Clifton Heights is a neighborhood two miles east of downtown
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the List of cities in Kentucky, most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, and the list of United States cities by population, 27th-most-populous city ...
USA. It was named because of its hilly location atop a ridge about 100 feet above the
Ohio River
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floodplain
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, overlooking the adjacent community of
Clifton. Though first planned in the 1890s as Summit Park, actual growth didn't begin until after
World War I
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when automobiles made the hilly area accessible. Clifton Heights has had an African American presence since its founding, in 2000 they accounted for 21% of the population. Housing stock includes a variety of styles and time frames, from older shotgun houses and bungalows to suburban ranch homes built in the 1970s.
Louisville's
CBS television affiliate
WLKY
WLKY (channel 32) is a television station in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, affiliated with CBS. The station is owned by Hearst Television, and maintains studios on Mellwood Avenue (near I-71) in the Clifton Heights section on Louisvill ...
is located in Clifton Heights. A major production factory for Fischer's meats was located in the area for many decades before being relocated to
Owensboro, Kentucky
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. The former factory building is now an arts and community center. The world's oldest water tower is located just to the community's north on the Ohio River.
Clifton Heights is bounded by
I-71
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on the north, Mellwood Avenue to the west, Birchwood Road on the east, and Brownsboro Road to the south. In 2000, Clifton Heights had a population of 3,667.
Demographics
As of 2000, the population of Clifton Heights was 4,853 , of which 69.5% is white, 21.5% is black, 5.2% is listed as other, and 3.7% is Hispanic. College graduates are 31.8% of the population, people w/o a high school degree are 16.5%. Females outnumber males 52% to 49%.
References
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External links
Images of Clifton Heights (Louisville, Ky.) in the University of Louisville Libraries Digital Collections
Neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky
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