterson Park.

Park
Photo: BlueShirtz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Louisville Zoological Gardens, commonly known as the , is a 134-acre zoo in Louisville, , situated in the city's Poplar Level neighborhood.

The is a former limestone mine in . It stretches under parts of the Watterson Expressway and the . Due to the mine's support structures, it is classified as a and is the largest building in Kentucky.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitner and Petersburg.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of located along Bishop Lane and Pinewood Road.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of centered along Road and Indian Trail. The area is named after freedman Peter Laws who constructed a log cabin in the area after the Civil War. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Watterson Park.

Hamlet
is a former census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 7,272 at the 2000 census. Since 2003, it has been part of the city of due to a merger between the city and Jefferson County's unincorporated areas. is situated 1½ miles east of Watterson Park.

Watterson Park

Latitude
38.19229° or 38° 11′ 32″ north
Longitude
-85.68329° or 85° 40′ 60″ west
Population
1,120
Elevation
476 feet (145 metres)
Open location code
86CP58R8+WM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153702867
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4312811
Wiki­data ID
Q1917879
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Watterson Park” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “واتيرسون بارك”
  • Basque: “Watterson Park”
  • Catalan: “Watterson Park”
  • Cebuano: “Watterson Park”
  • Chechen: “Воттерсон-Парк”
  • Chinese: “Watterson Park”
  • Chinese: “沃特森公園”
  • Danish: “Watterson Park”
  • Dutch: “Watterson Park”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “واتيرسون بارك”
  • French: “Watterson Park”
  • German: “Watterson Park”
  • Gilaki: “واترسون پارک (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “واترسون پارک”
  • Haitian: “Watterson Park, Kentucky”
  • Haitian: “Watterson Park”
  • Ido: “Watterson Park, Kentucky”
  • Ido: “Watterson Park”
  • Irish: “Watterson Park”
  • Italian: “Watterson Park”
  • Kazakh: “Уаттерсон Парк”
  • Kirghiz: “Уаттерсон Парк”
  • Ladin: “Watterson Park”
  • Malagasy: “Watterson Park, Kentucky”
  • Malagasy: “Watterson Park”
  • Mazanderani: “واترسن پارک”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Watterson Park”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Watterson Park”
  • Norwegian: “Watterson Park”
  • Persian: “واترسن پارک، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “واترسن پارک”
  • Polish: “Watterson Park”
  • Portuguese: “Watterson Park”
  • Russian: “Ваттерсон Парк”
  • Serbian: “Вотерсон Парк”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Watterson Park, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Watterson Park”
  • South Azerbaijani: “واترسن پارک، کنتاکی”
  • Spanish: “Watterson Park”
  • Swedish: “Watterson Park, Kentucky”
  • Swedish: “Watterson Park”
  • Tatar: “Воттерсон-Парк”
  • Ukrainian: “Воттерсон-Парк”
  • Urdu: “واٹرسن پارک، کینٹکی”
  • Urdu: “واٹرسن پارک”
  • Uzbek: “Watterson Park”
  • Volapük: “Watterson Park”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as West Buechel and Poplar Hills.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Louisville TKO Boxing and Top Notch and Louisville Armory.

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