Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is an economic region in Indiana, Midwest and has about 1,200,000 residents.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Louisville WaterWorks Museum and Sixmile Island.

Louisville WaterWorks Museum

Museum

Louisville WaterWorks Museum opened in the west wing of a renovated and restored interior of Pumping Station No. 1 on Zorn Avenue at 3005 River Road in Louisville, Kentucky overlooking the Ohio River.

Sixmile Island

Island

Six Mile Island is a Kentucky state nature preserve located on the Ohio River upstream of Louisville, Kentucky.

Howard Steamboat Museum

Museum

Photo: Bedford, Public domain.

The Howard Steamboat Museum, or the Howard National Steamboat Museum, is located in Jeffersonville, Indiana, across from Louisville, Kentucky. Housed in the Howard Family mansion, it features items related to steamboat history and specifically, the Howard Shipyards of Jeffersonville.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jeffersonville and Saint Matthews.

Jeffersonville

Photo: Bedford, Public domain.

Jeffersonville, often called "Jeff" by locals, is the county seat of Clark County in Southern Indiana, on the opposite side of the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky and connected to Louisville by the Kennedy, Lincoln, and Lewis and Clark Bridges.

Saint Matthews

Photo: Angry Aspie, CC BY 3.0.

St. Matthews is a city in the Kentucky Derby Region, part of metro Louisville with an approximate population of 15,000.

Clarksville

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Clarksville is a city in Clark County in Southern Indiana, directly across the Ohio River from Louisville. It is the oldest town in the Indiana Territory with a population of 21,000. The city is served by an overlay complex of two area codes: 812 and 930.

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

Type: Economic region with 1,200,000 residents
Also known as: “31140” and “Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area”
Location: Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.3031° or 38° 18′ 11″ north

Longitude

-85.6822° or 85° 40′ 56″ west

Population

1,200,000

Elevation

472 feet (144 metres)

Open location code

86CP8839+64

GeoNames ID

12213684

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