Hillview, Kentucky | |
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Coordinates: 38°01′29″N 85°39′57″W / 38.02472°N 85.66583°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kentucky |
County | Bullitt |
Incorporated | March 28, 1974 |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor-Council |
• Mayor | James Eadens |
Area | |
• Total | 6.61 sq mi (17.11 km2) |
• Land | 6.51 sq mi (16.86 km2) |
• Water | 0.10 sq mi (0.25 km2) |
Elevation | 548 ft (167 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 8,622 |
• Estimate (2022)[3] | 8,771 |
• Density | 1,324.63/sq mi (511.46/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 40229 |
Area code | 502 |
FIPS code | 21-36982 |
GNIS feature ID | 2404701[2] |
Website | www |
Hillview is a home rule-class city[4] in Bullitt County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 8,622 as of the 2020 census, up from 8,172 at the 2010 census.[5] The primary road through the area is Kentucky Route 61, known as Preston Highway in both Jefferson and Bullitt counties.
Long a rural farming community, Hillview was connected to what became Interstate 65 in 1954 and grew in the 1950s and 1960s as a suburb of Louisville. Its larger subdivisions included Maryville, Overdale, and Lone Acres, and they incorporated in 1974 to form the present city.