Southern Heights
Southern Heights is a neighborhood in southwestern Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Its boundaries are the University of Kentucky Arboretum and Central Baptist Hospital to the north, Nicholasville Road to the west, and Edgemoor Drive/Blueberry Road to the south.- Type: Neighborhood with 470 residents
- Description: human settlement in Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
- Also known as: “Southern Heights, Lexington”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Joseph Hospital and Lafayette High School.
Saint Joseph Hospital
Hospital
Saint Joseph Hospital is 468-bed medical center located two miles southwest of downtown Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Founded in 1877, it is Lexington's oldest still existing hospitals. It is part of Catholic Health Initiatives.
Lafayette High School
School
Lafayette High School is a public high school in Lexington, Kentucky that has been open for 87 years, seen the beginning of racially-desegregated education in the city, and been overseen by at least nine principals.
Pope Villa
Historic site
The Pope Villa in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe in 1811 for Senator John Pope. It is one of only three extant Latrobe residences in the United States. Pope Villa is situated 2 miles northeast of Southern Heights.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include WGPL and Penmoken Park.
WGPL
Neighborhood
WGPL is a neighborhood in southwestern Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Its name is an acronym for the main streets in the neighborhood - Wabash Drive, Goodrich Avenue, Pensacola Drive and Lackawanna Drive.
Penmoken Park
Neighborhood
Penmoken Park is a neighborhood in southwestern Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It is composed of a single street - Penmoken Park. It is bounded by Rosemont Garden to the north, Nicholasville Road to the east, and the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks to the west.
Cherokee Park
Neighborhood
Cherokee Park is a neighborhood in southwestern Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Its boundaries are Rosemont Garden on the south, Nicholasville Road to the east, Dantzler Drive, and the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks to the west.
Southern Heights
- Category: locality
- Location: Fayette, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.01352° or 38° 0′ 49″ north
Longitude
-84.51242° or 84° 30′ 45″ west
Population
470
Open location code
86CQ2F7Q+C2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Southern Heights” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Southern Heights”
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