Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women

Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women is a prison in Shelby, Kentucky. Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women is situated nearby to the hamlet Floydsburg, as well as near Long Run Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery and St. Aloysius Church.

Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery

Heritage site

Photo: Bedford, Public domain.

Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery is one mile from the old Kentucky Confederate Home site. The National Register of Historic Places lists the cemetery and separately an individual monument within it, the Confederate Memorial in Pewee Valley, as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS. Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery is situated 1½ miles northwest of Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women.

St. Aloysius Church

Church

Photo: LisaGS, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church is a historic church at 202 Mt. Mercy Drive in Peewee Valley, Kentucky. It was built in 1914 and added to the National Register in 1989. St. Aloysius Church is situated 2½ miles northwest of Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women.

Long Run Park

Park

Photo: Pen Waggener, CC BY 2.0.

Long Run Park is situated 2½ miles southeast of Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Floydsburg and Pewee Valley.

Floydsburg

Hamlet

Floydsburg is a rural unincorporated community in Oldham County, Kentucky, United States. It is located southeast of Crestwood on KY 1408. This community was named its location near pioneer James John Floyd's Ford Station. Floydsburg is situated 2 miles north of Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women.

Pewee Valley

Village

Pewee Valley is a home rule-class city in Oldham County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,588 as of the 2020 census. Pewee Valley is situated 2½ miles northwest of Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women.

Beckley

Hamlet

Beckley is a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky located along North Beckley Station Road and the Chenoweth Run watershed. It is sometimes referred to by its largest subdivision, Lake Forest. Beckley is situated 2½ miles southwest of Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women.

Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women

Type: Prison
Also known as: “KCIW” and “State Correctional Institute for Women”
Category: government building
Location: Shelby, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.2853° or 38° 17′ 7″ north

Longitude

-85.45708° or 85° 27′ 26″ west

Elevation

705 feet (215 metres)

Operator

Kentucky Department of Corrections

Open location code

86CP7GPV+45

OpenStreetMap ID

way 316314623

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=prison

GeoNames ID

7252640

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