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Louisville is southeasterly situated along the border between Kentucky and Indiana, the Ohio River, in north-central Kentucky at the Falls of the Ohio. Louisville is an Upper South city located in a Southern state that is influenced by both Southern and Midwestern culture. It is sometimes referred to as either one of the northernmost Southern ...
Louisville is a city in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is located at the Falls of the Ohio River. Louisville is located at 38°13′31″N 85°44′30″W. [1] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Louisville Metro (in 2015 measurements for Jefferson County) has a total area of 397.68 square miles (1,030.0 km 2), of which ...
Coordinates: 36°59′12″N 89°07′50″W. Ohio River. The widest point on the Ohio River is just north of downtown Louisville, where it is one mile (1.6 km) wide. Indiana is on the right towards the flood gates, Kentucky on the left, towards the locks. The jetty on the left is the entrance to the Louisville and Portland Canal.
Kentucky has more navigable miles of water than any other state in the union, other than Alaska. [29] Kentucky is the only U.S. state to have a continuous border of rivers running along three of its sides – the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and the Big Sandy River and Tug Fork to the east. [30]
Ohio Valley in Kentucky. Coordinates: 38°20′N 85°30′W. The Ohio River in southwest Louisville looking towards West Point, KY. The Ohio Valley is a sub region in Kentucky running 658 miles (1,059 km) long including parts of 25 counties and across five regions of the state. Over 45% of Kentucky's population live in counties that border the ...
New Albany and Louisville. 1912. 38°16′57″N 85°48′05″W / 38.28250°N 85.80139°W / 38.28250; -85.80139. McAlpine Locks and Dam (Only to Shippingport Island, not all the way across river) New Albany and Louisville. (Falls of the Ohio) 1830. 38°16′41″N 85°47′25″W / 38.278087°N 85.790408°W / 38.278087 ...
Kentucky (US: / k ə n ˈ t ʌ k i / ⓘ kən-TUK-ee, UK: / k ɛ n-/ ken-), [5] officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, [c] is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennessee to the south, and Missouri to the ...
Sinking Creek (Jessamine County, Kentucky) South Fork Kentucky River. Squabble Creek. Tearcoat Creek. Tennessee River. Tradewater River. Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River. Tygarts Creek. Wolf River.